1st strip is on! It has been a long wait for this moment. Only 60 strips more to go.

Thanks to Mark. I have 3000 linear feet of clear cedar coved and beaded

forms are set up. It looks like a canoe

Building the ultimate strip.

Two strips that are each 20 feet long took a month to make. I'm proud of these.

Seats are made and will be caned.

forms

Forms taking shape

cut on bandsaw and sanded

OK. The strips are home. After much personal debate, I decided to buy the cedar strips for this project precut. I purchased them in St. Paul. This was a fun trip home in rush hour. The strips are 3/4 inch wide x 1/4 inch x 20 feet long. The bent and flopped all the way home. The guy said that they did this all the time and it would be no problem. What was I thinking? In the end I made it home without any problems.