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Johan and Malin are constructing a 50-foot sandwich-core hull inside a barn, utilizing cedar strips reinforced with thick fiberglass on both sides.3:41 Because the fiberglass provides the structural load-bearing capacity, the hull does not require traditional wooden boat-building joinery.3:37 Johan uses a 1-to-4 scarf joint for the cedar strips, employing a custom plywood jig to ensure accurate, repeatable cuts.5:56 To prevent the strips from slipping during the epoxy curing process, he uses a stapler to secure the joints, which allows for the use of smaller, lighter spring clamps.8:32 The team aims to produce and mount six to nine 15.5-meter-long strips daily to complete the hull before fall temperatures limit epoxy work.10:26 Johan uses rollers and magnetic fence guides to rip cedar planks into strips efficiently, targeting a daily output of 250 meters of material.14:35 Pre-gluing strips into full lengths before mounting them to the hull significantly increases the speed of the planking process.9:35

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