Progress is slow, but steady.  Today I placed an order for both a nice block plane, and for the “Robo Bevel” from Guillemot Kayaks.  Basically, the Robo Bevel let one create perfectly flush strips.

This is the Veritas mini edge plane.  It is a thing of miniature beauty, with a blade which is only 6mm wide.  Fortunately, the strips on the Tiny Cedar Flea are 5mm thick, so yhis is perfect.  Nich Schade of Guillemot Kayaks has created a tool which uses this little plane to perfectly plane the edges of each strip so that they butt up against each other perfectly.

 

Here’s a short video of the Robo Bevel in action on a Kayak build.