Today we routered a bead on almost all of the strips. This is a picture of our setup. We used the same jig that we used when cutting the strips. The table saw and router were all part of the same unit, thankfully, so we just flipped the jig and moved it down to the end of the table that had the router on it.

An overhead view of the setup. We had four featherboards, two to apply vertical pressure and two to apply horizontal pressure. This allowed Jon to simply feed the strips into the slot, let the router do its work, and I would catch them on their way out. Once set up, we moved pretty quickly.

Another view of our setup. You can see the slot that the strips went into. Also, you can see the board we used to keep the horizontal featherboards in place.

The sawdust and other byproduct at the end of the day. We worked for about three hours, and almost finished cutting beads on the strips for both boats.

The wood at the end of the day. All of these pieces have beads on them now. From left to right, we've got Western Red Cedar, Alaskan Yellow Cedar, Maple, Cherry, and more Alaskan Yellow Cedar. Jon is using primarily Alaskan Yellow Cedar with Maple, Cherry, and Black Walnut on the deck and coaming. I'm using Western Red Cedar (primarily) and Alaskan Yellow Cedar on the deck and coaming.

A close-up view of some of the beads, from the end.