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# Correcting a Plywood Butt Strap
- URL: https://seanation.org/correcting-a-plywood-butt-strap/
- Published: 2021-01-26T17:50:53.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-06T14:26:34.000Z
- Description: I used a Japanese handsaw to correct one of my blunders: an epoxy-bonded plywood butt strap that was 9mm too wide and left no room for the bottom of a bulkhead.
- Author: Monika Matis
- Tags: Ikaroa, Tech, #story-ikaroa, #facebook-import

And that’s why you need a Japanese handsaw to build a Polynesian boat... to correct your blunders In this case - we epoxied plywood butt strap with a wrong width, same like on other joints- but in this case it should be 9mm shorter to make space for a bottom of a bulkhead....