mick_allen
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Using a screwed-down form to push it out a bit to laminate would demand a support surface be fabricated, per your second post.
it actually maybe easier than this.
if you think about the end half of the rail laminates being clamped down to an end form out in space, the laminates will conform to the curvature for this end portion (obviously) without any screwing down at all.
now to locate in our world, one only has to place the 2 endpoints. one of which is the rail end, the other of which is the continuation of the curve at the nosepiece.
but as the rail is to be clamped along the nosepc, the rail itself now accurately locates one end of the form.
and the other end of the form, now being a long lever - can simply be clamped down to the gunwale. probably minimal force required.
now this all assumes a perfect world where the last form clamp and the nearest nosepc clamp are very close to each other - IF this is not achievable, then the inner 'screwdown' attachment may be necessary.
anyway, a possible simplification.