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Showing posts with label canoe building. Show all posts
Showing posts with label canoe building. Show all posts
Tuesday, February 23, 2016

Canoe Building: Installing the Seats and Thwart

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On New Years Eve I installed the seats and thwart.   Canoe finished.  Woot Woot!  Technically there's still the brass stem band to ins...

Canoe Building: Making the Seats

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After I installed the outwales, but before I varnished the canoe, I started making the seats.  I used cherry wood, built so that the seats...
Monday, February 22, 2016

Canoe Building: Varnishing!

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One of the most harmful things to a cedar strip canoe is ultraviolet light breaking down and discoloring the epoxy.  A good UV blocking va...

Canoe Building: Plugging the Holes

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A few days after I installed my outwales, I went back to fill the countersunk holes with plugs.  I used cherry, the same wood the outwales...

Canoe Building: Installing the Decks and Outwales

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While I was waiting for the inwales to cure, I prepared the outwales and decks.  I had 8' cherry boards that I made my inwales and out...
Wednesday, February 17, 2016

Canoe Building: Installing the Inwales

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Now it's time to install the inwales!  I cut mine several months prior to this and they've been collecting dust in the meantime.  ...

Canoe Building: Preparation for Varnish

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  At this point the inside and outside of the canoe have both been epoxied.  The hull is all smooth and shiny and beautiful.  Once you tr...
Friday, February 12, 2016

Canoe Building: Fiberglassing the inside of the hull

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After the inside is all planed, sanded, wet sanded, and essentially made smooth (faired), it's time to encase it in fiberglass.  But b...
Monday, February 8, 2016

Canoe Building: Fairing the inside of the Hull

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After the epoxy has cured on the outside of the hull for a few days, it's time to pull the canoe off of the forms.  It's a milesto...
Saturday, December 26, 2015

Canoe Building: Fiberglassing the outside of the Hull

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Before you fiberglass the outside of the hull, you should make sure you are done fairing and sanding the hull.  It will look pretty sweet....

Canoe Building: Fairing the Outside of the Hull

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Now that the hull is stripped, it's time to fair the outside of the hull.  It seemed like as I was stripping it, I would step back a...
Thursday, November 26, 2015

Canoe Building: finishing stripping the hull

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After cutting the center line, it was time to resume stripping the hull.  This last quadrant is a bit trickier then the parts already comp...
Sunday, September 27, 2015

Canoe Building: Cutting the Center Line

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When one side of the canoe is completely stripped, it's time to cut the center line.  I tried several tools, but the one that handled ...

Canoe Building: Filling in Strips at the ends

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My near fiasco with the lifting strips diverted my attention from my main work focus area as I pondered the options, looked for a solution...

Canoe Building: Trouble with strips lifting from the form

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Right about now I've got a problem.  As I worked my way stripping up the side of the canoe, I started to get the strips lifting off of...
Saturday, September 26, 2015

Canoe Building: Stripping around the bilge and bottom

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September 12 was another milestone day on my canoe. I finished one side of the boat.  Once you strip past the stems, you have two options....

Canoe Building: Stripping the Sides

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By September 4th, my canoe was well on the way.  After adding a few strips to each side, I added a strip of lighter colored cedar as an a...

Canoe Building: Placing the first strip

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Late August (August 22 to be exact) rolled around and I was ready to put on the first strip. This is important for two reasons: 1, I'm...

Canoe Building: Making the Thwart

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About halfway through cutting and machining the strips one of the router bits went bad.  I had put the router bit in, tightened everything...
Friday, September 25, 2015

Canoe Building: Ripping and Routing the Strips

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In early August I started ripping strips.  Red cedar, a table saw, and lots of time.  Be sure to wear a dust mask since it's really du...