Cruiser

The paddle batch I made in 2024 (and posted here) has a "sculling" one handed paddle for a friend in Louisiana. We went back and forth a...

Somewhere I have before and after closeup pictures of one of my stems that had bigger gaps than Cletus's smile and you really can't tell...

I found that using the stemless method created some gaps and such as well, I ended up just doing my best and cleaned it up at the end...

Good progress getting the flat spot out, but I have a different do-over today. I cut witness kerfs for the rolling bevel. The kerfs...

I epoxied the new stem form laminations early this morning. Then at noon today, Chesapeake Light Craft exchanged some wood for me...

And a year later, the final touch:

Concur, the snozzle is very good at inflation, have used them for a long time. The issue come when it's time to deflate, getting all the...

Maybe specific to your mattress ... works find for deflation with both my expeds, one downmat and a much newer one.

Since this was originally posted, I purchased a FlexTail Max 3 pump to replace my bag pump. I am using it on Exped mattresses when I...

The post was more about using a glues properties to your own advantage and that for softwood like cedar almost any glue is going to be...

Anyone with experience with other "express" glues is welcome to mention which ones. Good news about the laminations I made with...

I could post new picks or just re use what I posted 2 builds ago, if you go down 15 pics in this post, there are pics of glue in the...

Personally, I run the inside glass close to the V and call it a day. The whole area is sealed with epoxy anyway so it is waterproof, the...

You'll find lots of things like that. As a first time builder many things won't make sense and you will often be bewildered by the...

The coats are so thin that I've never noticed any sort of clouding or haze. But, as I'm sure you're aware, we have different tolerances...