stripperguy

Inner stems, tapered per plan and just like Alan shows is what I did on my stripped Kite. No outer stem. Gunwales? More cedar, but wrap...

My Kites are sensitive to fore-aft trim. As such, I made my seats adjustable. If I’m paddling with gear, it’s easy to achieve ideal...

MDB and I have visited Boreas Ponds several times...It's an easy roll in on wheels or carry on your shoulders. Camping spots are...

I gotta admit, I like the looks of those extruded alum gunwales. I bet you can hardly wait to get it in the water!

Agree to disagree Once set up with infeed and out feed rollers, a 6 pitch blade will cut strips as fast as I can push the plank through...

Due to my previous life as an apprentice trained toolmaker, I have always preferred a bandsaw for cutting strips. Set up is sometimes...

WRT scarf joints: Whenever I have built with less than full length strips, I've simply used a butt joint positioned on a form. I stagger...

John, welcome to the site, you’ll find a couple centuries of collected experience here. My advice to you: Don’t do it!! Strip building a...

It was a big disappointment for me...At home in Colonie (between Albany and Schenectady, NY) we got maybe 3 inches. Not that I...

Skid plates? What material?

Let's see, for better or worse? I've been exclusively paddling canoes that I have built since 1978, using only my own bent shaft paddles...

My son built one of those godesic canoes when he was 12 years old. Here he is is paddling between Duck Hole and the Prestons (ADK's). It...

haha, that does look like a pretty handy paddle...

I do a fair amount of finish carpentry...those folding rules are the best for precise, inside measurements. Slide rules, yeah, I relied...

I am jealous!! My back country runs are usually at long abandoned ski areas here in NY or VT and MA. No above tree lines for me, but the...