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The anchors went on well. I filled the triangles with schmutz and tried to get a little on the outside so make a smooth transition...

The new end caps arrived but unfortunately didn't work out. I'm going to have to make something there. I had a good day in the shop...

Aligned all stations with laser level, all tight and in place. On to cutting some ash for the stems next.

A neighbor put a couple of rubber snakes in strategic locations, they will not be back till after nest building has begun so I’ll let...

Two things come to my mind. Humidity changes is the first, I tried to build a strip boat from basswood and I never got it glassed it was...

Welcome to the campfire Jim. Nice wood and canvas canoe. Jim

Hello from Florida! I just tuned into this forum after reading @Glenn MacGrady bio in the Fall 25 issue from WCHA. Originally from the...

for the sweeter kick, I bring Xmas cake, not the wimpy light coloured commercial stuff though, I want the real dark, heave REAL one-...

I remember trying a chest load on a BWCA trip long ago when I was still agile. I learned then that I needed to see where a placed my...

I used to have one of these pullers that came with an Arrow stapler. It is the best puller I’ve ever used. Apparently someone else like...

Well done Kahel. A lot of people are intimidated by eye splices in general and in braided line in particular. Are you going to put a...

from this ... with this ... reducing this ... to this ... a convenient, spliced eye for the bowline You can see how it...

. . . what happens when you are hut challenged.

Thanks Al, but I’m not sure I want a waxed canvas. I’m leaning more towards a coated nylon at the moment, similar to my old orange one. Jim