Farback

Making progress on the stem bands,

Dacron IS polyester; it's just Dupont's trade name for polyester fabric. Also used for aircraft covering under the trade names...

Good pup!

Agreed. I’ve made a number of skin on frame kayaks, but never a canoe. I use polyester fabric, but dacron is usually the choice for canoes.

Spring

I had a nosey moose checking out my skis the other day. As soon as he saw me on the porch he made a bee line towards me. Moose usually...

I usually log in to this site every morning as I have my coffee and get ready to head to work. I really enjoy when someone has posted...

KITE BUILD I had to re-do my website for my projects. My old site / server is going away. Farback Carpentry I've cut a bunch of ash...

I decided to clean up the wear strips and get the first exterior coat of varnish on before work tonight. These next 5 pics are all...

Reading the fourth in a John Sanford series for fun, ‘Bad Blood’ and various tech training for my new volunteer job with CASARA...

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

Sorry, some here are old enough to remember and smile.

Last trip I double portaged rather than triple portaging. I’m hoping to do that again. Adjustments include adding chest loads. I’m...

The biggest problem I've found with Loctite is closing the lid when working in the kitchen. It can shoot bright blue Loctite all the...

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...