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@Gamma1214, in his Bloodvein II build thread, recently sawed off a protuberant strip along the edge or corner where the top of the hull...

My canoe shop. Before the Nokomis Wood Shop. I've been tilting for about 15 years. Tilting will make sanding that Shouldered...

I tilt my strongback, to make it easier to cut the center line, and then fit the strips. Helps in the sanding process too. Jim

As planned, I looked closely at my Sassafras strips and decided that I had enough to close the football. I switched to Sassafras and...

Well she floats! There is a lake a couple hundred miles south of me that stays ice free year round, as the lake water cools a power...

Find some UV resistant varnish and use that. Epoxy is not stable in UV light. If you use epoxy you still have to coat it with varnish.

I don't know the answer to your specific question about varnish vs. epoxy, except to say I don't recall off-hand anyone varnishing the...

One thing that I'm really not sure how to do is keep overlapping the strips as I close the football. I know I've seen people do it but...

Nicely done ! Enjoy ! Jim

Nice little canoe-centered (mostly) walkthrough here for those of us who couldn't attend.

Thanks clemency, for the video share ! I've never been to Canoecopia, and this was a good substitute ! Jim

Inside varnish is done. My first boat I used Epifanes. This time around I went with Total Boat Gleam. Epifanes is great, but with the...

Makes me recall this thread (or maybe this one) as losing, or destroying, the boat may be my biggest fear. I liked that he was clear...

I spent quite a bit of time upstairs in the boat shop today. I got the strips done but I'll need to modify the set-up for the next...

Or maybe get some help from a chopper a few days later…