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    Jim Dodd reacted to Black_Fly's post in the thread Almost a Plastic Hull Trip with Like Like.
    Boges and me just got back from 6 days in BWCA. We entered at Island River, down the Isabella, around to the South Kawishiwi system and...
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    Jim Dodd reacted to Robin's post in the thread Time to throw in the towel with Like Like.
    I got my two canoes back from the shop (Kimball Pond Boat Barn, Bob Bassett, Vienna, Maine) Bob did a nice job of clinching all the...
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    Jim Dodd reacted to WoodsNWaters's post in the thread First Canoe with Like Like.
    I made a flat spot. Working from one end to the other, I aligned the forms pretty well (I thought). The laser level was mounted to the...
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    Jim Dodd reacted to WoodsNWaters's post in the thread First Canoe with Like Like.
    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...
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    Jim Dodd reacted to WoodsNWaters's post in the thread First Canoe with Like Like.
    Anyone with experience with other "express" glues is welcome to mention which ones. Good news about the laminations I made with...
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    Jim Dodd reacted to yknpdlr's post in the thread refurbish a carbon composite C4 canoe with Like Like.
    Here is the Final result, just received a two part epoxy clear coat from a well-known canoe sales and repair shop in my area. I am very...
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    Jim Dodd replied to the thread First Canoe.
    Dave Amazon has a very wide variety of glue bottle application tips. As for glue, anything, but Yellow. Beings you are using Bead...
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    Jim Dodd replied to the thread First Canoe.
    I found glue bottles at a Hobby Lobby. Don't know if you have one near by ? A good hobby store should have glue bottles, with long...
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    Jim Dodd reacted to WoodsNWaters's post in the thread First Canoe with Like Like.
    @Jim Dodd The 5/8" connecting plates have 4 screws up into the strongback and 4 screws down into the sawhorse. The sawhorses are ones I...
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    Jim Dodd replied to the thread First Canoe.
    I hope you have your strongback, secured to your saw horses. I use Fish line, (203 ) to align forms. I leave it on, until I'm stripped...
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    Jim Dodd reacted to Murat V's post in the thread DIY Wool Blanket Camp Sweater with Like Like.
    Anyone ever make their own tripping clothing? I've got no experience with this kind of stuff and no sewing machine, but a found a few...
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    Jim Dodd reacted to WoodsNWaters's post in the thread First Canoe with Like Like.
    I have seen pics of thick fillets in stemless ends. I hope to avoid that. I may glass inside a model curved, narrow box of luan to see...
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    Jim Dodd replied to the thread First Canoe.
    I simply use a beveled scrap strip, to tuck in one side, then the other. Wear good gloves ( Nitrile ). Important to wet the cloth in...
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    Jim Dodd reacted to Fourbtgait's post in the thread First Canoe with Like Like.
    So the weight of thickened epoxy would be more than a slim cedar inner stem. No clean way to do it trying to get a wet piece of glass...
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    Jim Dodd reacted to Alan Gage's post in the thread First Canoe with Like Like.
    It generally gets filled with thickened epoxy before glassing, which likely erases most of the weight savings. It can be a pretty messy...
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