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I bought my Tourist set and 123 stoves in the late 60’s, and have always loved it. Stable, largely windproof, versatile and I highly...

Caining a seat

Years ago, 1967 to be exact, after having finished canoeing the Allagash (so this is a canoetripping-related story) our crew of Boy...

Another winter project. Some time ago I found a Yellow Birch tree that a local mountain bike club had cut up to open a trail. There...

Headwaters Canoe, We have a neat comparison of three different canoes of the same model in the shop this week - probably the most famous...

Thanks for posting this. I'm very interested to see the variations. It appears to me that the canoe built on the newer form, the...

Yeah, and that one's a doozy!

Thanks Steve and Jim. I love my barn! I grew up here when the area was dotted with active dairy farms. My first summer job as a kid...

@Patrick Corry, wonderful! Thanks for sharing

Beautiful barn Pat. Jim

Thanks Steve. It's a mid-19th century Pennsylvania/German bank barn. Only the foundation is stone, the rest is mortise & tenon post &...

Like Robin, my winter projects are focused on wood/canvas canoe repair and restoration: 1938 Old Town 50 pounder being restored for a...

Me too. "Plane" shaved up an image of a canoe-building tool in the windmills of my mind.

I had that same thought Pat but you beat me with your pics. Jim

My best canoe & plane combo? These two: 15' Island Falls Canoe Co. Willow model Stanley #5, Type 11 bench plane (circa 1902-1919)