RickR

Gentlemen, I grew up in the air force, my dad was a Warrant Officer in the submarine detection game. I have strong respect for all...

If you get a good coat on the first one I would still use the Scotchbrite pad before the second coat. I have seen too many varnish...

That looks good. A light sanding or even just a maroon Scotchbrite pad to dull the surface. If it was me I would sand with 220 then a...

Thanks Rick. It’s just a simple clamp. One leg of an aluminum angle was cut down. The carriage is shorter than the abrasive plate so...

Like I said in an earlier post, the easiest way I have found to determine the area for an odd shape ... such as paddles, is to just take...

It was a good trip, spending time with Allan again was a lot of fun, we joked, evaluated almost everyone ;):(:ROFLMAO::), ate well, sat...

Last week I met up with Robin and we headed to Seboeis Lake for a traditional style base camping trip. We had a great time. We ate well...

Thank you for posting this. It's simple, safe, adjustable, and I bet produces a really nice edge. The discs for angle adjustment is...

When I was at the Wooden Canoe Assembly I met Robert from the Chocorua, NH chapter and he had made a jig for holding a drawknife to make...

Well done in every respect. Thanks for sharing. I really enjoyed following along.

Day 7 (I still find it odd to see a US flag in Canada but Cheryl says John, as well as many of their guests, are from the states and...

Cheryl is a great gal, she's also a nurse, and was my main helper with the Outers program in the first ten years that I ran it. This...

Day 6 (continued) At 8,050 acres, Meta lake is also big water although it lacks the large, open water areas that make Ara so...

I too am enjoying this trip report, great pictures but no selfies? These two shots over 10 years apart, that same dead tree is in the...

(It seems that my picture-heavy reports finally ran afoul of the site's limits and I'm not allowed more than 30 pics in a post. No...