Recent content by ThreeScoutDad

I am the Troopmaster for a Youth Outdoor Adventure program in Central Indiana. Last year we did the BWCA, and looking to take our adventure up a few notches and tackle the French river to Georgia Bay. We predominantly self outfit, with the exception of Canoes. I did some site searching, and...

Packs flat, weight is reasonable, minimal sag.

How about a small forster bit to create a relief around the head, just don't drill too far, or you will damage the bit. Then seal the bottom of the hole, and fill the hole with thickened Expoxy and re-drill.

I have used 6mm (1/4") 5 ply baltic birch plywood for a few projects, and am really happy how it preformed. It has no voids, good surface finish, and stays flat given the number of ply's. A 5' x 5' 6mm piece weights 22 pounds. They also make a 7 ply 9mm (3/8"), which assume would be half again...

It has been over 20 years; however, the Pigion River in the far northeast corner of the state used to offer a nice slow river paddle with camping opertuniities. At the time, there was at least one private camp ground and a SRA in the area. The river had a sieries of mill ponds and dams to...

Thanks, for the insight. Just wanted to make sure there was no practical reason to leave it long. As far as the stems, I am planning to cut the scrap on the bias to make strips.

No Title Progress photos from the last few weeks. Couple questions: 1- I placed the glass on an angle, which leaves a couple nice sized triangles at opposing sides on each end. Should this be trimmed prior to expoxy or after? 2- Can anyone give me an idea of how much epoxy it will take to do...

First i have seen this thread. Good read and would love to outfit a rig like that some day. However, every Tocoma I have looked at has a max 6' bed. Is everyone here vertically challenged? At 6'3" I would have a hard time stretching out to sleep in a 6' truck bed.

I purchased a Trunite TH10 about a year ago, and been very happy. The only downside, it uses 2 CR123 battreries, which i purchased rechargeable one. I have used it on a mid level setting most of a day working in dirt locations with battery to spare. They also have a TH20 that is not quite as...

Thanks for the comments. As far as strip selection, we did not have much variation to choose from. As i am sure with most first builds, it has its moments. We should have taken a bit more time on the details; however, with anything of this nature, i will know where every dent, ding, and...

Check out Crazy Crow. Reasonable prices, ready made or kits.

No Title Although old work, photos of the latest progress. Hope to start sealing it this weekend.

A recent thread was discussing a de-laminating seat frame. Now I realize there were other factors involved here; however, there has also been threads in the past year on broken seat frames and even carry thwarts, which was a concern on our big trip in 2015 due to the heavy hauls. As I am now...

Thanks Alan.

The haul has been stripped since the first of January; however, the honey due list in anticipation for the baby has kept me busy elsewhere. With the child due any day, and some time off work to assist around the house, I hope to be able to get back to it. Trying to order Epoxy and glass today...