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My gunwale species list is up to seven… Ash, Mahogany, Cherry, Tulip, Sitka Spruce, White Pine and scarfed bits of American Walnut laminated between strips of Sitka. "Are there tricks to doing that solo beyond a boatload of clamps? At what point, with what woods and stem recurve, does steam...

I have been told the lake got its name from a strain of brooktrout that had particularly dark bellies. It is how it is labeled on the map and I know of no other name for the body of water, other than an even less accecptable one from older maps. It is located in the Five Ponds Wilderness in the...

Of course I did, and on the way back too! Witness is one of my all time favorite movies... Great, now I'll be thinking about Kelly McGillis taking a sponge bath all day.

I have always been a stool guy, preferring to have my buttocks firmly planted on a stationary seat. Some time ago, there was discussion here, I believe it was Mike, who touted the virtues of a wheeled office chair in the shop. I think he used the word weee to describe ease of mobility about a...

Doug, great job! I particularly liked the Porky Pig stammer over anom, anamus, ananus… the unnamed benefactor. Yolanda Vega couldn't have done better, very entertaining! First time I've seen the new canoe shop, it looks warm and bright. I like how you have it decorated. It was quick, but I...

I have an appointment on the summit of Hitchins Pond Mountain scheduled for sometime this year. It is the highest point in the region at 2464 feet. So yes, I plan to celebrate their centennial anniversary by being there. Some may not consider their adventure a true canoe trip, but it is still...

I like to support our postal service, so my donation is in the mail. It will arrive in a plain white security envelop that will not embarrass you or your carrier. Thank you for running this site, I cannot say I know what the job entails but it must be time consuming. I have met Mr. Doremus...

The Lady Bugs efficient capacity was rated to fall within a range of 150 - 200 lbs. So, you are at the top end of the builder's recommendation. The yellow Lady Bug in question was built to accommodate a lightweight female paddler. Its layup schedule was modified slightly to accommodate her...

This surprises me. A year ago, I converted all of my shop lighting to LED's. I retrofitted ballasted fluorescent fixtures with direct wire T8 replacement tubes. Besides saving 675 watts and having a brighter shop, I can now listen to AM radio, something I could not do with the old fluorescent...

New Years tradition in my family of friends, as is with many, includes the singing of For Auld Lang Syne. Most of us are too old to make it to midnight so the clocks are turned ahead three hours for a pretend celebration. I am late with this post because I fell asleep, but again, I'll pretend...

Franklin International, the makers of Titebond adhesives, describes the Titebond II Premium as being "weatherproof". It is Titebond III Ultimate, which is labeled "waterproof". I build all of my seats using Titebond III Ultimate. I prefer it to Titebond II because of the longer open time but...

On the opening day of our local hunt, the hounds are paraded down the village main street. Being a college town, I wonder how it is that a devious student has never thought to tape a musk-laden kotex to the bottom of their shoe and make a late night stroll off Main Street and through the...

Stiles would be the vertical sides of a panel door, as well as the vertical bits of the cabinet face frame. All the horizontal members would be the rails. A five-piece door would consist of two stiles, a top and bottom rail and of course, a panel. Like a subway or stadium turnstile, those ladder...

While I have tremendous faith in good ole Aliphatic Resin or "yellow glue", I would not use it to reglue a joint. Assuming an AR or PVA glue was used originally, both of these products rely on the porosity of the material being bonded to create a strong joint. They also have no gap filling...

Dowels and biscuits would both be called loose or floating tenons. Instead of a mortise on one part and a tenon on the other, two identical mortises are created in the parts to be fitted and a tenon is slipped into the joint. The strength of this kind of joint comes largely from the sizing...

I have often wondered about the proper nomenclature of canoe seat components. Unable to glean any insight from my library of canoe building books I gave them names of my own. I too settled on "rail" for the long members that span the width of the canoe, but in my world, they are bolted to...

The Hammock is sold

I have for sale a Hennessy sleep system. It is used but in good condition. Includes Hammock, Hugger Straps, Original Rain Fly (too small IMO), Under Cover and Under Pad. It is the Expedition Classic (bottom entry) with Insulation System (#1 Classic). Description and Specifications in the...

Next order of business, the Transit need a hinged, fold down sleeping platform with some traverse stiffeners (1” ash strips). I would have called them battens but traverse stiffeners works too. Except when a storm is coming, I don't think I'd have time to traversely stiffen the hatches.

I just asked LDC about your dirt magnet Malecite. When I described the pocked texture that filled with debris, he immediately said it sounds like a skin coat. He wanted to know if it was Kevlar and said the HIN # may reflect information on the build. Are there any extra digits, dashes or...