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Looks fantastic Mihun. I'd be proud to own it. You are very talented, not to mention patient. I didn't realize you could use common household paints like that. I always assumed that they had to be specifically marine grade. Have you ever used analine dyes for staining wood? They take a little...

No Title I know its been a while since I posted anything useful about my build...I have to confess, I have made the biggest rookie mistake ever. Read on, maybe you'll laugh, although didn't I started out with one gallon of resin, and one half gallon of hardener. Can you see where I'm going...

Welcome to the Forum Hops. Glad you are here. Have a poke around. I'm sure you'll find lots of info and some very nice folks. Momentum

Thanks Stripperguy, appreciate the encouragement. Yep, I'm pretty pleased that I didn't dump it a long time ago. Actually, one of my neighbors drive by the other day, and jokingly said..." How long have you been working on that?" ( I answered him) then he asked..."how much does it cost to rent a...

Hey everyone, I finally had some time to do some sanding, and scraping, and sanding, and scraping...you get the picture. Whew, that's a bit of work. Other than a bit of touch up here and there, I think she's pretty much ready for glassing. I hope you can see the difference from when I started to...

I'll throw out "Skipper" as Robin's new title. (wink)

No Title With the school rush over, here in Ontario, I was able to find a couple hours last night to work on the inside of the hull. I did do some work on it the other day and spent ALOT of time sanding the epoxy down to the wood surface. The high spots are really troublesome for planing and...

Ppine- depth is 12 1/4" according to the plans. I'm not too far off that. Are you referring to light displacement? Displacement is said to be 320 lbs. Or light weight? Haven't weighed it yet but does feel pretty good.

Thanks Stripperguy. I like the silver lining approach to what I'm facing. It really shouldn't be that much work to get the inside prepped for fiberglass. I'm just looking at time ticking away here, and it will be getting too cold here in Ontario soon to be out in the garage messing around with...

Today will forever be known as “I finally took the canoe off the form day.” At least in my mind anyways. WOOHOO! It is free from its wooden constrictions. I now get to see this thing the right way up, and can only imagine the journey’s we will see. Here’s how it went… I...

Sorry, but I take no responsibility for creating strife amongst friends. You can always live vicariously through my build :)

Forgot to answer the other questions... I'm thinking about buying a small rotary carving disk that can be used in a drill. It is the equivalent of about 60 grit sandpaper, so that would probably remove material in short order. I've also got a large hand plane that has a curved sole on it. I can...

Yep, I have been kind of awol from the site for the last couple days. Instead of taking a few days and going somewhere for a mini vacation, my wife and I decided to just do some day trip activities with our kids. It gives each of them a chance to do something they really wanted to do without...

Thanks for the kind words guys. I'm just following what I read and hear from good folks like yourselves. I'll certainly take your advice Stripperguy, on the wet out of the inside. I'm sure it will make my life easier, and give auch better result to boot. Next step for me is to lightly sand those...

No Title So, the day I have waited for, for so long was a very exciting one. I couldn’t really sleep so I was up early. I gathered the crew, (my father, daughter, and son), cleaned the garage, dusted off the hull, bought latex gloves, drop cloths on the floor, cardboard on the work bench...

Mihun- yep, you are right in that I am looking at the possibility of offering this kind of service to others. I do have the knowledge, some of the tools, but sadly, not much space, and even worse than that, not much time. If I start doing this kind of thing it would definitely be side line work...

Hey Rob, thanks for your input. I am talking about the historically correct parts that are needed to get a canoe back on the water. I'm not trying to puff my self up here, but I'm one of those who do work with my hands. I have been building custom one of a kind furniture for over 20 years now...

If I were to want a wood canoe deck to replace a missing, or broken one, where would I go? I don't really need one, but I am noticing that there is a huge void for historically correct parts such as this. Am I correct? What do you folks that need parts do when you can't build something...

Sorry for the delay in posting folks. It has been a busy time for us right now. OK, enough suspense on who came to visit me...I had Roger Foster from Carlisle Canoe Co come to have a look at my creation. Carlisle Canoe is about a 20 min drive from my house. They build all things wood canoes...

Welcome to the clan Rob. It truly is a great place to hang out for a while. I hope you enjoy it