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Thanks for good advises. This particular text encourage me to go with polyester. Still, I now know what to except, A possible delamination. "Red cedar is not a particularly good base for it, though. My sources say that there is a problem with resins in the wood interfering with the bond of...

Need quick advice, my dad bought polyester resin instead of epoxy. I'm building another canoe anyway so, can I use it and what's the expected lifetime for my canoe with that resin?

Is birch hard enough for gunnels?

And the project goes on.. A picture is worth a thousand words.

I was wondering that, I mean if you don't plan the planks at all, and then cut the strips, will some strips turn out not rectangle ? or if I joint one side is it enough? I was planing to do just like that, between the bit and fence. Thanks for pictures really gives me ideas!

Well, yeah I bet so, must build something like in Cruisers photo, I mean those things which keeps the wood in place. Didn't think that marker idea. Good tip, thanks!

Thanks for the suggestion. I will try with seam little off from center and i think something like 20-30 cm is enough for overlap. should I do both sides at one session or epoxy the other side, then sand and add the other side of FG? Update: today I tried the router bits and they were working...

Okay. I will stick with the plans (maybe). for me, most important factors are durability and safety. The router bits came this week 9 euros from banggood. Looks good, but I'll see how those works in action.

So what is the point to have high stem then ? is it only visual thing or have it something to do with big lakes and waves ? Can I still use lover stem even if i have molds for 18 inch stem? Is it possible to attach first strip bit lower and by doing so, getting lower stem?

The plans call for 16 inch... but I thought they would look stupid if the canoe is just straight.. like this one ( https://finewoodwatercraft.com/assets/img/client-builds/solo-wood-canoe-plan.jpg ) versus this one ( https://www.pygmyboats.com/Images/boat-page-quartering/taiga-wood-canoe-kit.jpg...

Project advances. CNC cut molds. Tell me if you need dxf.files of those molds.

My stems are 18 inch. Is that too high ?

Question is 370mm for middle mold enough for height ? is it called amidships depth?

Okay. Past two weeks I have made three paddles. here's picture of cnc made one (two of em are handmade).

Thanks for replies. The cloth is one meter wide and it really is cheap there is more expensive version with width of 1200mm and the canoes maximum beam is 900mm so there is little problem there. I dont mind if the canoe is rough looking. This is my first build so it's more like trial and error.

Woodtechnic student from Finland here! Starting to build strip canoe. I have few questions: first, can I use two pieces of fiberglasscloth to cover outside of canoe? the pieces would go from front to end and seam is going to be at center of boat with overlapping of about 20-30cm. Second, can I...