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I enjoy making and using alcohol stoves. I like the Fancee Feest, but prefer the Starlyte without the pot holder. There are simmer rings that can be used with either one. I use a fire bucket setup with mine, which is an aluminum flashing windscreen with some stainless steel welding rod pot...

I made a ladder rack that fits in the stake pockets of my pickup out of rectangular and square steel tubing. I used 1-1/2" X 2" tubing for the verticals and 2" square tubing for the crossbars. The rectangular tubing is a very snug fit in my stake pockets and the frame had to be driven into the...

For another perspective on canoe restoration, check out Kettle River Canoes, if you haven't already done so. http://www.canoeshop.ca/ Most of the good stuff is in the Kettle River Canoes Blog: https://wordpress.com/tag/wood-canvas-canoes/

What I'd like is an hour by hour wind speed forecast for wherever it is that I'm going to. Here in the midwest, we've had three straight days of 25-30 Mph winds with gusts to 40 Mph. I'd have to canoe at night when it drops to 10 Mph.

I think that vertical 2 X 6s would be good. I use a split Pool Noodle to cushion the canoe on my ladder rack. You can run straps under the 2 X 6s and over the canoe to secure it. I would make certain to tie the bow and the stern to the trailer so that they can't move side to side or front to...

I have a couple of NOAA weather radios at home and I have to say that I am not impressed with the quality of them. I had one brand new one that quit receiving after a couple of weeks. The warranty replacement stopped working after a couple of months. I bought a different brand to replace it and...

I can only speak for what I have or what I have seen and I haven't seen the OPs trailer or canoe. The OP did say that it was a 6' X 10' utility trailer. Around here, when folks talk about the size of a utility trailer, they talk about the size of the bed. I assumed that was the case here. That...

You can overhang the front of the bed as long as you you don't crowd the hitch. A 5' wide utility trailer should have at least a 3' long tongue. Mine is at least 5 feet long. I certainly wouldn't try to do it without having a good look at the whole setup with canoe, trailer and tow vehicle in...

6' X 10' is a fairly good size utility trailer. A 14' solo canoe would only overhang two feet on each end. Without a photo, it's hard to say. I doubt that a single solo canoe would significantly affect the trailer's balance. If the canoe doesn't need to be too high off the trailer bed, it...

I like a traditional ruck sack style daypack with one to three outside pockets. I use my daypack to hold the things that I might want today. I have one that I have used since 1993 and it's getting a bit ragged. I also have been using a bookbag style pack for my hunting gear. The thing that I...

While looking for something else, I stumbled upon this article in Outdoor Canada magazine: http://www.outdoorcanada.ca/Report_Canadian_waterbodies_contaminated_with_dihydrogen_monoxide This is not the first time that I've heard of this, but this is one of the most complete and thorough...

Farmersexuals, that's why Carhartts are so expensive.

I have been able to resurrect a few old ax handles by pulling the old steel wedges out or chiseling the old wood wedges out. Once the wedges are out, the handle usually can be worked out of the ax head. With the handle out, you can assess the condition of the wood and whether it is salvageable...

The possibility of building a canoe sometime in the future is very real, but it will take a long time to assimilate all of the knowledge and experience presented here. My own experience is that I can read and watch forever, but I only really start to learn when I start doing. I would be best...

While the OP didn't actually ask for this, a very good manual on axes is "An Ax To Grind" by Bernie Weisgerber The .pdf version can be found here: http://www.fs.fed.us/t-d/pubs/pdfpubs/pdf99232823/pdf99232823Pdpi300.pdf Bernie Weisgerber appears in several videos around the web.

When you put two layers of cloth on, do you put the resin on each layer separately or both layers at once? If you put the smaller layer on first and filled it with resin, it would make sense to feather the edges and then put the second layer on. If you fill both layers with resin at the same...

I stayed at the Sheraton because it is within walking distance and I don't know my way around. I probably won't stay there again, but had the opportunity to have breakfast with Cliff Jacobson on Saturday morning. Parking is the biggest issue. There are so few good parking spots that you don't...

I wish that I did have experience with these composites, but I don't. Most of my experience has been with more mundane composites, like reinforced concrete. None the less, the principles are the same. I wonder how useful analysis of these composites would be since there appears to be a lot of...

There are a few thoughts that come to my mind after watching these tests. The cannon ball test may be a bit extreme, but it does provide a reasonable approximation of impact damage. The failure is on the bottom side of the test panel, which is the tension side. The outer surface of the canoe...

Use a funnel or tube of some sort to fill the bag from the bottom. I use a canning funnel with an extension made of rolled paper. This keeps the powder off the sides of the bag. Allow plenty of space above the top of the powder and let the bag hang off the edge of the counter so that the powder...