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I'm not seeing a lot of talk about steam bending which is a fun activity when it comes to building canoes!

It's the basement of the house but it's not real warm but warm enough not like the garage where they get heat from the Sun, I've posted some pics on the other parts of the Forum too

flipped! filler is still curing but set well enough to flip her into the carpet slings. Now the nerve wracking trimming of the canvas!

diddn't tear the canvas Al?

Not many people building strippers will not glue the rails on.. but if you do. use masking tape or other tape under the rail and pull it off just after the eposy sets.. you won't have a mess to clean up after it hardens. epoxy glue does NOT need tons of clamping pressure either.. I would still...

Hi Dave! Thank you! Building a form is not out of the question it's just a matter of building a strip canoe with metal bands for the ribs it is very time consuming but building a boat or a canoe is also very time consuming! Maybe I'm a bit Daft in my old age But after giving up on so many...

I'm restoring a near hundred-year-old boat called a Delaware Ducker it's built just like a canoe except it has an actual keelson and notched in garboards. I must admit Al, you could be first person I've ever seen that actually wants large canoes, most big canoes just sit and rot.

Really! Unlike other boats most canoes don't have the heavy structure of a keel. the rails and planking are what give a canoe it's long ways support. It's also why they are so easy to restore.

well you could make it into a 20 easier then building another.

I'd be surprised if the form for the 18 and the 20 were very different from each other. And on a wood canvas build it's quite easy to adjust the length

I would agree Jerry AND Rolin but you don't build a 20-foot Laker IE canoe to save a few pounds! http://www.newfound.com/whiteguide.htm Al, here's A build blog on a w/c em white 18ft https://smallboatsmonthly.com/article/the-e-m-white-guide-canoe/

Robin seems to me you just described solo paddling! although freestyle paddling is usually done from almost dead center, kneeling in the canoe but whatever works! I've come to realize most / many people won't even consider going if they're going to have to paddle alone. Which stinks in...

Most interesting, thank you! 15 foot does seem to be a magic number, it works for solo and also works for tamden, and they are generally not too heavy no matter what they are made of. My solo W/C is 15'2" 30" beam, 1.5" rocker if I remember correctly. We built it about 18 years ago I...

Just wondering what is the most wanted build people think about, when they realize they want a wooden canoe? ( I love and have built strip canoes too. but this is not about them) I may be a bit skewed in this as I'm a devoted prospector lover; to quote or paraphrase Bill Mason "if I had only...

In the end I just cut mine and three pieces. because they are usually made with three quarter inch square strips it's easy to put them back together. It may be difficult for me get it and move it, even though I have a family member with a brand new truck LOL. Thank you for the quick reply I...

Nice, I'm new on this site, not new to boat building I just don't know if I would even bother removing glass from an old boat when there so many others without glass on them, but good on you you saved another! 1955 18' Old Town HW restored about 12 years ago one and was completely gone it...

Boatman... Where? I'm actually looking for a wood canvas prospector form, but I'm easily swayed lol. years ago at the Philadelphia Independence Seaport Museum shop, I helped build an Atkinson traveler, it is a beautiful design!

thank you all! I'm feeling all warm and fuzzy like a baby duck!I Can't even remember how many canoe seats I caned by hand. But if you look close at the picture I posted earlier of the two I just made, you will see they have pressed in spline! My carpal tunnels & hands are still saying thank...

Thank you! My 15 ft wood canvas that I'm recanvassing now was built as my personal solo canoe for the Adirondacks. I can't ask you to believe me but from experience I will tell anybody wood canvas, and even birch bark canoes are not as fragile as people think they are.

I would suggest, if you want to use narrow cloth to determine a "waterline or sheerline" even if it is hypothetical. measured at let's say 6" below the rail. When the first layer of cloth is on the bottom and almost cured but still soft, razor blade along that line and remove the waste. As...