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I see a fair bit of this was user error and not using staples. Having a coffee break now but things are going a lot smother today. I see you really need to run both directions with the Robo bevel and not be too aggressive with it.

I'm currently getting a strip an hour maybe which I'm not too pleased with. I was actually planning on using staples, the distressed look looks good on furniture. I even had my stapler and staples on the bench but after I put the ropes onto the strong back and test fit that strip for marking...

I got another 6 strips on today. It's not going very quickly with the square edge. How many strips do you guys normally get on in a day?

My first strip didn’t go so well. I end up breaking it off just as the glue was finishing setting. There gaps were too big and I knew I’d always stare at those bits even if no one else noticed them. I spent more time with the Robo bevel and the razor knife bringing the quality back up. I ended...

Skiing in the winter, both downhill and XC. Dual sport motorcycles, trail riding mountain bikes, fishing, hiking, quadding, traveling. Lots of BJJ in the past trashed my body but it was fun. I used to build up old Toyota trucks but now only a lightly modded daily driver. Kayaking became an...

SG, my wife is away right now so I'm free to put the hours in. Like you mentioned before the plans come with very good directions for stripping. The reason I varied from the directions was the colours I chose. The instructions with my wood choice would have the yellow cedar all the way down...

It took a fair bit more work today on the ends to get the walnut sitting well at the ends. I used my oscillating tool with a sander head to help me fit it tighter then a final shave with the razor knife. When I was ready for gluing I was able to just slide the walnut back 3/32 on the nail to run...

So today I moved away from the instructions. When I was deciding whether to use the yellow cedar or not I came to the conclusion that it would look best framed in. That was one of the reasons I was hesitant to use it. I tied a test strip into place for reference. After getting it secured end to...

Those fasteners are double headed picture hanging nails that I've used once already. They used to be a lot cheaper on Amazon. I'm just going to use them on the tumblehome section.

Yes there's additional 6% spacing on the forms as well. I put some hours in getting things going. I had to shave the inner stems down so that the width of the inner stem plus the strips outside of that is under 3cm. That's the width of my exterior laminations. I pretty much have the...

Thank you Mark, I really enjoyed your Wabakimi solo YouTube series. I haven't got to Quetico yet. I saw that you shared that you settled on 8" aft of center and I was going to do that +6. I have a 7 web seat on order as well as hangers that will be riveted to the gunnels. Do you think I...

Memaquay, I wasn't aware of the Shearwater. I completely missed it researching available solo plans. Now that I do see it I don't see any dimensions listed for it but am interested for friend of mine looking to build. I do prefer the look of the full length tumblehome but would have...

Day 1: (Day 3 if you count making the forms) Most of the day was spent emptying the garage making room for the build. I have too many hobbies and also had to move an underway project to make room for this project that I’m sneaking in. I was given a strong back by a friend years back and I have...

Initially I was thinking 8% increase but after reading through the plans I saw they had different dimensions written on them than in the “brochure”. I settled on 6% increase which will give the same overall width of 32-1/4” as my Caribou. It will be pretty close to 16 feet depending on stems. I...

I thought I would post my build here as this site is such a great resource for building my Kite. Plenty of Jonathan Winters designs built here as well as many of those builders lending advice when needed. I was able to look though build threads and see pictures by Stripper Guy, Memaquay, Alan...

Thank you for the welcome guys. I enjoyed reading reading your build threads Gamma and Memaquay. I really like the Caribou's sizing. I find it quite stable in the rougher water I've had it in. I'm looking for something harder tracking and more efficient over distance when I'm not in the...

New member from BC here. Great resource you guys have going here. I paddle a Clipper Caribou but have been reading a lot on here about the Kite. After a question to Stripperguy and another to Alan Gage I ordered a set of plans to look over. Once I get to putting it together I'll start a...