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I'm usually not one for over thinking things like this, I usually just forge ahead and d@mn the torpedos. However, I'm thinking maybe you might get a variation in the depth of your bead doing this. Wider strips will probably all have the same depth, but less wide strips might only have the...

Starting bid.....$9000.00 Wonder how much they will actually go for.

I'm having trouble figuring out your shaper, it almost looks backward or something. However, I think what you are saying is that you are pushing the strip against the outside fence, not the fence next to the router bit. Interesting concept, I've never done it like that. I always just used...

Wow, missed this thread originally, glad you brought it back. I'm very interested in final weight too.

Really enjoyed that video, and I don't normally stick it out for the whole thing, but I'm a sucker for grouse hunting on a canoe trip. Great job!

I stopped fiberglassing blades a long time ago. Usually the blades don't fail catastrophically, but in increments. Splits of dings, warning signs that they might be on their way out. I just generally build a new paddle at that point and give the gimp to a pal with an outboard boat who needs a...

Going through some more old documents, found this boat build plan for a boat they apparently used on Long Lake for the log drives. The dimensions are very similar to traditional freighter canoes, just flattened out for building with modern lumber. I've got some contacts I'm going to ask...

At the moment, there are rumours of the Ogoki Road connecting with Armstrong, but we have always been told that it is a forbidden thing, that there will never be a connection. Only a bit of flex in the paddle, jus enough to make it comfortable.

LOL, you are correct, you win a prize of unbelievable value, to be shipped to you at an unknown date, not just because Canada Post is on strike, but because I don't know what the prize is yet.

Well, my escape from working has not been complete. They needed a wood working teacher again, so I signed up for the year. Have had the grade nines making decorative paddles, some nice ones too. Other classes are making a variety of things, only one real paddle amongst them. I really liked...

I'm not sure of the evolution of term Goon Stroke, if anyone knows, it would be an interesting bit of info. I know that dedicated practitioners of the Goon ( and there are probably more Gooners than J'ers) like to call it the "stern pry". In no way should this be construed as someone covering...

So there's a bing shot of the cutovers surrounding parts of the Squaw. The Esnagami is still traveled fairly often, I have heard that the ports are usually good, a fair amount of fast water. Not sure about coming upstream on the Squaw though, that's probably where most of their poling miles...

The school is in the process of obliterating my past, lol. Since I retired in 2019, much of my stuff from Outers and the Video program I ran has remained untouched. Renovations are forcing a lot of stuff into the garbage. The old map cases have been emptied, and I had to go through hundreds to...

If you drive along the north shore of Lake Superior, let me know, we can meet up, or better yet, you could stop by!

I followed Glenn's instructions for imugr, and it worked! Thanks Glenn! Here are my two, it's hard to distinguish, one is a 20 footer with a 6 horse suzuki, the other one is a 17 fitter with a 2.5 suzuki. I still have Tim Marchetti's plans for a traditional 20 footer, similar to the NorWest...

Im not trying to be a Debbie Downer, just throwing my devalued Canadian two cents in, but...... David Jackson and his partner are, well, hard-core. They accomplish things that would have most of us mewling like baby kittens in a snow storm after the first day, lol. I was thinking, another...

My usual formula for routes like that is to assume that the portages are completely gone, no matter what anyone else says. An important part of a trip like that is to examine all possible ways to re-route if needed.

I wouldn't want to speculate, as I have no experience with t formex. However, I have lots of experience with royalite, their makeup was indeed soft, and the hulls routinely oil canned, but still were good boats. Our school club has been running them hard now for over 15 years, they look fairly...

I used a kevlar Spirit II on a ten day trip. Ran lots of white water, some pretty big stuff too. Had a light weight girl in the bow, she was sometimes pretty high up in the air, but the canoe performed well. Fast on the flats too, although I'm not sure how the rubber version would compare...

Very interesting video, and canoe came in under 30 pounds. I've got to do some research on this style.