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I'm not sure what you mean... The way I broke it, I put the glass toward the floor, put one end on a block & jumped up and down until it broke. I thought it would be most likely to pull away from the wood by bending in that direction. You think it would have been more prone to separation if...

"Gobble and be gobbled"?

I like it! Grab some up, name the lake & I'll meet ya. The headgear will fit right in with my new Merlin. (just don't look at it after wobbly pops... it might end poorly)

I worried about that in the planning stages and that's why I made the test panel. I'm unsure if you clicked on the "spoiler" above so I'll include the picture again here. Application was the same except that I ran a scotch brite pad across it. I was very skeptical until I broke the panel...

LOL You had an inkling of what was coming... was it as bad as you feared? @Alan Gage : Interior will be plain Pine & Cherry (after all, it's the part I'll see when I'm paddling) The Shpit (I like that- stealing it) dried to a flat, almost chalk-like texture but I'd previously wet the hull and...

Alan, I've seen, in your threads, that you do that and it makes sense but won't work here. For this boat, I'll need bare wood. I'm sure that some are wondering about the "extra trippy" part and this might make more sense w/ a little back story: I have been known to disappear into the woods...

Sorry Benson, you lost me at "no pubs". :LOL:

Looked like a couple of nice tent pads on RR at 1:33 and 7:30 (at least, I think it was RR... hard to tell without rocks) Looked up the aqueduct... interesting project and I'm glad that they restored it.

I worry about developing sensitivity to epoxy so I'm extremely careful about skin contact (I seem to still get some) and use epoxy sparingly. I've taken to gluing seat & thwart laminations (I don't make decks) but I do use epoxy where the piece will experience more constant water contact...

Interesting... I've always been afraid to put anything but oil in mine for fear of damaging the seasoning; I never realized that you could heat water. I mean, I washed the new one last night with (gasp) soap and it retained the seasoned finish (Hot water scrub only from here on out but...

Persistence is often rewarded. I've searched antique shops regularly looking for a larger cold-handle and I recently got a message from a co-op I'd visited in Duncansville, PA that they'd found the larger pan that I've been looking for. I've found a lot of them that are about 8 inches across...

The trick to chicken is to use canned. I can my own with a pressure canner (1 lb boneless= 1 pt canned) and it dehydrates very well.

Welcome to the site Josh. I admire the fact that you had an idea for a useful product and got it out for public sale. The website itself can be a lot of work and yours is well done & professional-looking. Best of luck with sales and I hope you'll stick around for more than just this thread...

Yes. In fact, I usually rotate 180 degrees (palm roll) during recovery every stroke. (Obviously, asymmetrical grips won't work any better than bent shafts for me) I'll agree on paddle sizing and, because I'm notoriously frugal, I'd suggest grabbing a couple of plastic & aluminum cheapies at...

I'm slowly but surely getting this hull prepped for the next steps but it's certainly trying to be difficult. Unfortunately, I changed too many things (hull shape, wood glue, wood species) to be sure where the problems lie and I'm kind of assuming that it's just a bad combination of strip...

Welcome. If the pup reads this you might have (Hades) to pay but, then again, it'd be worth it to have him reading. We should all read more. Glenn will be along shortly. I'm sure there's a way to change username. Maybe "... w/Cerberus"

Completely agree. If you can't roll (or get away from your boat) in a pool or pond, you have zero chance of doing it in moving water. It's also something that should be practiced. I could do it easily in my teens but have no confidence that I could do it today. (yet another reason I portage...

Welcome to the site, Mark. Lots of experienced builders here to help and even more of us that love to watch build threads. Always something that we can learn.

I think auto correct errors have become so common that I knew exactly what Bill had intended to write. It actually made the altered text (and BB's response) even funnier to me. (also good that the alterations didn't run afoul of the profanity filters)

The maps from wabakimimaps.com show campsites as black triangles & portages in red w/ length notation but no GPS coordinates or campsite / portage notes such as I've had for the past 2 trips (thanks again, mem... You've, obviously, spoiled me) I assume that both length of ports & locations of...