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I should have mentioned - grain direction is important. You want vertical, not flat - i.e., grain should be parallel with the 3/16" dimension.

Worms.

Hi Traveler - thanks for the compliment. The stems are 3/16" strips of SPF construction lumber. I clamp my heat gun to the side of my workbench so that it is pointing up at a comfortable angle. Each strip is bent individually. I hold them about 12-20" away from the gun, constantly moving back...

Perhaps a tad presumptuous, this is the penultimate update. Here she is sanded down and ready for coat numero uno. That Pettit Flagship stuff smells like no other coating product I've used - delicious. Perhaps even a hint of blueberry? Of course I've probably just shaved a few years off my...

As some of you may have deduced by the 2 canoe builds I have documented here, I am very much a "as long as it gets the job done" kind of guy. If I can make something functional look pretty, fine - but that's the order of the priorities. Keeping on that theme, I use any and all manner of...

My Bob Special strips were cut to .210". 4 oz glass with double layers on the interior and exterior footballs. No stems, though - you'd have to take that into consideration. With a tailor's tape, measure shearline to shearline on your largest form, then divide by your strip width. Without...

Oh, and at close to freezing, I'd be cold with a pad. But that doesn't say much - I'm a cold sleeper.

Take the tent. I own 2 hammocks - a Warbonnet and a LittleShopofHammocks Warrior Lite. I spent the better part of 2 summers setting them up in my back "forest". Issues I experienced included numb heels to an earth-shattering headache and several other problems. I have The Ultimate Hang book and...

Pitter-patter... Got clamps? One done. No scuppers from the stern to the front of the stern seat. It looks a deceivingly longer stretch than it is - only 36" or so until the scupper start. The other followed soon after. On to the decks... Coating them with resin at this stage was...

Very nice work, although the deck construction had me scratching my head a bit.

Just like the rest of the boat, right?

Of the two I've built, only one has stems. I did not steam them - I clamped a heat gun to my bench and bent them by hand (you can feel the strips "give" when they're heated enough). I used construction lumber (SPF) cut into 1/4 strips.

Don't get me started - not "pooh-TEEN", "puts-IN" And I've always said E-pih-fanes. I'm trying Flagship this go around.

There are different timelines, skill levels, tool and environmental constraints. I think I could probably bang one out in a month if I put my head down. Yet my first one took me about 8 months and this current one has been in the shop going on 14. If I set myself a deadline, that would stress me...

I ignore Jim's advice at my own peril, but I too have used the table saw with enough success to make it my method of choice. I have a unifence that I can slide towards me, supporting the work only just passed the blade. I skip the bead and cove and bevel my strips directly on the form, as...

HI DT. Some of the craziest weather I've ever encountered was between Syracuse and Pulaski on the 81. Where are you heading in QC? I'm just across the border from where they nabbed David Sweat.

I'm amazed it took until post #14 for jerky to show up. We buy our beef by the quarter and we get the tougher cuts made into strips for jerky. If it's chilly, lunch will be cup-a-soup or ramen, both of which contain enough salt for about 10 people. Pepperettes are another staple - usually good...

Just don't try to divide by it.

You're saying running a round-over bit around the 3 top edges? I'm not sure how I would do that without tear-out or shooting a scupper-spacer projectile across the shop. Hand-filing/sanding does not sound more appealing, but I get the practicality. If I end up using them as lash-points I'll...

We must appear as a somewhat goofy bunch I'm sure.