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Whatever works for you. I cut the bulk off with a utility knife then snuck up on the line with a sharp chisel, finishing off with a 4" piece of sandpaper spray-glued to 2' long, scrap strip.

Looks great, Pat. Welcome. I get worked up over glassing, too - not a big fan of working to a strict timetable. A number things that helped me Thoroughly clean your work area before you start. Transform it from a wood shop to a finishing room. Line your work areas/benches with craft paper Lay...

Well, I'm glad my attempt at dry humour provoked some thought.

You can store it at my place if you'd like - I wouldn't charge much.

As I write this from my couch, my wife lying down next to me and both of us with positive PCR tests... September 2019: I had just returned from an Algonquin, Pinetree-Sylvia, there-and-back trip with my nephew. Earlier that year, my wife and I rented an H2O Prospector 16-4 and this time my...

Can you pick up giardia "that" way? Boil water first?

Love my UCO - we spent an entire rainy day in the tent and it made it a little more bearable. Bit of a stretch, but I left a soft cooler with 3, 8"x2" links of dried/cured salami in a hotel in Renfrew. Realized around Barry's Bay and called the hotel to let them know. I'm a little obsessive...

Same - my premium (i.e. wide view) progressives were going to cost over $900. I got them from Zenni for $292 and they came with clip-ons. I'll go against the grain here and say that I wish I could get non-polarized clip-ons. Polarized lenses do not play nice with acrylic motorcycle visors - cars...

Wow - that's just down the road from me, so to speak.

If my strips had a knot, I would give them a couple of good bends/tweaks and if they held they'd go on as is.

No recipe to share, but powdered peanut butter is a bannock game-changer. Whatever the recipe, I usually whip up a batch at home before committing - strictly for testing purposes, of course. Edit: Nephew delighted in chopping up some pepperettes to mix into a savoury bannock. Genius he is.

2010 meters from AP 12 to Pinetree Lake in Algonquin. First day was less of a problem than the last day.

That's funny, because I've dubbed it "the birthing window."

My 2", 6-32 machine screws came in. I now have a lifetime supply. A bit tricky to get the washer and nut on - no way to fit your hands in there. A dab of Vaseline in a nut driver got it done. And with that, out the window it goes... I had quite a hard time weighing it. The 2nd floor of...

I read your title wrong, as in: "There is no better advice than bad advice", in which case all of those Facebookista's would be right.

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...