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No Title Lots of sanding over the weekend, lots. Currently I am taking down the high spots with 50 grit using an ROS hooked up to the shop vac, then onto 80 and a finish of 120. The lack of dust is simply amazing, however just to be safe I'm wearing a respirator as well as I have heard of a...

Paddle envy! Wow Alan. I have a nice Winona bent, a Bending branches straight, several Old Town relics and a Werner Skagit double blade. All of which can get me where I want to go...just not often enough. Mac

Wow, such a wealth of great information. I'm sure glad I landed on this website. The two canoes I have used for the past several years are tandem and I have trekked in the bow seat facing the stern. Depending upon the trip, especially the number of long portages, I will either take my...

No Title A very productive shop day as the canoe comes together nicely. Two of the four bird's eyes are completed with only a small bit of consternation on one strip. Using the described razor/steel straight edge cut method and a sharp rasp, I have developed a very quick and, more importantly...

No Title Back at it after a week of conferences. Last weekend I encountered my biggest challenge thus far: the football. With little room to spare, I began introducing a minor design of an double pointed black walnut configuration down the middle. This was flanked by cedar strips, expanding...

Yesterday I worked on the football and bird's eyes. In another thread on this forum I was tipped off that to eliminate consternation in cutting long angle strips necessary for the bird's eye that an exact-o knife is the best tool to use. WOW! This clue saved me a considerable amount of time...

Very sharp and I'm sure very sharp. Hoping Robin received my donation yesterday or perhaps it will arrive tomorrow. Mac

Copied from a thread called The Canoe found on the bwca.com site. It all came about from a renovation, a road trip and a slight suggestion from my father. A little long but it is provided on request. This project has been a while in concept and implementation, as I have considered building my...

I am very impressed with the quality of craftsmanship I have witnessed on this board after spending a wee bit too much time lurking this cold Minnesota afternoon. The discourse has been inspirational and pictures very telling. Comparing many of your builds to my first attempt, I am humbled to...

Thank you Jim and Alan for your mentoring on this project as The Canoe has been a work in progress upon another forum. With their encouragement I have begun participating upon this site. The following are pictures up to now. My Dad and I are having a great time enjoying each other's company...

And a Happy New Year as well. New to this forum, I am not a novice concerning canoe/camping. My experiences date back to the mid 1960's and include many trips to the BWCA and an expedition to the Arctic Circle Alaska last summer. My water craft include a Winona Adirondack and a 1972 Old Town...