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I built the vertical section of the stern float tank and glued it together. I then marked it for height, trimmed it and attached a thicker piece of walnut. I broke off the one I glued previously on bow tank and replaced it with a thicker piece too. I'll be planing it down and rounding it over...

I spent a little time getting the gunnels cut to length outside before it gets cold here again. I had left them overnight with the wood bits in there which did help a fair bit. The best way to get them on ended up being getting them started, lining them up then whacking them into place. They...

OK, I won't skip any pictures then. This is one I skipped on that last post. It's one of ripping the walnut trim piece down to the thickness I needed. It's hard to see a line drawn on walnut so I use the tape to make it easier to see. Mainly I took this picture to show the Japanese pull saw...

Looking good. Are you going the glass the coaming too?

Finished the wood on the front tank, just needs a little sanding then glassing. If I'm adding too many pictures please me know and I'll just add the important stuff. I took advantage of the weather window and was hoping to get the gunnels cut to length. Since they're 18' I have to open my...

Not much of an update. I planed the strip of walnut down to 18mm to match the inner stem and shaped/trimmed a few pieces before tending to household chores. I didn't want to be the neighbor out too early running the snowblower. We have a lot of standing snow and are just starting a week long...

That was my experience as well. The friend that has helped me with advice over the years also said the same thing with his Mirka unit. The first time he used it he paused and thought "I should have bought one of these years ago". I still wear a respirator though as it doesn't get it all and...

@ThatPaddlingGuy Those supports are just tacked in place currently with hot glue. Fortunately I realized before I attached anything permanently. I'll break them loose and re-glue at the correct height. Thanks for the kind words. Hopefully I'll get some more time for it tomorrow.

Today started well, I sanded the pieces then taped the templates to them and cut them out. I sanded them to fit below the walnut allowing room for the plate and a filet joint up to the walnut. I planed down some bead and cove scraps to and hot glued them in place bead side up on both ends. I...

@stripperguy The plan is to have the top follow along just under the walnut.

It feels like I have been doing nothing but shoveling the driveway here. All that snow made for an amazing deep day at the ski hill though so it's a worthy trade off. Stripper Guy will likely appreciate this picture I took of my daughter showing the conditions. Over a foot of fresh on top of...

@PaddlingPitt I'm in Fort St. John.

I stopped for lunch at the end of the Nahanni Butte winter road on the edge of the Liard last June while tripping on my dual sport. I stared across at the beautiful mountains that my camera couldn't accurately capture the colour of what I could see. Thank you for sharing such a great trip...

I probably had my garage at 65 F for the job. I preheated the shop overnight with the baseboard and 2 space heaters to ensure it was at max temp. I them shut the space heaters off before starting to ensure temperature drop during the job to prevent wood off gassing. It was -8 F here yesterday...

The fill coat helped a fair bit even if you can't tell in the pictures.

When setting up for glassing I used foam cradles out near the stems where the boat is already tough. I didn’t want to risk the hull deforming from it’s own weight and then me glassing it permanently to that shape. I masked off the edges and pre-laid the glass. I would just pull it back to wet...

Stripperguy, I really appreciate you taking the time to dig out those pictures. They help a lot. Mem, you keep calling your work butchery but it looks very nice to me. Also how many canoes have you built now? The more I read on here researching various models it seems you have built that one...

Thanks for all that guys. I didn't sand my ends with the intention of using float tanks. I'll have to think about it.

Gamma, the masking is for the fillet joint. I find it helps keep the mess to a minimum but more importantly it acts as a guide to get a uniform width joint. I made the joint slightly wider in the cockpit and tapered it towards the ends. I also added a little filler at the ends where the...

Got the fillet joints done and the seal coat completed. I used my wife's icing bags and the disposable wooden spoon again for the fillets. I only mixed up 2 pumps of epoxy this time instead of 3 when doing the seal coat. It allowed me to get it on thinner by getting it all on before the pot...