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Cleaned the glue out of the ends took the strips down to the stems. Put a strip on each side after pre-twisting with some heat. Noticed I had small gap under the clamp after it dried unfortunately. For the ends I'll fit the strips up to the inner stem as if it were a 1 piece stem. Then I'll...

After some shaping I have a plan now.

I went off script when it came to the stems because the walnut I have for the outer stem is only 1-1/4". I believe the plans call for 1-5/8" to taper. The inner is currently too proud like you say Jim. I will be shaving it down and covering it with hull. I will try to bring the outer stem...

A few more strips today, frustrating pace. Used the heat gun to put some twist on the strips. Reached the point that I need to start more shaping on the stems. Jim's stemless method keeps looking better.

I tried Scratchypant's suggestion of using the micro-plane on it's own. Worked way better that the razor knife thanks(y). I dropped it at one point and it went to pieces. Took a while to figure how that went back together. After a bit I realized I was missing a piece. I should probably take...

Jim, I'm sure tech will be here soon to 3D print the hull you want but what fun would that be? So I finally got the hang of the Robo Bevel. I was doing a couple of things wrong. First I was tipping it too far over on the forms. Second I was starting at the center and working out to the ends...

I see a fair bit of this was user error and not using staples. Having a coffee break now but things are going a lot smother today. I see you really need to run both directions with the Robo bevel and not be too aggressive with it.

I'm currently getting a strip an hour maybe which I'm not too pleased with. I was actually planning on using staples, the distressed look looks good on furniture. I even had my stapler and staples on the bench but after I put the ropes onto the strong back and test fit that strip for marking...

I got another 6 strips on today. It's not going very quickly with the square edge. How many strips do you guys normally get on in a day?

My first strip didn’t go so well. I end up breaking it off just as the glue was finishing setting. There gaps were too big and I knew I’d always stare at those bits even if no one else noticed them. I spent more time with the Robo bevel and the razor knife bringing the quality back up. I ended...

Skiing in the winter, both downhill and XC. Dual sport motorcycles, trail riding mountain bikes, fishing, hiking, quadding, traveling. Lots of BJJ in the past trashed my body but it was fun. I used to build up old Toyota trucks but now only a lightly modded daily driver. Kayaking became an...

SG, my wife is away right now so I'm free to put the hours in. Like you mentioned before the plans come with very good directions for stripping. The reason I varied from the directions was the colours I chose. The instructions with my wood choice would have the yellow cedar all the way down...

It took a fair bit more work today on the ends to get the walnut sitting well at the ends. I used my oscillating tool with a sander head to help me fit it tighter then a final shave with the razor knife. When I was ready for gluing I was able to just slide the walnut back 3/32 on the nail to run...

So today I moved away from the instructions. When I was deciding whether to use the yellow cedar or not I came to the conclusion that it would look best framed in. That was one of the reasons I was hesitant to use it. I tied a test strip into place for reference. After getting it secured end to...

Those fasteners are double headed picture hanging nails that I've used once already. They used to be a lot cheaper on Amazon. I'm just going to use them on the tumblehome section.

Yes there's additional 6% spacing on the forms as well. I put some hours in getting things going. I had to shave the inner stems down so that the width of the inner stem plus the strips outside of that is under 3cm. That's the width of my exterior laminations. I pretty much have the...

Thank you Mark, I really enjoyed your Wabakimi solo YouTube series. I haven't got to Quetico yet. I saw that you shared that you settled on 8" aft of center and I was going to do that +6. I have a 7 web seat on order as well as hangers that will be riveted to the gunnels. Do you think I...

Memaquay, I wasn't aware of the Shearwater. I completely missed it researching available solo plans. Now that I do see it I don't see any dimensions listed for it but am interested for friend of mine looking to build. I do prefer the look of the full length tumblehome but would have...

Day 1: (Day 3 if you count making the forms) Most of the day was spent emptying the garage making room for the build. I have too many hobbies and also had to move an underway project to make room for this project that I’m sneaking in. I was given a strong back by a friend years back and I have...

Initially I was thinking 8% increase but after reading through the plans I saw they had different dimensions written on them than in the “brochure”. I settled on 6% increase which will give the same overall width of 32-1/4” as my Caribou. It will be pretty close to 16 feet depending on stems. I...