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HighPlainsDrifter
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11/04/2010 09:40PM  
I decided early on that I would use internal and external stems on my boat....... my first boat. I also had no clue on how to achieve the rolling bevel with any tool. It seems I always cut crooked. Must have a crooked eye.

I found a huge help on Michne's boat page. Sand paper-on-a-stick is the answer for those of you with a crooked eye (and it does take the fear out of a tricky bit of wood removal).

http://michneboat.com/Web%20site%20home.htm michneboat

here are a few pictures
 
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fishincanoe
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12/18/2010 05:57PM  
I have used a very sharp spokeshave, Stanley block plane, end grain block plane and 1.25 chisel or 1.5 chisel in the tight areas. I am very careful when using the chisels not to take to much wood off. Your sanding block also works well. A very helpful book to me besides Ted Moore's,Canoecraft is John Gardner's The Dory Book. The text and illustrations in the Dory Book helped me greatly in building wooden boats and the 15' Bob's Special. Samuel Manning has clear illustrations on beveling a dory stem in the Dory Book.
 
fishincanoe
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12/18/2010 06:24PM  
Your bevels look great. Good Job!
 
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