Cedar Strip Canoe Project: Merlin (47 photos)
Selvage edge of fiberglass cloth
v) off the molds
u) Epoxy 3rd coat
Looking from stern
t) Epoxy 3rd coat
Looking from bow
s) fairing the hull
Bringing her lines to the surface
r) Stern stem nearly fair
q) Stems on
Ready for fairing
p) Hull closed 12/15/2010
o) Closing up plank by plank
December 4, 2010
n) bow bevel 2
m) bow bevel
l) Creating the rolling bevel
k) seven strips side view
j) seven strips bow view
i) Beveling inner stem
Sand paper-on-a-stick method
h) Fair lines of the molds
g) stern stems glued up
using System III and wood flour
f) Inner and outer stems for stern
Inner of cedar. Outer of ash
e) Steaming the stems
d) Stern to center molds
c) Bow to center molds
Stem cut for addition of interior stem
b) Strong back
I generally followed the plans in Moores book