Boundary Waters Quetico Forum :: Group Forum: Boat Builders and Repair :: Thought I would share some photos and observations of build
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carpetman |
I have under 20 working hours in stripping. I started level at top of strongback line. The first few strips were the hardest. Had a lot of help from my 7 year old daughter. I thought stripping the football was going to be hard but I did the last 20 strips in about 3.5 hours. I used a 3/8 thick keel piece ( I wanted to strip to a center piece rather than a center line) I am sure it saved time. I used leather scraps and little pieces of nylon strapping ( the kind pallets are wrapped in) under the staples. this makes removing the staples easier, and helps prevent bruising the wood. It worked well and was worth wile I should have used more. I sanded for 15-20 minuites last night. I HATE SANDING I am sure I have another 2-3 hours of sanding to do. |
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Cedarboy |
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jdevries |
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amhacker22@hotmail.com |
I see you used the single center strip. That solution finally dawned on me after hours of trying to get two strips bevelled just right. It was a huge time saver on my 2nd boat. I glued another strip on top of it at the stems so I could shape it, but I wound up planing it all off anyway. Nice looking boat. |
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carpetman |
I have not added any strips to stern, thinking of leaving it level. might save a few ounces should make installing gunwales easier. Any negative thoughts to stern being 4 inches lower than bow. bow is 19 inches, plans called for 18.5 strips worked out to 19 inches. |
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Cedarboy |
To save wt be careful about epoxy and how you trim it out....... 2 fill coats outside and no fill coats inside just the wet out on the inside(save a lb or so) Rip a 1/4 inch off the outwale(save a lb or so). No end decks just grab thwarts(save another lb). Cut you own thwarts 3/4 by 1 3/4(save another 1/2 lb). Remember when the canoe comes off the forms that is the LIGHTEST it will ever be. From that point forward you are adding wt. CB |
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HighPlainsDrifter |
Glad you finally got your build in this group! Beautiful work and in a short time. I get the feeling, this is not your first build :) Neat trick on the legs for the strong back...... was that the kitchen table that you sawed in half? I think I would hang those strips on the stern (that weight will be small compared to the trim). Tonight I weighed my trim and seat (inwales, outwales, thwarts, decks, carry handles, cane seat, seat hangers, silicon bronze bolts....... an additional 9 pounds !!! |
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