Monthly Archives: March 2018

The Urban Oarsman & Son build a Canoe, part seventeen…………. Seats and carrying yoke.

While the epoxy cures, between applications, I make up the canoe seats and carrying yoke.   With the price of wood these days (and yesterdays too) I always make up a cutting plan before I start to cut.  Helps me … Continue reading

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The Urban Oarsman & Son build a Canoe, part sixteen ………….“Fill the weave, fill the weave”…………..

The initial epoxy & cloth coat is “cured”.  No longer sticky to the touch.  This is a “green” cure, the epoxy is still soft.  We will get a chemical and mechanical bond to the first coat.  I trim off all … Continue reading

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The Urban Oarsman & Son build a Canoe, part fifteen……….. “Poxy day”

We have sanded the canoe to death.  All the curves look smooth and we are getting to the point where sanding the canoe any more will just put dips in the wood between the mould stations and between the harder … Continue reading

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The Urban Oarsman & Son build a Canoe, part fourteen…Outer Stems.

Having sanded the hull, the next step is to attach the outer Stem pieces.  I bought a rough cut, smooth two face  1″ by 6″ 8′ oak plank.  There will be enough wood in this piece for the stem strips, … Continue reading

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The Urban Oarsman & Son build a Canoe, part thirteen. Stripping the West side….

Stripping the West side of the canoe was much harder than the East side.  After the first four, every strip had to be fitted, with a bevel on each end of the strip. Strip one goes on….. To increase the … Continue reading

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