The bench is all done structurally now. By that I mean that it’s free standing and usable. The top still needs to be flattened and the apron squared up to it. I’m really happy with how it has turned out. I’ve also uploaded the SketchUp drawing to the 3D warehouse. This shows the cleat […]
Archives for Projects
Various things I’ve made, restored, or otherwise tinkered with.
Portable Workbench (part 2)
Glue ups are an outside job. Now that the top and apron are one piece it makes workholding so much easier, even on the sawhorses. This gives me a nice usable work surface to build the leg frames and cross braces on. The leg frames on each side have a wide upper stretcher that is […]
Portable Workbench (part 1)
I’ve decided to build myself a proper workbench. And I’ve gotten the go ahead from my wife to build it in the living room. Pretty much all the woodworking I’ve done up to this point has been in the shop at work, or the basement at my parent’s house. While these are both great spaces […]
Gunwhale repair
Cut, chisel, cut, glue. Easy as that really. *UPDATE* Turns out I didn’t get a shot of the repair specifically beyond this stage. I went through other photos to find one later. You can see how it faired out in this shot below. I’m fooling around with […]
The Move
My time in the shop at work is over. The rest of the build will take place in my parents basement. I’ve been working like crazy through August to get the boat to this state where it’s strong enough to be transported. So today the boat, the strongback, the extra strips and all the […]
Gunwhales – Part 2
The second inwhale went on the same as the first. No surprises there. Even better than that, it lined up exactly the same. You can see at the bow and stern where I chose to end the gunwhales short of the stems and rounded them over. I decided I wanted to make the decks flush […]
Gunwhales – Part 1
After glassing the inside and getting the graphite finished the next step is gunwhales. The above photo is my first dry fit of the inwhale. There was lots of measuring and fitting here. In order to get the inwhale length perfect you need to have the center amidships spaced out to its desired final width […]
The graphite bottom
One of the things I knew I wanted to do from the beginning was apply the black bottom. This is a mixture of graphite and silica powder in with the epoxy. It gives the bottom of the canoe a finish that is very abrasion resistant and super slick. It does hide the beauty of […]
Glassing the inside
Today was fibreglassing the inside of the hull. This time it actually felt like I knew what I was doing a bit. So I’m sure my next canoe will have a better glass job all around. I had a better feel for the squeegee and was more diligent on cleaning up the runs. The wrinkles […]
Fairing the inside
It was very satisfying to get the canoe upright. It feels floppy but it looks canoey. I built the cradles to hold it similar to how they show in Canoecraft. However, CC calls for the height to be 26″ on the upright members. I knew that would be too low for working so I made […]