On how I used a router table to make a router table… I have to make a router table to put the bead and cove edges on the strips once they’re cut. But as I was getting the parts made up for it, I realized that to rebate the bottom edge of the router plate […]
Archives for April 2014
Stem strips and some sawhorses
Today was fun with hardwood. I have a small pile of dogwood I cut up a couple years ago before I even decided to build the canoe. I need some hard wood for the outer stems so I’m having a go with the dogwood. The outer stems need to be tough as they take a […]
Station Molds 2
A couple of solid sessions in the shop and the station molds are all cut out and faired now. I’ll be so happy to finish working with plywood. It’s convenient and flat and dimensionally stable but it sure is awful to shape and cut nicely. I’ve had a lot of birch splinters in the last […]
Cherry for trim
I threw a pin cherry log on the mill today. I’m hoping to get the gunwhales and thwarts out of this if it isn’t too badly checked. The log was cut almost two years ago but it has been up off the ground. The ends were very checked but after cutting off as much as […]