I cut small pieces of marine grade plywood as reinforcements. Seems to work for me.
Of course, most of my decks are strips glued onto marine grade plywood... They seem to be plenty strong too.
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- Wed Mar 14, 2012 8:46 pm
- Forum: Builders' Forum
- Topic: Thwart mounting question
- Replies: 10
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- Sun Mar 11, 2012 8:44 am
- Forum: Builders' Forum
- Topic: Plywood build with floor epxy paint
- Replies: 1
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Plywood build with floor epxy paint
Wow. Check out this link. This bloke built a plywood - strip canoe and used epoxy paint. Talk about pushing - shoving the building envelope ...
http://www.songofthepaddle.co.uk/forum/ ... n-a-budget
http://www.songofthepaddle.co.uk/forum/ ... n-a-budget
- Thu Mar 01, 2012 1:34 pm
- Forum: Builders' Forum
- Topic: First time boat builder with a stripping pattern question...
- Replies: 4
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Re: First time boat builder with a stripping pattern questio
Toomanysplinters, I do think that with the right combination, the side herringbone pattern combined with a bottom herringbone to close her up would have been a great art project. Might be very distinctive, one of a kind...
- Thu Feb 23, 2012 11:39 am
- Forum: Builders' Forum
- Topic: Minor Freedom 17'9" update
- Replies: 46
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Re: Minor Freedom 17'9" update
Well, I just checked the temperature in Ottawa. I should be able to smell the sawdust down here!
Karl
Please post pictures of your build....
Karl
Please post pictures of your build....
- Wed Feb 22, 2012 7:50 pm
- Forum: Builders' Forum
- Topic: Sliding seat for 16.2 solo canoe
- Replies: 8
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Re: Sliding seat for 16.2 solo canoe
I did find some canoe saddles at North Water http://www.northwater.com/html/products/canoeing/Canoe%20subdirectory/Canoe-Saddle.html but I am afraid that $120 is too much for my tastes. On the kayak forum http://www.kayakforum.com/cgi-bin/Building/index.cgi there is some information on making seats ...
- Wed Feb 22, 2012 8:04 am
- Forum: Builders' Forum
- Topic: Sliding seat for 16.2 solo canoe
- Replies: 8
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Re: Sliding seat for 16.2 solo canoe
BearLeeAlive: Have you finished your Kite? I was the pics that you have posted so far. The Green Valley Kite, found on their web site, looks too dern good to put in the water. And I do like their removable yoke system, even though it is just a tad... "wood shop jig" in its appearance http:...
- Tue Feb 21, 2012 10:42 pm
- Forum: Builders' Forum
- Topic: Sliding seat for 16.2 solo canoe
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Re: Sliding seat for 16.2 solo canoe
Well, there appears to be some competing designs out there. 1. sliding Bow Seat Kit (SBK) Consists of two ash "U" brackets, 3 slide rails (one to mount gunwale to gunwale), spacers, and stainless hardware. Sold with or without seat. Good example is found at http://www.essexindustries.org/i...
- Mon Feb 20, 2012 7:02 pm
- Forum: Builders' Forum
- Topic: Sliding seat for 16.2 solo canoe
- Replies: 8
- Views: 17550
Re: Sliding seat for 16.2 solo canoe
Why did you have to "restart"? Are you interested in a fixed or sliding seat? I stopped making canoes... I don't recall why, just did. I am interested in sliding seats but don't like the designs with rails that go under the inwales. I noticed that the postings by Steve Killings in the lat...
- Wed Feb 15, 2012 8:05 am
- Forum: Builders' Forum
- Topic: Sliding seat for 16.2 solo canoe
- Replies: 8
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Sliding seat for 16.2 solo canoe
Well, I "restarted" my Steve Killing Freedom 16.2 solo and am looking at making a solo seat. The ones on rails i don't like. Are there any designs out there that I could duplicate?
- Wed Aug 10, 2011 8:51 am
- Forum: Builders' Forum
- Topic: Keel Dimensions
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3564
Re: Keel Dimensions
I think my next canoe will have a shoe keel. Anyone have any experience with them?
- Tue May 11, 2010 6:50 am
- Forum: Builders' Forum
- Topic: Redwood Prospector finished
- Replies: 13
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- Fri Apr 09, 2010 5:30 pm
- Forum: Builders' Forum
- Topic: 16' Prospector completed
- Replies: 6
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Nice canoe. Like the way you alternated the stripes. My canoes are less artistic than your first canoe... I can not help but to experiment on each new canoe or kayak. And none of them turn out the way I had envisioned. You should get years of enjoyment from it and if you are ever in the central Ohio...
- Thu Apr 08, 2010 9:28 pm
- Forum: Builders' Forum
- Topic: The Bob's Special
- Replies: 4
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I like the way that you alternated the strips. It is an excellent looking canoe that will give years of service. My first canoe ... and Glen Smith can attest... is about as far from your work of art as possible. But it floats and is my first choice for river work... You may find (as several of us ha...
- Mon Apr 05, 2010 1:31 pm
- Forum: Builders' Forum
- Topic: freedom solo 16'2" pictures by jimbo
- Replies: 6
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Re: freedom solo 16'2" pictures by jimbo
Yes, please, if you have had it in the water, please let me know how well it paddles. I am about to finish the football on mine and need to continue the motivation.
Is yours the first freedom 16.2 solo known to be finished? Has anyone else finished one?
Karl
Delaware Ohio
Is yours the first freedom 16.2 solo known to be finished? Has anyone else finished one?
Karl
Delaware Ohio
- Tue Mar 09, 2010 8:56 pm
- Forum: Builders' Forum
- Topic: Spalted Sycamore on Freedom 16.2 solo.
- Replies: 2
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Spalted Sycamore on Freedom 16.2 solo.
Has anyone worked with spalted wood before making a canoe? Any pictures? I have been trying to work with spalted sycamore http://lumberjocks.com/ which seems light and certainly easy to sand. I did a small project with the wood, a monster paddle and it absorbs a ton of epoxy. I hope to have a unique...