The Bear Mountain Boat Shop

That is a beautiful piece of work. What is the darker wood used on the decky things at the end? I am going to try and use all locally sourced timber definitely nothing imported. I have access to lime cherry oak chestnut etc for the trims and I am thinking of using either lime for the planking or dou...

I will be considering this as a job and the first one I make will be for me. The second one I want to make will be lofted from an canoe I already own and that is an 1890 peterborough canoe. It is a little worse for wear but complete. That one I will sell after I am sure it is good enough. I don't kn...

If I were to go to my barn and start building a redbird from scratch, including the strongback, forms etc...........spending 40 hrs a week on the job, how long do you think it should take to get a completed canoe. Just for the record I do have a joinery background and all the tools to match. Your th...

Ok here goes. I am not new to woodwork as it is my job. I have put some thought into the canoe with ribs issue and have come up with the following idea. It is a little long winded but I think it will work. Create a form in the usual way, then cut about 7mm off each mould and replace with a sacrifici...

Thanks for the heads-up on the glue thing....

just to be clearer still, out of the three different types of titebond available which is most suited to the planking stage ? ...does it matter?

Thank you again to all those who know a great deal more than I do.

On the front cover of that very popular book there are two canoes . One has no ribs inside and the other has. I would like to construct the latter. Are these applied after a normal construction or are they in place as the boat is built?. Also what would be a preferable timber for these?. If there is...

Ok things are moving on. I have a workshop 110 m² with a level concrete floor. I have also acquired eight lengths of Epicea commun which are 5.6m long 80 x 200 mm in section. These have been barn stored for eleven years. They are from a tree that was over eighty years old, but got uprooted in the st...

Oh of course !
Thank you, another step on the steep learning curve.

You will have to excuse my ignorance.......oil canning?.

I prefer the look of wood!! :eyebrows

That wood yard is about three hours away. Looks good. I will try and find one a bit nearer though. I will use red cedar for the first boat. I am still interested in the possibility of using douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii). Your thoughts please. ps sue denim is not my real name !!!! I do have a k...

My first post and hopefully the start of a journey resulting in my very own woodstrip. Be prepared for some odd questions like this one. I am currently sourcing timber for the strips. Our wood yard has good long lenghts of knot free white pine. I cannot however find a reference to the species. How i...