The Bear Mountain Boat Shop

May be this is something interesting I found in a german forum:

http://good-times.webshots.com/album/55 ... v?start=12

Armin

nearly two years after i finished my first stripper, i´m on the way to build a second one. this time i want to build a canoe a little more „traditional style“. i really like the inside looking of the wood canvas canoes, but do not really like the canvassed and painted outside. i also found very spec...

hi dave, i just fixed the stem band with little brass-screws and thickened epoxy. if you want to have a look: http://groups.msn.com/Kanubau/shoebox.msnw?Page=3 it´s really difficult to find the place were i used the screws, and i think it´s gonna last forever ... found the exact how-to-information h...

:smile After nearly 16 month (with breaks in between) it´s done! I took my wild beauty out to the sun and fresh air for the first time of her life, and I think she enjoyed it. Hope that I can put her to the water this evening. MANY MANY THANKS FROM GERMANY TO ALL OF YOU! :applause I found almost alw...

Nice seats Chris!

I also thought about using the HH Perkins plastic cane stuff for my seats.
So if Erik decides to take the "real" thing, I´m very interrested in the rest of your cane.
@ Erik: hope you don´t feel angry about my request :embarassed

Armin

hi jerry, had the same idea couple of month ago. i thought it would be nice to have the name of my hiawatha burned onto the wood. i printed out the name, took it to place and transfered the contour with a whole lot of stitches of a needle to the hull. after that i started with my woodburning tool (e...

I also have the Gil Gilpatricks book "Building a Ceder Strip Canoe". Especialy the chapter about caning is worth the money! Very detailed description with lots of photos.

hallo chris, hast du ein glück dass du die leisten im wohnzimmer auslegen darftst ;-) kleiner tip wegen der farben: wisch sie mit einem feuchten lappen ab, erst dann hast du in etwa eine ahnung wie sie nach dem laminieren aussehen !! @ all: Lucky Chris is able to put out all planks in the living roo...

I named it "CHEECHAKOO". It´s the indian name for Greenhorn. For my first stripper I think it´s the perfect name ;-)

Hi,
here´s what I found today:
http://www.heritagecanoes.com/Inlay_process1.html
seems to be a lot of work...
(Looks similar to your work Eric?)

Thank you for the idea to import the files to AutoCad! Much easier and faster than measuring .... by hand. :-)
Have to ask somebody of our constructions departement to print it out.

Hi Bernie,
here´s a link to a german HP. There you can find som detailed plans (shapes) of a couple of paddles.
http://www.holzcanadier.de/html/paddelbau.htm
In the middle of the site you see the different types, and on the left side the details for download.