The Bear Mountain Boat Shop

I am just about at the varnishing stage of my Rob Roy. Has anyone ever given the decks, gunnels, and seats a coat of epoxy prior to varnishing? I'm thinking this would add more durability to the finish or would i be just wasting my time? All the trim is black walnut, and I have purchased Epifanes va...

I cut my tapers on the people side of the inwales, that way the other side is left straight to match up nicely to the side of the hull.

I know this isn't an option for most, but a milling machine makes quick and accurate scuppers very safely. I did mine at school, with a 1/2" carbide spiral bit spinning at max (4000) rpm of the machine. Clamped both gunnels together, centred the table on the bit, plunged in the middle of the sc...

I'm currently building a rob roy with white cedar. No problems to report, the wood i got has a fair bit of interesting colour variations from white to yellowish to near pinkish on some strips. The white cedar i got was fairly cheap seeing that it was shorter lengths (no prob-> scarf them) and even i...