The Bear Mountain Boat Shop

I actually did get this back in the water! I will post some pictures of the re-build finish and of the yoke layout I made on graph paper. Interesting find, I had signed and dated the bottom of my decks on 4/18/09. I pulled them out on.......4/18/20! Quite the coincidence.

Does anyone have a plan with sections and dimensions for a carved portage yoke they could share? I found some images on line but not enough info to make some of the style I've seen out there. Looking for the dished style to fit more comfortably on your shoulders.

Thanks Todd

Fortunately I work in my basement! Constant 65deg F with my radiant floor heat. Yeah I've got a flexible sanding board I use for the final sand before glass. I made it to use two half sheets of sand paper end to end. works quite well.

So the cloth removal was the easy part! I ended up block planing 75% of the epoxy layer from the cedar but the flat areas, no go. I ended up finding 40(gasp) grit worked the best for removal on my 5" ROS. It leaves the cedar rough so i'll have to go back through and sand the whole hull again bu...

What kind of heater are you running? Kerosene or propane fired heaters will put a lot of moisture into your work space quickly. This could be another source of moisture for sure.

Todd

Am i looking at the same canoe two different times for epoxy and glass? I see gunwales and blue tape in the one picture making me wonder. So you left the gunwale on when you re-glassed?

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Todd

Jim,

Did you sand the edges of the fiberglass/wood interface before you put the final layer of glass on? I'm assuming you did so mechanical bond on the main layer then and not chemical since it had to cure to be able to sand it? Am I over thinking it?

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Todd

Epoxy and it came off quite easily once I got the temperature right. Will you post a picture of what the bottom of your canoes look like with two layers of glass? Good idea on the epoxy on the gunwales I will most definitely be doing that

IMG_5934.jpg IMG_5933.jpg IMG_5931.jpg IMG_5930.jpg IMG_5929.jpg Finished the second side in half the time as the first. They key is to let the heat do the work for you. The piece laying on my peapod build really shows how the wood fibers separate from bruising from hitting rocks. Only one crack th...

SO I started removing the outside cloth and resin from my Ranger I built in 2010. After 9 years of hard use and abuse on some rocky rivers around me it was time. The repairs were starting to take away from the beauty of the exterior. After an hour and fifteen minutes I've got a bout a quarter of it ...

is there a place on line I can find directions to do this type? I love the look!

Todd

Keep in mind that the wood is there to keep the two layers of cloth and epoxy and nice little distance apart to maintain a nice sandwich panel strength. The strength of the cedar in negligible in the whole system. I dont see any problem and agree that it wont cause any strength problems.

Thanks Glen! I am very happy with canoe #2. I may do a reverse color scheme for my next one - kind of a yin yang thing for two. Maybe.

It's done!!! I have been out in it twice now. It is extremely fast but is a very slow turner. I took it up stream yesterday on a rain swollen river and struggled to keep it straight. All in all I love the final color scheme and the shear fact it is very light. My next project is going to be a lapstr...

I chnaged computers and had fits with my user name and password so now i am new!

I am sanded out with 80 grit at this point. The scraper worked well and I was able to get most of my tear out fixed. I hope to do my out side 'glassing in the next two weeks.