The Bear Mountain Boat Shop

Hey kind of forgot about about this forum but I finished the canoe last spring. I also did a couple cherry wood paddles to go with it over the summer. Thanks to everyone that helped out with advice on here! Overall I'm super happy with how it turned out. Epoxy and varnish both aren't perfect but I'm...

Glassing the inside went well and I’ve gotten the gunnels on as well. Now just decks, seats and varnish to do. Unfortunately I’m moving away for school in a couple days so I won’t be able to finish until next summer. Here’s a few pictures of my current progress. Thanks for all the help from everyone...

Also here's a few pictures now that the boat is flipped

Thanks for the tips Brian. I think that I must have just bought the wrong kind of roller but I liked the brush method so I think I'll just buy more of those next time. Thanks for the heads up on the amine blush as well. I had a couple spots that I had been a bit confused about but they washed away e...

I did the epoxy back on the 29th and have been on a canoe trip pretty much since then. Overall I think it went pretty well. I had most success with the brush method as described in canoecraft. I also tried a roller but I found that in order get a smooth surface I had to use a lot more epoxy witch en...

I'm planning on doing 3 layers of bias strips on the stems 4", 6" and 8" Here is my plan from what I've read: 1. put on the main cloth and wet it. 2. slit the cloth at the stems and fold the 2 parts over each other - should I wet both together or do one and then the other? 3. once the...

https://i.imgur.com/XmfO2Oz.jpg https://i.imgur.com/WRJu8Lv.jpg Ive finished the stripping and done about half of the sanding. Decided to just go straight to 120 grit to make sure I don't go too deep. I'm getting reading for fibreglassing later this week and I'm trying to find as much info as I can...

Thanks. I like the look of the stemless canoes so I won’t be adding any more wood. I’ll probably do some extra fibreglass for strength though. Yesterday I was given a large board of good clear teak that my grandpa had laying around in his garage. What if any parts of the canoe would teak be suitable...

Also thanks Jim for the helpful thread on building stemless. Your interlocking method has worked well. I didn’t have a rat tail file but I found a bolt that’s the perfect diameter and the threads work pretty well as a file.

I’ve finished all the strips and have made good progress on stripping the boat. Almost ready to start one half of the football. The skill saw method worked well and the strips all had consistent dimensions after routing the beads. Unfortunately the final remaining rough edge was to flakey to produce...

I am building a ranger. Not sure how curvy or 'uncurvey' it is compared to other canoes

I think I am going to use Jim's method and not plane the boards because I would have to bring them somewhere to get planed and I don't have an easy way to move boards that long. I just want to confirm that 1"x 1/4" strips won't be too big

Am I correct that I only really have to plane one face of each board flat? That means that each strip would have a flat edge to put against the fence when I cut the bead from the rough edge and then the bead would be flat and could be put against the fence to do the cove.

I ended up finding a really good deal on some rough cut 1x6s and bought 6 of them. I don't think this should be a problem as I have already cut 1/16" off of the side of each board with my skill saw to get a flat surface to start with and that has gone well. My understanding is that the top and ...

Thanks for all the tips. Stabilizing the knots beforehand is a great idea. I plan on using western red cedar with the standard 1/2"x3/4" bead and cove and I will definitely be using the skill saw method as I don't have a tablesaw. Here is how I calculated my wood - let me know if I have me...