The Bear Mountain Boat Shop

:lol: :roll: Try grizzly.com They have six 2" clamps @ $9.95, six 3" clamps @ $14.95 etc, etc, also board buddies at $29.95 and flute and cove bits at $39.95. I wish that I had found them before now, as I am rounding off the bilge and headed toward the bottom of my 15' Prospector-Ranger no...

:lol: HI, Inta I am building the Bear Mtn 15' Prospector -Ranger and I might be able to throw a few tips your way. This is my first attempt at building a stripper. I can post some pic's that may help, but really, the pic's and material that the people post that have built a few canoes apply to build...

:roll: :oops: I am going for using a keel on my Prospector-Ranger that I am now planking and beginning to look ahead to installation of the keel and stems. I am looking at using a keel as this canoe will be used in lakes and still water only and primarily as a fishing craft. Their seems to be two me...

:roll: :shock: The stems are only out by several inches.Steaming is out of the question, too large. I thought that soaking might be benifical, but it sounds like wetting them down a little and then using the rachet straps to pull them into the (next to) the inner stems would be a good solution. I do...

:oops: :shock: : While planking, my outer stems have tried to straighten out as they were sitting around waiting to be used. Not badly but enough to cause problems. I have to make new ones or straighten these out. They are made of laminated ash and epoxed together after being steamed and bent togeth...

:roll: :? I am beginning to plank around the bildge on my Prospector-Ranger that I am building. I am noticing a small gap on the outyside of the hull between the planks. I am sure that this is normal due to the good plank to plank fit that I am getting on the inside of the hull. The planks are not p...

The catalog number does not work on the above post.
Use the name "workshop glue injector".

:lol: :P Well, their I was having problems laying the glue into the groves on my planking, I could not seem to control the amount applied or sneak around the forms to lay the glue into the grove adjacent to the forms. So, I started looking around and found a" Workshop Glue Injector" distri...

:lol: :lol: Try Woodcraft Supply Corp. at woodcraft.com. They have both bead and cove sets for routers and for shapers. They are also refered to as canoe bits. The set for routers is #129686 and are approx. $40 per set. I bought and used the set for my shaper and they worked real good. Then I bought...

:wink: :wink: I ran into this problem while setting up the stems on my 15' Prospector-Ranger. My method to work with the strongback that is too long was to cut holes into the strongback to allow the stem ends to extend down thru the strongback. This allows me to contiue with planking and I can cut o...

:roll: Thanks. Was not aware of that either. I have two strips made up with cove only to use as the first strips. But, I can use two of the B & C already made up and cut the bead on the others as needed. I am using 3/16" strips for weight savings, are there any other tips that relate to the...

Thanks for the response Glen. That is really good advice. As a complete novice
working on my first canoe projet I was not aware of this and did cut at the sheer
line. :oops: :roll: OH WELL, this should not present a problem and if it does.
WE SHALL OVERCOME. Thanks fisherguytoo

:oops: :roll: My problem is where to place the first and second stips of planking. Ref... Canoecraft book.....pg 120 and Build a Bear Mtn Style Canoe...photo #5. The first and second strips on the forms are shown approx one strips width up from where the vertical curve of the side of the canoe meets...

:shock: :roll: :oops: I am ready to bend my stems on the Prospector-ranger that I am building. The idea comes to me that I have read that the heat gun can be used for this purpose. I have the heat gun and using it would be a lot simpler then putting together the steam set-up. This is my first canoe ...

:roll: I am building the Prospector-Ranger. The plans that I rec'd included the booklet "Build a Bear Mountain Style Canoe"-"Building Bob's Special". As I interperate the station mold layout ("c" diagram-Transferring the lines to the board), the spacing between station ...