The Bear Mountain Boat Shop

Woody - I would recommend contacting the epoxy manufacturer about that. I know that System Three Silver Tip Laminating epoxy the unthickened epoxy is quite runny. We used it for everything and it was great for the pre-coat and the wetouts and the fill coats. It did not need thinning at all. In fact ...

Yeah that's doable - in fact some of the guys here have done that face to face thing and the scuppers can get cleaned out however you want. (as long as there's no "tear-out" etc.) As far as tapering the ends; I did that ahead of time actually before I milled the scuppers. It just seemed ea...

We are now held up because my order of 55 yds of cloth and 33l of east system epoxy from Noahs was LOST in transit by the transport company!!!! Regards, Dennis of Douglas Dennis - my condolences. I had a shipment get lost a couple years ago and (un-named supplier) and (shipping company) went round ...

Hey Brian - I like your helpers! Mine went off to college! We've been saving a spot for you - glad you made it.

David James wrote:Guys, I have Gilpatrick's 2002 edition and it has the caning instructions in it.
Can't tell you about the earlier book.

Dave

Already ordered the book from the library. Thanks Dave!

Frugal - how interesting. Your link and my link brought up the same page. I wonder if my browser cache needs dumping.

I'm seeing two editions of Gil's book. A 1985 edition and the 2002 edition. Are the instructions in either one? Both?

Never mind - saw the other thread.

And here's a website with instructions on caning.
https://mavdisk.mnsu.edu/wayne/Caning/ChairCaning.htm

Starting on our Freedom. Some of this will be rainy day stuff because of my shop limitations so,...

Who has sources for seat caning patterns and instructions? Websites you can point to?

Holy COW!! Big Woody comes in under the radar with a first post that is flat out AWEsome! Nice work! I am suitably and humbly impressed. And welcome to the forum! :tu Two thumbs up bro :tu Just so the rest of us can shamelessly take advantage of all your hard work - do you have a webpage where you d...

Thanks for documenting that Dave. That was genuinely interesting. Nice job on the build too.

Hi Dennis. Herring Bone works as well as any other. I liked the idea but it did not look as if it would give me a sharply defined keel that's all. We compromised on our son's solo. We ran parallel strips down the middle (the whole canoe was rolling bevel) and mostly had parallel strips for the botto...

I saw the angle discrepancy only because I've been a Cad Designer for a quarter of a century. My eyes are just drawn to that I'm afraid.

It's a great gig though - I like it!

Do I smell a 1st of April post?

In their photos the alignment is horrible. Their photoshop people need a little more practice.

I'm firing up the plans for my first Freedom (woohoo) and I want to consider a heat gun this time around for bending etc. What brands are represented here on the forum? What's your preference? Any that you would NEVER use again? Any horror stories you're willing to share so the rest of us can laugh ...