The Bear Mountain Boat Shop

Hi I've used epoxy, polyurethane, and titebond II at various times, now I just use the titebond. The seat is usually not under water, and I like to use something less toxic than the epoxy for convenience. The polyurethane foams, and is messy to clean up after installation. I've never had a failure o...

Hi I use monofilament fishing line ~20 lb test to hold the strips on my boats, work bead -up, and the marks from the line just disappear when you sand. The advantage is no waiting, you can put the next strip on right away, and and each sucessive row adds more pressure to the ones already on. http://...

I don't know Brian. I only got to row it for about 15 minutes, and the ice just came offthe bay the other day, I wasn't up for stability testing.... I understand that cosine wherries have been entered successfully in offshore rowing races, so they can't be too bad in the waves. And Glenn, It looks g...

A few more here
http://www.flickr.com/photos/oysterbayboats/

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Hi Keith A friend and I Taught an "introduction to Cedar strip" class through the local community school. The class built a wee lassie, mostly over a series of evenings, working in the local high school shop. The hitch was we had to have everything out of the shop by the next morning... So...

Even with the snow, and still in the raw epoxy, but couldn't wait to try it out. Thanks to Steve(who had the strips left over) and David (who loaned me the forms)http://static.flickr.com/100/313365011_ ... 03.jpg?v=0

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Hi Kerry,
the only problem with bead up is that you have to have a holder for the strip while you apply the glue. I have a couple of u-shaped brackets on the top of my forms. I'm working on a cosine wherry right now, using fishing line, so far, so good.

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http://static.flickr.com/25/63083799_a7c07796f4.jpg?v=0 I use 25 lb test monofilament line strip my boats. Just like the twine, but you can leave the line in place until the whole hull is stripped, then cut along the shear, and pull out the bits of line. I have to pass the line over the screws in t...

Why have you built your own boat? I Have mobility and strength problems and our 75 pound canoe was too hard to load on and off the car, and too much to portage. I built a wee lassie canoe, came to 30 lbs. best thing I ever did... What method did you use and why? Cedar strip. I live in BC, can buy r...

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I've cut green wood into strips and then let it dry, works faster that way. warping or shrinking haven't been a problem. If you are not in a hurry, a year per inch of thickness is one standard I have seen.
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Good morning Further on the fishing line, you leave the line in until the whole boat is stripped, just like stapling, then run a utility knife along the edge of the shear, which cuts all the line. Then start the somewhat tedious process of pulling each strand of line out in a downward direction, so ...

Hi I've posted a couple of fishing line pics on flickr as rick in penderh. Have built 5 or six boats with this method, mostly wee lassie canoes but did one pram dinghy to plans from Ray Klebba. Advantages are no holes, faster than most other stapleless methods. Disadvantages are you have to watch th...

Call me a slacker... but I cut 3/8" to one side of the centerline, Strip the other side close, and then cut it 3/8 from the centerline... then install a filler strip (3/4") to close everything to perfection... you can adjust the width of the filler a bit with a plane as you install it. It ...

Two Wee Lassie canoes at home, both 4 years old, stored outside and abused terribly...had separation of inwale from hull on one, at a couple of blocks, just cleaned the joint, injected some more epoxy, and clamped; can't even see the repair. Fell on the other boat trying to get out on cobbly beach, ...