I glued the gunwales on today. I decided to use ash (because I had a bunch of 3/4x in the garage) for the inwales and cedar for the outwales. I went with cedar for the color, but also because I want to see how well a softwood will hold up as outwales. The hull is extremely stiff with the carbon fiber interior, so I think I'll have plenty structure.
I cut the scuppers with a router and jig. I wanted the squarish look of ribs. This is what I came up with to cut them:
I still need to clean up the hull edge, etc... Here they are on the canoe:
The canoe with the gunwales on. The gunwales pulled out all the warping I was experiencing.
I need to install flotation bulkheads in the bow and stern, the seats, thwart, deck, yoke and carry handles. I ordered a bunch of stuff from edscanoes.com, which had excellent prices, service and quality. Then I need to paint the bottom to hide the bugs and varnish.
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Lookin good but for my money, I would have put a radius at each corner of the scuppers. For structural strength, a sharp corner is to be avoided, hence the radius. Ninety degree corners are never recommended for strength, always round, filet, fill, curve, etc. IMHO
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Maybe, but I like the square look and I just don't think there's any structural strength issue here. If anything, it's overbuilt, like most gunwales on strippers. I've done square scuppers before and never had a problem.Woodchuck wrote:Lookin good but for my money, I would have put a radius at each corner of the scuppers. For structural strength, a sharp corner is to be avoided, hence the radius. Ninety degree corners are never recommended for strength, always round, filet, fill, curve, etc. IMHO
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Here's a bad picture of square scuppers on a Rushton's Wee Lassie that I built sometime around 2003. I hung the seat from the gunwales, used only one thwart, used 1/8-inch strips, a couple of layers of 3.2 tight-weave, and screwed instead of glued the gunwales to the boat. No issues at all.
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Yes, Ed has some beautiful accessories.