deck wood
deck wood
What kind of deck wood should we use? Should we use cherry so it matches our stems and gunnels, or should we use something dark, like walnut, so it contrasts with the silver coin we will inlay into the front deck. What are your opinions? Thanks, Patrick
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There are lots of examples in the photo gallery of both wood choices and design. It's really up to what you like! I personnally think that if you use woods that are the same or complementary to the rest of the hull and trim, it ties the whole canoe together. With cherry gunnels and stem, I wouldn't be hesitant to use cherry for the field with darker or lighter accents!!! The deck is really an area that you can be creative with. Doesn't your canoe have a maple leaf inlay? Maybe you could carry that theme into the deck!...Juneaudave
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So, let me get this straight.
You have a canoe with a coin on it. You have a coin with a canoe on it. The canoe has a coin which has a canoe on the coin that is going on the canoe. Right?
This has got to be Patricks idea. Sounds like Patrick is going to spend more time explaining than paddling. Maybe I can get him to explain it all to me at the start of the race and I will have time too get away.
So what is Patrick going to name her? You know the Ojibwe word for coin is zhooniyaawaabik(oog), biisaabik(oog) (NW). He will have trouble explaining that too.
You have a canoe with a coin on it. You have a coin with a canoe on it. The canoe has a coin which has a canoe on the coin that is going on the canoe. Right?
This has got to be Patricks idea. Sounds like Patrick is going to spend more time explaining than paddling. Maybe I can get him to explain it all to me at the start of the race and I will have time too get away.
So what is Patrick going to name her? You know the Ojibwe word for coin is zhooniyaawaabik(oog), biisaabik(oog) (NW). He will have trouble explaining that too.
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That will look great on your canoe. Will it be recessed down into the deck or will it be easily accessed for the winner of the race.
You know that since the canoe on the coin has a coin on the canoe, this changes the whole formula I was working on and it will take Patrick even longer on his explanation.
You know that since the canoe on the coin has a coin on the canoe, this changes the whole formula I was working on and it will take Patrick even longer on his explanation.
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I have never done anything like what you are attempting so I could only guess, which would probably be wrong. Here's my guess. I have some coins that are in sealed glass cases. They haven't tarnished. This could be because no air or moisture ever gets in. If you put enough epoxy in the slot where the coin fits, i.e. submerged in epoxy, then enough epoxy on top, I can't imagine any moisture or air ever getting in. This may also help prevent someone from borrowing it.