The Bear Mountain Boat Shop

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I was only able to get 10 ft oak and need 16 so I just took 8ft boards and made my strips and then scarfed them. Took a board and screwed it to my miter guage and that allowed me to get a clamp on the strip a a perpendicular to the mitre guage (swing of 90 degrees added to the angle of the mitre) I ...

Consider the following: The first coat of epoxy to your hull is a mechanical bond. It is however a very strong one due to the absorbsion of the epoxy into the wood fibers. Any such further mechanical bond to the wood is no longer posible from this point on unless you sand down to the wood again. A c...

What is the advantage of a 1/2" bit over a 1/4" bit all others things being equal? Does the larger radius make for a cleaner cut? better control? A bigger Tim Taylor Grunt Factor?

Can you educate me please on sliding seats? I am looking at making a sliding seat and have been to all the sporitng good stores and the canoe outfitters in my area (Tidewater Virginia) and only one of them coulf even show me a picture of a wodden sliding seat arrangement. I have truthfully seen bett...

If you track back through the site you find out that it is called a Voyager, 20ft long and not sold in kit form, It does sound like it fits the requirements though. Here is the link for the description.

http://www.wooden-canoes.com/canoes/voyager.htm

You never said which cloth you used. (weight) I just got done using RAKA on my S&G and did not have any problems like you describe other than those I can can definately attribute yo poor technique and in experience. In fact the outer hull glassed beautifully no bubbles no floats , even lay out e...

Almost seems to go against logic doesn't it? Go through all that trouble to made a water tight hull and you want to go and put a couple of holes in it. I'm paying attention because I need to do this yet on mine. :roll:

Well after much thought and consideration I decided to scrap the cedar wales that I had almost had epoxied to the hull. I then went and purchased two planks of Red Oak turned one into strips and blocks for the wales and the other into 3/4" x 1.5" strips for the seat frames. This left me wi...

Thanks for the input Jack. The plywood frames you inquired about are in fact going to stay as they are, fully epoxied and filleted in place, The is actually 38 inches from the frame to the bulkheads so that should be plenty of leg space even with a deep seat. The frames are a a single 1/4 inch thick...

Hi my name is John. I'm kinda new to this board, been lurking for a week or so. I am looking for information about making seats, how to locate where to mount them and mounting methods. I am building in the final stages of construction of a stitch and glue canoe (Free plans available from http://www....