The Bear Mountain Boat Shop

Thanks Jim, Beautiful boat. I am still waiting to get my cedar boards from the mill. Finished building the stongback today. Your photos have brought up a couple new questions. Are the planks you are using to build Nokomis 3/4 in. ? The contrast strip with the dark brown and white appear to be wider ...

I'm still waiting for the lumber mill to cut my boards, and waking up early to go through the building process. I am building the 15' prospector Ranger purchased the plans from Noah's Marine I took a class several yrs ago about building cedar strip canoes and kayaks and contacted the instructor for ...

Thanks, good info. I believe I will use mdf even though I plan to build without staples.

Setting up to build my first canoe. I have reviewed multiple forums and watched several videos and noticed people using MDF and plywood for the station molds. Also some at 3/4 in and some at 1/2. Any comments on the advantages/disadvantages of the two options would be apreciated,
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Diego

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Dose anyone have any experience, knowledge about RAKA UV stabilized epoxy?

Jim, What is the router cove bit in the photo?

Diego

Thanks Brian, that was very helpful, particularly the part about stabilizing the knots before ripping hadn't heard of that before. Still in the early research stages.

Jim, I am new to this forum. I’m researching ideas before launching into building a canoe. I have limited space and equipment and am interested in using the skilsaw technique to rip my cedar planking. I get the part about clamping a fence to the saw to get a consistent thickness. My question is how ...