The Bear Mountain Boat Shop

Sorry, but i've got many question because it's my own canoe plan.
Juste another one (but not the last i guess). How does the inwale must be thin (or not)? I've planned to make them 3/4", does it's good?

Hello Patricks,
In my mind scuppers are the hole along the inwales.
If it's right, does they are realy needed? Can i juste make two hole near the center to put the water out easyly?

Thanks Glen.
I've got an another question about seat. How can i fix the seat to my canoe? First i've to derterminate the right place but, when it's done, what's the best way to fix them?

Hello everybody,
After a long period without posting, i'm back.
My project has progres. The hull is nearly finished but i've got a little question.
How fix you the wood parts of reinforcements (inner and outer) of border of hull (sorry for my english)?
P.S.: My blog has progres too.

I've choose this glue for my boat. It's drying buy using water include in the air (you can make a test by wetting a piece of wood before puting the glue and an another piece dry). The sanding isn't clean but it's a good thing for the glassing. The epoxy will glue very well on gorilla glue (the surfb...

I've just wrote two new article on my blog.
One is about a tip to enlarge a piece who had been cut just too short to fit well.
Give me your opinion.
It had may happen to someone else. Did you resolve the problem by the same way?

Hy Scot T. Thanks for your words. Like we say in French mecanical language it's "OFL: outil de fabrication locale". That's meens a local hand made bench. After looking for a moment about roll guide or anything else keeping the wood pieces in good place i must design and make my tool. P.S.:...

Hello every body. After a long time without posting anything i'm back. With the perfect weather of the last week-end i've worked on my boat. My blog is updated. So if you've got a second to have a look at it... There are many pictures, you don't need to speak Moliere language!

I only want to say that my blog in going on. I've just complete a new page for my last week-end's work. I write article step by step of my construction.

Hi Glen,
I probably won't use outer stem. I've plan to use fiber glass to ensure the quality and strong of the extremity of my canoë.

That's done picture are on line.

So i've tried with cedar. I made 4 ply stem glued with gorilla glue. Each ply is 1/6' *3/4'. It seems to be very strong. As my plan are home-made i don't know if it will be strong enough. To bend the wood i've used boilling water because off an heavy angle point on my stem design. You will early see...

I'm actualy cuting mold of my canoe. I've got my red cedar lumber. A question went through my mind:
Can i use Red cedar to make stem? Or should i found an harder wood?

You can see below a picture showing you the surface shape after a band saw cut. http://idata.over-blog.com/0/15/17/04/surface-bois.jpg The upper section show two piece glued who had been cut with a pusher added to the saw. The lowwer section show two piece glued who had been cut only with the band s...

Hello everybody, For cutting my strip i use a band-saw (due to the same though about thightness of the cut). But i don't make bead and cove. The finish surface of the side cut of the strip aren't really plane. It doesn't matter for my gluing plan but it may be quite uneasy to use it with bead and co...