The Bear Mountain Boat Shop

Beautiful canoe Jeff. A real work of art.

Well worth the wait.

Roscoe

I don't have that kind of patience as the results will shortly show

Cheers guys Thanks for the suggestions. I am working on the gunnels and decks at the moment so won't be able to get at the bottom for a while. I'll try scrapeing a bit first to see how hard it is to feather the edges and go on from there. On the plus side, with so much ballast in the strip it's goin...

Hi Is there an easy way to remove the mother of all ugly bias strips from the bottom of my boat without doing damage to the original cloth and epoxy? It was supposed to be a protection strip but it is wavy, (zig zags all over the place ) turned out cloudy and has a thick thread showing. Maybe I coul...

Well done Snowman

Looking really good. So you had two helpers to polish it?

Might possibly be my next project. When you get time from paddling.......

What was it like to build?

What's it like to paddle?

Hi
Can anyone tell me if Becky covers paddling in windy conditions on this video. I will probably buy it anyway as it is about 10 years since I paddled a canoe (Liffey Descent) and the only tuition I had was from Bill Masons Path of the paddle. I lost that video long ago.
Roscoe

Thanks for that Glen. I will have to be a bit more careful when pulling the staples. Thats a beautiful kayak. I have admired it many times on your site. Looks really good in the water too.
Roscoe

Hi Jim I hope you are right about the seal coat of epoxy soaking into the joints and making the joints strong. When I was trimming the keel line from above using a chair to stand on I felt that the hull was very fragile and that if I made a slip I would fall through it. I've never seen a finished ce...

Looks great Greg. Nice boat nice scenery. The weather will get better.

Health to enjoy.

Snowman

The blotchy patches are marks from my hands where I was pulling on the strips to get around the bilge. The white marks are from washed off glue which shows up well with the flash. Hope it all sands out.
The nice big shop is an unused shed provided by my employers. Big Big thanks.

Not quite ready for the outer stems. Just thinking ahead. Still have half a hole to fill in I will probably wait on the epoxy as I have no doubt there will be plenty of gaps to fill. http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i294/Roscoe50/DSCF4998.jpg http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i294/Roscoe50/DSCF5000...

Progress to date.

One of the most satisfying parts of the canoe building process so far has been getting my plane, chisel and spokeshave really sharp.The plane blade looked sharp straight out of the box but it wouldn't cut at all. I gave it a few strokes on a diamond / ceramic whetstone and the manufacturers rough gr...

Since epoxy resin, carpenters glue and gorrilla glue all make a joint that is stronger than the wood itself is there any benefit in useing one over the other? It will soon be time to fit the outer stems to the F17 and I haven't got the epoxy yet would it be ok to use gorrilla glue?
Roscoe

Jim. I bought the new 5/16" Bead and cove set from MLCS. The two bit set. I expected the shafts to be the same length for easy set up but they are not. I think there was about 1/4" to 1/2" differance in them. I bought the set with the 1/2" shafts. Don't know if the 1/4" shaf...

I had a look at the pics of the F17's and there isn't a lot of differance between them unless you are using accent strips. I fitted the first strip yesterday and ... I went with the book and let the end of the strip find it's own level. So now the fun begins.... Hi Snowman. What does this tell you a...