walnut seats and thwarth

Erik, Belgium · Post by **Erik, Belgium** » Thu Jul 22, 2004 3:59 pm

I want to make the gunnels and things from walnut. Walnut is not rot really rotfree, but it 's doing ok in my paddles !

I plan to make the seats and thwarth out of several thin layers of walnut , glued with epoxy. Is that a good idea ? Or won't it work ?

Jack in Stoughton · Post by **Jack in Stoughton** » Thu Jul 22, 2004 4:36 pm

Hi Eric, walnut should make nice looking seats & gunwales. I've never done those applications with walnut but I would assume it is OK. Why the thin pieces glued together? Are you planning some fancy curves in the seat construction?

Yann Dubois · Post by **Yann Dubois** » Thu Jul 22, 2004 4:43 pm

I came across this page of a cedar canoe being fitted with walnut gunwales and stems, complemented with cherry decks and yoke. To me, the choice in wood complement each other very nicely:
https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/lwest/www/Bob ... index.html

Bryan Hansel · Post by **Bryan Hansel** » Fri Jul 23, 2004 6:08 pm

As I was pulling out of the Boundary Waters on my latest trip, I ran into a guy who had just finished building a Boundary Water's Cruiser and had finished it with walnut yoke, seat, and thwarts. He had purchased the seats.
I used walnut seat drops in my Look-Alike. I think that the walnut looks great in contrast to the cedar.