Fairing and GarboardsThe first garboard plank gets glued onto the hog - planking is underway!Yesterday we got the laminated stems and hog faired to the...
Hog & Stems
Minggu, 26 Oktober 2008
Hog & StemsIndestructible epoxy - epoxy stronger than the wood! Not so! When I cut through the laminated stems to form the scarf to join the hog to,...
Moulds
Sabtu, 25 Oktober 2008
Moulds marked and cut out Setting out mouds on strongback Fitting the hog (the timber which will eventually take the keel). It must be straight! As for...
Laminating Stems
Sabtu, 18 Oktober 2008
Laminated Stems The 4mm iroko thick strips are epoxy glued to the pre-shaped moulds. These will form the curved stems at both end of the canoe and join...
Design Plans
Sabtu, 11 Oktober 2008
This morning to Bristol to collect sheets of top notch 4mm marine ply. At �95 per sheet will I ever dare make the first cut?The Plans have arrivedThe...
Strongback
Kamis, 09 Oktober 2008
Two new ventures:1] A home build MacGregor Sailing Canoe2] A wife encouraged/enforced blogHere goes!The project in hand (canoe not wife or blog)The credit...
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