Recent content by Gamma1214

Wow. I didn't know any of them escaped.

Hopefully not but, as someone who has always driven high-mileage vehicles, I can say that they add to the sense of adventure. (Thankfully, my only issues while tripping have been speeding tickets... I seem to collect those) Incidentally (just a house-keeping item, not a criticism), the...

I appreciate all the suggestions too since a hot tent is on my bucket list as well. It would, potentially, make a late November trip on the Allegheny River downright cozy. This is the one that I was looking at recently...

My first thought (especially since availability of canoe space is better on Eastbound trains) was that all available space had been bought on speculation. Honestly, it's probably a wise investment so, I guess, good on them. The way VIA works it, my ticket from Mud River to Savant Lake is $25 +...

You've got some great pictures and I really enjoyed the write-up. He certainly is. Nothin' fancy, just good boat control. I like that his video is similar: Good visuals, great narration, informative yet easy to watch. Well done by both of you. Thanks for sharing.

No pictures today but I did manage to get the inwales glued & screwed. I mixed the epoxy pretty thick (roughly 2 parts epoxy to 1 part sawdust) so that it wasn't runny but would still "squish" out. I screwed up a little since, having done the Bloodvein the previous day, I knew almost exactly...

I've thought about separating the fly but I've never actually done it. I just stuff it all in the sack & get what I get when I reach camp. If I know it's soaked, I'll try to get into camp a little early so it can dry (assuming that it's not still raining... in that case, I'll just embrace the...

I'm bummed out that I didn't make the list, but I guess recped & his chicken didn't either, so I won't feel too bad. :LOL:

I zip them all the way. Why? Because that's how the manufacturer shipped it to me. They must have intended it to be rolled with zippers zipped. (I also think that bug deterrence is another, very valid reason)

I'm finally getting back to this build (it's been sitting in the back of the shop) and today I fit the inwales. In keeping with the funky colors theme (and my chaotic need to do things wrong), I decided to mill the gunwales from Cherry with quite a bit of sapwood showing. I again eyeballed the...

I'm trying to keep after this one and ran over to the boat shop today to install the inwales. First order of business was to dump my box of clamps into the boat. I then used a piece of gunwale scrap to guage screw locations and drilled 7/32 Inch holes thru the fiberglass and an 1/8 inch...

Crap. I probably forgot to post the link (don't get old... you're not gonna like it lol)...

You know what they say... "pictures or it didn't happen" Just kidding, but I hope that you'll post pictures during or, at least, after. Many of us enjoy following along & often learn something new (sometimes, it's "don't do that" but that helps everyone too IMO)

Something like this wouldn't work?

True and that's been mentioned before in my other builds. I'm not crazy about the time crunch but I typically don't mind taking things all the way to failure because you can learn alot. In this case, I think I needed more clearance in the dado joints since the sides of my cross rails show...