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I am seeing a triangular support on the ends, with that nipple at the apex, in fact if you want to get around the back and forth...

As part of my plans, I'll need to be able to tilt this hull (before glassing the exterior) 90 degrees or so (side-to-side) and I lack...

Gamma, if you have a gap of 3/8" to build up, it may be less work just to remake/rework that form, you have a perfect alignment on the...

Rocker is Bow 2" Stern 1" The wind sticks are one way to make sure you are aligned longitudinally, I ended up using a level at both...

StrongBack Setup This isn't a new strongback and gets used for a lot of different things in the shop. So the first step for me is to...

For those interested ... this is a pic of said Uniwales being finished, on my first canoe. You can see the portions added for attaching...

That's an all in cost ... ~3.60 US plus whatever local taxes you have

Gunnels Timely mention of gunnels Jim, will drop that section here. When I was getting ready to build my first canoe, all starry eyed...

I really like the looks of that rasp .... actually looks pretty similar cut wise, will keep it in mind.

Jim, this looks more like a shopping list of why you think stemless is better than stemmed, as I stated before, I think each has a place...

Stem Revisions Bit of a foreword, this build is transitioning from a stemmed to stemless build and a length from 15' to 17' and that...

Raven has been moved to the back burner (well, actually the off-loading table of the shaper) and I finished putting the coves on the...

Strip Prep - taking place late fall 2023 Sorted through all of my left over strips and strip lumber, figure I have enough on hand for...

I will say it COST I have long held the belief that stemless wasn't a big weight saver .... I made the model, it really just doesn't...

Solo on the Light Side Over the past couple of months, I noticed something about the canoe lookingfor/purchase/release threads that I...