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By the looks of your stand, you need just as much space,as simply tilting your strong back. Adding some weight to the legs to offset...

Sorry For mixing this in with Gamma 1214's Thread ! But looking at the form spacing, and comparing it to a friend's build. My friend...

Rotisserie ! Now we are Talking ! The first one I saw was in Wisconsin. Martin Van, a professional canoe builder, had one. That was my...

After looking at your pics a little closer ? I wonder how much rocker you are going with ? It almost reminds me of the rocker on a...

Nice ! Brian A great foundation ! Could you clamp a couple of scrap strips to your stem forms, to verify alignment ? Jim

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...

After you have your forms set, just for kicks and giggles, stretch some Fish line, from stem to stem, a check the trueness of your...

In my experience, I repositioned the forms by adjusting the cleats and forms, to make things Fair. Now that you have the forms in...

Gamma. I don't know if this is just how you rigged that test strip up to take this photo or not, but when you clamp the strip like that...

Glad you made the Uniwhale work ! My fear of the Uniwhale, would be it splitting ,at the 1/4" thick area, between the inwhale and out...

I Stand Corrected ! Your plan overlay is enlightening ! I should have done that ! If you take out the Rocker from the NWC Merlin ? You...

Gamma, one other tip on using these plans. You'll notice that the keel line on the stem forms does not meet up with the keel line on...

Accuracy is in the eye of the builder. Some are happy if their forms are a1/4" off. That's just not me. How will a hull preform, if the...

Thanks guys, I'll certainly pay extra attention to those 2 stations. I looked into buying the 38 special plans a few years ago when...