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Wow, I'm always in awe at everyone's wood working skills. Cool projects everyone. I worked some extra ash I had around into a couple lamps, but the woodworking was minimal, couple holes, some sanding, and some oil. The lamp with the copper tubing uses two magnets to hover the light bulb.

Thanks everybody, glad you all liked the video. The clear water was one of the main reasons I picked the Frio. From my research it is the clearest in the state. I'd love to go back when the cypress still have leaves. If anyone is interested I found out about the Frio from Southwestpaddler...

You have used it many times before, check out the SDS sheet or as they call it the "technical data sheet", (Boiled) Linseed Oil and some sort of chemical drying agent that isn't lead. It is zirconium and cobalt, but it could be manganese, iron, or some other metal catalyst. I'm just calling BS...

Great news on getting her back!!! Messed up world we live in, I don't want to get into it here, from your post you get it. Nothing is simple. If you need a place to stay on your journey west there's always vacancy here in Kansas City. You can even park in my back yard, in a not soo shady...

From an earlier thread where Jim and I discussed buying plans: You can still get plans from Robb Whites sons. You just have to send a $75 check and a letter to their P.O. box. It's an odd way to get plans nowadays but not so strange before the internet. This is what their website says: I do...

How about the Robb White Sport Boat? I really want to see someone here build one. Motor, paddle, or oars. http://www.robbwhite.com/sportboat.html

Thanks guys. dougd Yeah, I drag the pole when I'm moving fast, it slows me down a little while I adjust course. Also there are a lot of spots on that river that were smooth limestone shelfs, so there isn't much the pole will stick to, dragging is about all the brakes I can put on there. Alan...

I spent a few days on the Frio River west of San Antonio this last week. I was hoping to get in another river, but the cold front followed me down there and put me out of commission for a few days. I highly recommend the Frio if anyone is in the area. There are only about 40 miles total, but it...

Chapelle and Adney for their work on the bark canoes and skin boats. John Winters for his willingness to share the mind of a canoe designing naval architect. All the other authors who write about boat design and engineering for the layman. And, even though he uses a double blade, George Dyson is...

Don't get your hopes up. By some miraculous luck Memequay will surely win all three items.

I've done the Snake through the sand hills and would like to do some of the Blue and Republican in Nebraska, so far I've only been on those on the Kansas side of the border. Also the section of the Missouri by Niobrara where it is still wild looks like a great trip. Where are you at in Nebraska?

Pine tar, turn it black from the get go. Good anti fungal properties. Out of sight out of mind. Brings up a good point, why do we care? What's the big deal of replacing three sticks of wood every 5 or 10 years?

Hmm, for some reason my post got cut short and I can't edit it. Epoxy can be thinned which would help it soak into the end grain, but will sacrifice some of the epoxy properties. http://www.westsystem.com/ss/thinning-west-system-epoxy/ I don't have my Gougeon brothers book right now, but in...

Disregard my previous post. Talked to my old co-worker, they didn't use polyethylene glycol as an antimicrobial, they used it to control the moisture content in the sample. So, don't use that. Back to actual preservatives, I actually looked it up this time instead of just from memory. Borax and...

Rot preventing soak of ?????? Polyethylene gycol should soak in and stop the rot. Epoxy should still bond, I don't know about paint or varnish. I used to work with some cross section microscopy guys. They would preserve specimens with PEG and then encase in epoxy before slicing them up.

I'm going to head down to Texas for a couple weeks. I'm planning to float the Frio but that will only take me two days, so I'm looking for another river or two, two or three day trips. I'll be taking my kevlar canoe, poling most of the time, so shallow water shouldn't be an issue. Anywhere in...

Bump from last year, happy Thanksgiving everbody!

One place that is often over looked is Aircraft Spruce. They cater mostly to small aircraft, but a lot of the supplies are the same. I've got good deals on S-glass in the past. Northwest Canoe is good for outfitting and I really like the pro build slow set epoxy they sell. It gives a lot of...

There is nothing like the shock of cold water when you go under and it forces the breath right out of you. It sobers you up real quick. I've dumped in early spring, but luckily was making camp near there, otherwise I hope I wouldn't have been so dumb. There's another end of the spectrum that is...

As much as I hate to recommend them as I had some quality control issues with their products in the past, PTM&W has some infusion epoxies that cure at room temp. Up to a 3 hr pot life and preheating the resin could make it even more flowable.