Well my son Brian and I have decided not to be complete slackers while he is here for the summer from college. So we have decided to build a canoe.
Have not a clue what we are doing, gonna do it on the cheap, so mostly scoured web sites and are going to just give it a go and think through it as we get in trouble.
In the last week we have done the following:
used a cad type program to draw out the forms. printed them out to scale and transferred them by spray paint to plywood.
Sanding the form smooth seemed like a lot of work, so since there are usually two identical forms (the canoe is symmetrical fore and aft) we got smart and cut and sanded half of one form , used a flush trim router bit to use the sanded half as a guide to cut half the other matching form. then by flipping the two halves we could cut the rest of each form.
We soaked thin strips in water and clamped them to the bow and stern forms so they would bend and follow the form. We will not use all the strips shown, just wanted to have them all bent close to the right shape. Dry they tended to split. 
we then built a strong back to hold all the forms. cleanliness is the key to organized and efficient work. we are neither organized or efficient.
we then mounted the strong back on four post cemented in the ground, made sure it was level.
It is good to be working with Bri, don't think i could this blog without him
Lookin good guys!
ReplyDeleteLove, Amanda