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Skin-on-Frame: New Canoe in Labor *Pic*
By:Rick Allnutt
Date: 9/8/2002, 10:01 pm

I began to work on the Robert Morris inspired Canadian Canoe. It will be made from full length pine, unfortunately not cedar. I guess I will need to drive to a coast to get some cedar!

I have added a link from my kayak page on the building process. Today's accomplishment was bending the 1.5 x 1.5 inch sticks that will become the 4 pieces of the gunwales. I had to extend my steamer for this task.

Below is a picture of all the weight I had to put on the sticks to keep them bent after steaming. The weight includes a planer, a trolling battery and a tractor battery!

The link is to the new building page.

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Skin-on-Frame: New Canoe in Labor *Pic*
Rick Allnutt -- 9/8/2002, 10:01 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: New Canoe in Labor
Rehd -- 9/8/2002, 11:28 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: New Canoe in Labor
Rick Allnutt -- 9/9/2002, 7:44 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: New Canoe in Labor
Rehd -- 9/9/2002, 11:39 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: New Canoe in Labor
Randy -- 9/8/2002, 10:13 pm