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Scraping the interior
Feeling a little bit scrappy!
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Stick a Fork in it!
It's time to seal up the boat. Sanding, fairing epoxy and priming the exterior. We will be breaking this one up into a couple of posts.
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Designing and Fitting the Gunnels
So since last post I’ve officially gotten to the point where I’m epoxying the interior/exterior of the boat for rigidity so I can take the boat off the…
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Gunwales, Decks and Stems (oh my!)
Trying to prep and paint the exterior, but decisions have to be made
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Time to strip
At this point we are clear to install bead and cove cedar strips to make up the skin of our boat. The bead and cove strips have a round edge, the bead…
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Setting up to install the first cedar strip: Defining the Sheerline
We left off having attached the ribs, and I went out of order when I discussed making the stems of the boat, and attaching those. The ribs and stems are…
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Mounting Ribs to the Bottom Board
Now where was I....
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Stems Part 2:
We last left off with laminating strips to build up the stem of the boat. This block of wood will eventually have to be shaped to final form: first, a…
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Millstream Workshop
In which I try to build a wood boat and become a father at the same time, only now I'm still trying to build the boat, and have another kid on the way. Also trying to become a beekeeper!

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