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patrick corry
solo canoeist
Second round of steam bending ribs over the canoe. Lots of good steam here and it's fun bending this soft Northern White Cedar! This old canoe has been a beast to repair, and I still keep finding broken ribs! A couple of them can be repaired with glued-on tips- most of which I am saving from the full-width broken ribs found elsewhere.
Fortunately, I have lots of clamps! There are many more inside the canoe holding the battens which define the shape where so many ribs are broken in the center third of the canoe.
Here, a couple of tight bend ribs are formed to use at the opposite end of the canoe where the existing ribs are 1/2 gone. They extend fully under the stem foot.
Rib tip (though a long one) waiting for a donor tip from elsewhere in the canoe. You'll notice the nail holes in the inwale. I had nailed the existing rib tip into the new inwale before I discovered that the rib was broken; yet another roadblock in the long recovery of this poor, abused canoe. I can, however see light at the end of the tunnel. New planking is ripped and ready for the drum sander and will go on the re-framed canoe shortly! Maybe I'll even get her into canvas before it gets too cold in the barn, but I doubt she'll be filled; my barn has no heat.
Fortunately, I have lots of clamps! There are many more inside the canoe holding the battens which define the shape where so many ribs are broken in the center third of the canoe.
Here, a couple of tight bend ribs are formed to use at the opposite end of the canoe where the existing ribs are 1/2 gone. They extend fully under the stem foot.
Rib tip (though a long one) waiting for a donor tip from elsewhere in the canoe. You'll notice the nail holes in the inwale. I had nailed the existing rib tip into the new inwale before I discovered that the rib was broken; yet another roadblock in the long recovery of this poor, abused canoe. I can, however see light at the end of the tunnel. New planking is ripped and ready for the drum sander and will go on the re-framed canoe shortly! Maybe I'll even get her into canvas before it gets too cold in the barn, but I doubt she'll be filled; my barn has no heat.
