Worth Gretter
LOVES Wooden Canoes
Vinci, I'm confused here. Are these pictures of two different canoes? Two pictures show ribs bent on a form, and the rest of the pictures show a strip build canoe which doesn't usually have ribs.
Atkinson Traveler build; inwales & ribs
- Thread starter patrick corry
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Vinci
Curious about Wooden Canoes
Yes, you're right. The photos show two canoes. The first few photos are my response to Mike about the progress of me starting to build canoes with keels, while the later ones show the issues I encountered when building canoes without keels.
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patrick corry
solo canoeist
A little update. I brought the Atkinson Traveler down from the rack where she has been drying her filler since October 2024.
I had a few moments in the shop to cut down the excess canvas, and give the outwale blanks a trial fit. I've been using this Klever tool on the last couple of canoes and it works well.
https://kleverinnovations.net/our-products/safety-cutters/
The detail image shows how the inner lip rides on the planking as the blade is drawn along. It avoids making a diastrous plunging cut if one isn't careful!
I still need to refine the canvas cuts at the stems, but I temporarily clamped the outwale on to test the rabbett dimensions. It's cold in the shop, so no steaming today, but maybe the next benign day.... and, hang the seats too. The bow seat is just resting there so I could admire how pretty it is!
I had a few moments in the shop to cut down the excess canvas, and give the outwale blanks a trial fit. I've been using this Klever tool on the last couple of canoes and it works well.
https://kleverinnovations.net/our-products/safety-cutters/
The detail image shows how the inner lip rides on the planking as the blade is drawn along. It avoids making a diastrous plunging cut if one isn't careful!
I still need to refine the canvas cuts at the stems, but I temporarily clamped the outwale on to test the rabbett dimensions. It's cold in the shop, so no steaming today, but maybe the next benign day.... and, hang the seats too. The bow seat is just resting there so I could admire how pretty it is!
OP
OP
patrick corry
solo canoeist
It's the little things....!
Mounting seats today, I cut the mahogany dowel spacers- 2" for the bow seat and 1" for the rear spacers of the stern seat. Having drilled the spacers I then fitted them finding the fit between seat frame and dowel end not so nice. I needed to sand a slight angle to the bottom on my vise-mounted belt sander.
My dowel drilling method:
The upper surface of the outwale rabbets were tapered at the ends with my new-to-me 112 year old Stanley #4 plane (yes, overkill but I just wanted to use it!) so the rabbet doesn't show at the stem when finished. Outwales will also be tapered in depth (thickness) and height as they approach the ends of the canoe. I think the terms "molded" and "sided" apply to these modifications... but I can never keep them straight which is which! I'll do these tapers once the outwales are steamed and in their final shapes so they are more robust to take the strain of being coerced into final shape!
Mounting seats today, I cut the mahogany dowel spacers- 2" for the bow seat and 1" for the rear spacers of the stern seat. Having drilled the spacers I then fitted them finding the fit between seat frame and dowel end not so nice. I needed to sand a slight angle to the bottom on my vise-mounted belt sander.
My dowel drilling method:
The upper surface of the outwale rabbets were tapered at the ends with my new-to-me 112 year old Stanley #4 plane (yes, overkill but I just wanted to use it!) so the rabbet doesn't show at the stem when finished. Outwales will also be tapered in depth (thickness) and height as they approach the ends of the canoe. I think the terms "molded" and "sided" apply to these modifications... but I can never keep them straight which is which! I'll do these tapers once the outwales are steamed and in their final shapes so they are more robust to take the strain of being coerced into final shape!
Worth Gretter
LOVES Wooden Canoes
So I'm not the only one who puts his belt sander upside down in the vise!
