Help! Peterborough exterior stems

[Dave Osborn]

Looks like a great fit, Walt!
I bend outer stems right on the canoe. I use a strap with holes in it for screws and screw it down when it’s hot. It’s kind of a 2 man operation. I do it early in the restoration and don’t remove them until canvassing time. Little to no spring back.

 

[jchu]

Wow, so someone finally built a rib canoe. You will love it. Good job. I was going to pull my stems and re-bed them when I saw the post.

 

[Worth Gretter]

Walt, you should post more pictures. Yours is a very unique project.

 

[chris pearson]

Thanks everyone...not much luck finding a pliable mahogany here yet, so I took the easy way with cherry bending on a form and installing after a week. It's a new build and a bit of an experiment/prototype so maybe the next one will have mahogany stems.
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This is stunning Walt. I gotta know more about this build. First, how did you calculate the vertical planking? Meaning the widths. Are they ever changing based on the hull shape?

 

[Rollin Thurlow]

Great fit on the outside stems. They will look GREAT!

 

[walt]

Thanks for your encouraging words everyone. Jeff, I think that you practically built a new one when you rebuilt your cedar rib, and yours has been in the water! I am not there yet, but slowly working on it. Currently bending and installing rails and decks. If it all somehow works (or even if it doesn't) I will share the story but one thing I am pretty sure of...I will need a bailer!

 

[samb]

Amazing. I'm very much looking forward to reading the build story.

Sam

 

[chris pearson]

Stunning!!

 

[Worth Gretter]

Walt, are those nails or tacks in the pictures? Copper, brass, bronze? Do they get cliched? Pre-drilled?
Forgive all the questions, but this type of construction is not often seen.