Old Town Stem Joinery

[Hoofangler]

Hi All,
I've been lurking and finally signed on today. I was wondering if anyone could post a photo of the joinery where the stem and deck meet on an Old Town. I'm rebuild the rotted out sections and don't have a reference. Thanks!

 

[Greg Nolan]

Benson Gray points (http://forums.wcha.org/showthread.php?10843-Pics-showing-stem-inwale-deck-area ) ( http://forums.wcha.org/showthread.php?10486-Old-Town-16-foot-17504-8-16 ) to Eric Beeby’ photos as a source of information about this.

See especially Part 1 of this three-part photo documentation of and Old Town restoration; the other two parts are also of interest for someone restoring an Old Town canoe

http://www.wcha.org/Beeby-canoe/A0002_1929_Old_Town_18_Canoe_96/album.html

http://www.wcha.org/Beeby-canoe/A0003_1929_OT_Restoration_96801/album.html

http://www.wcha.org/Beeby-canoe/A0003_1929_OT_Restoration_96801/album.html

See also

http://forums.wcha.org/showthread.php?4062-connecting-the-stem-band-to-the-deck

http://forums.wcha.org/showthread.php?3701-Tip-detail-for-OT-1950-s-OTCA

 

[Hoofangler]

That's awesome. Thank you very much!

 

[Larry Meyer]

There's a good long discussion of how to do this in the forum knowledge base.

http://forums.wcha.org/knowledgebase/BuildRestore:Rebuild+rotted+tips