A fabulous day on the Nene and my closest ever encounter with a Swan
It has been a while since I have been paddling for a whole day and with resin setting on two canoes in the workshop I decided I was due a...
Making a disrupted face paddle with a swan inlay on the grip.
A disrupted face paddle is one where one of the blade faces is shaped with an uneven surface whilst the other is smooth as normal. The...
My first Wood Canvas Canoe Build Part 10
The use of masking tape on paint patterns is not as straightforward as it may seem. You might think its a simple matter of putting the...
My First Wood Canvas Canoe Build Part 9
Luckily for me if you use Zinsser Watertite to fill your canoe it doesn’t take as long to dry as with traditional fillers but it is still...
My First Wood Canvas Canoe Build Part 8
With the canvas covering the canoe and closed at both ends the next stage is to fill it. On close inspection the weave of the canvas has...
My First Wood Canvas Canoe Build Part 7
So the canoe is sitting in its canvas envelope but the ends of the canvas must be closed and sealed to prevent water getting in. You may...
My First Wood Canvas Canoe Build Part 6
My First Wood Canvas Canoe Build Part 6 Hi Folks Once again I have let things slip with this blog whilst I have been busy building...
My First Wood Canvas Canoe Build Part 5
Hi Folks After another long absence I can finally get back to this slowly evolving blogg! The next thing to be done is the fitting of the...
My first Wood Canvas Canoe Build Part 4
Cant ribs are the last few at each end of the canoe and they are made in two parts as opposed to being bent at the stem. Mainly because...
My First Wood Canvas Canoe build Part 3
The stem to gunwale joints can be made in a variety of ways but it is usually some form of open tenon or bridle joint. Even so to many...
