My covid project pics updated

This all started from cedar telephone poles. It’s been a fun project so far.

Very cool project, would like to keep seeing progress pics.

Cool project... hope to do the same someday

Are you wearing gloves and a mask?

Very nice work!

Really cool Black dogs! Gorgeous! I don't even think I could make the stand with my skills!

looks good keep us posted

Thanks guys!

Wow. I'm impressed with the skills that people have.

You have a gift and developed talent. Good job.

Where did you get your plans?

Wow that is beautiful. Can’t wait to see it finished. You have talent Black dogs

Wow just wow

I got the plans from Noah’s marine. Not much to the plans. It’s really not that hard of a project. I’m actually not much of a wood worker myself, it just interested me. Thanks for all the comments, it’s exciting to see the canoe take shape after each piece is glued in. Most plans call for stapling the strips on. Stapling them on allows you to move faster, but I knew I would like all the leftover staple holes in the finished product, so instead I’m just using wood glue.

Very nice! What are the ribs made of? Also, what is the expected finished weight?

There won’t be any ribs. They say finished weight is around 50lbs

That is so cool.
Always wanted to try that just don't have the patients or focus..

Mac

Cedar strip canoe, very cool! It's coming along nicely, keep us posted on the progress...

Black Dogs: When your finished, lets see it on the water. OK?

Nice wood working project.

Very nice. Definitely takes some skill and dedication. Hope you post finished, in the water pics.

I've always used staples, and you're correct in that it speeds things up considerably. When the hull is completely stripped and you're ready to start sanding, takes a couple of evenings to pill all the staples and jam toothpicks into the thousands of staple holes and break them off. You never see the holes or the "filler".

That's way cool that you started with telephone poles.

Your stripping looks great! They are a fun project. Good on you!

Jack

Just goes to show you how inexperienced I am at wood working lol. Never gave it a thought to do tooth picks and wood filler. Thanks for all the kind words fellas. I will definitely post some progress pictures and on the water finished!

Did you cove and bead the strip edges ?
Dennis

Wow, your work is drop dead gorgeous

Yessir!

I probably have two full weekends, 12 hours a day just in milling all the wood, getting it to size, and routering both edges. But that was for three of us, and wood for each of use. I’m just the ginny pig.

Beautiful work!
Is that white cedar?
I would have never thought you could bend cedar like that.
I know you said from old power poles, so obviously not green wood, so are you pre -soaking to get strips to bend without breaking?

Nope. They are 3/4 x 1/4” thick strips. They bend way easy! Only soaking I did was to bend the stems on both ends of the boat. I believe it is mostly all western red cedar, can’t be sure cause they came from various power poles. The darker wood in the middle is redwood reclaim from a wastewater treatment plant back in the 60’s that I got from my uncle.

Here’s an update as I go along. I’m happy with the progress!

Going to be pretty when you seal it..Very nice..

Mac

That's going to be really pretty. Can't wait to see pics of it on the water.

Wow Thats Nice !!!

That is some great work. Plenty of talent there.

What kind of joint do you use where the strips come together? Is it just a butt joint or is it a half lap or what? What kind of glue are you using? Is it the same joint on the ends as on the sides of the stripping?

That's drop dead gorgeous. You apparently have a band saw mill? Also a planer and router?
just

It is called a bead and cove for the joints. All I have used for the glue up so far is tite bond 3. There is no joint at the end. You have have to shape the inside stem so the strips lay flat to it like this



Yea I do have access to a woodmizer, planer, and router. They all got a good workout for this project! Thank you for all the comments. It’s been really fun watching it come to life. And I’m glad the planking is over!

I really like it. The bead and cove joint looks like it will work well. Plenty of surface area considering. I would have never thought to use a telephone pole as lumber. Seems like a good idea I would assume it would last a long time. Any idea how much it weighs? I assume the plywood in the pictures is for forming? Finally, is there an end cap or rib that covers the slats on the end on the outside?

nice work

Yes there are end caps. I just haven’t got to that point yet. I just started the fit them and have them ready to be glued in.





The plans say that it will be 55 - 60lbs. We shall see!

Looks like that end cap is steam bent? Were the ribs also steam bent? Will there be a "cap" that runs the entire center seam also? I would be afaid of catching the end cap on something and damaging it without a piece that ran the seam. Sorry for all the questions but you have really got my interest in case you didn't notice.

amazing work,just another super talent roamin the pages of t-man.

great job

Work faster bud the fish are biting now!

I did steam bend the stems. They are 3 pieces of 3/4 x 1/4 ash laminated together. First I stem bend both inner and out strips, let them dry then came back and did a glue up of the inner and outer stems separating them with tape. Also they are no ribs in the canoe, it will be fiberglassed and varnished in the end for strength. Here’s a couple pics of the stem bending process

Can’t rush this one my friend! I got too much into it lol

Wow incredible job nice work

Well, where is the update?

Man! That looks great!! You have a great piece of art there!

You have an amazing skill there.
Beautiful.

How do you Seal that ?

I think I am ready for fiber glass. The one picture i wetted the hull down to raise the grain and do a final sand. I am happy with it so far. Also started planning for inwales and gunwales. They will be out of ash with accent walnut for the scuppers.

That is SEXY. Can't wait to see that baby on the water.

Looks awesome!

Total boat epoxy resin is what I am going to use to seal the boat with inside and out

Amazing job, thanks for sharing! Labs are great company...

looking great

Need some more pictures!!!

Here ya go Finster, she’s gettin her outter she’ll put on today

Got some work done today. Big step taking her off the forms and seeing it right side up for the first time.

Wow that is a beauty! At a lodge in Ontario that I once fished, they use 18’ cedar strip boats. They are fun to fish from.

We have a salesman’s sample cedar strip canoe hanging in our living room.

I think I am going to fall in love with your project. 160user and his son will have to step up their covid project game LOL

That is looking amazing. Almost hard to believe that cam from old telephone poles. Really cool.

looking great .

I knew was going to be pretty with the shinny stuff on it. Nice!

Mac

That may be the prettiest boat I've ever seen!

wow, just wow.
that is one cool piece of craftsmanship.
you da man!
Jim

Absolutely a work of art! Looks nice you are very talented

True, so now every time I go by a telephone phone pole I'll see a canoe.

That is a beautiful work of art right there

Here’s some picks of the inside sanded down with 60 grit and wetted to raise the grain

Last big push on the inside of the hull. I’m happy with the results! It could be Better if I had unlimited time to sand and make perfect.

Wow, simply amazing. It's almost unbelievable how that fiberglass cloth becomes invisible.

That is turning out to be a very nice looking canoe.

It’s actually starting to look like a canoe!

What a beauty!

Thanks lefty! I’m glad the build is closing in on a finish!

Going to be to pretty to put in the water looking so good..

Mac

Gettin closer to launch date. Seats need varnish and three more coats of varnish on the outside and it’s all done!

Outstanding piece of craftsmanship. Well done!!

Well that’s it, she all done and went on her maiden voyage!

Beautiful. WHat's it weigh?

Work of art! Congrats.

Looks beautiful! How was it on the water???

Outstanding job!

Nice work! That’s a beautiful canoe

It’s weighs in right around 53lbs

It was really rough on the lake for a canoe, probably around 1ft waves and windy, so I really couldn’t get a good feel for how stable it is. I don’t know we paddled into the wind with ease. I think it will be a fast boat for sure. A difference between that and my regular aluminum canoe!

That sure looks great!

Good job man...she's a beauty

Like some guns, to pretty to use.

You're work would have cabinet makers drooling!

Thanks for all the kind words guys!