tac4422 wrote:Corwin C wrote: They're made from cedar fence boards that were ripped into strips 1/4" thick and then glued together over a set of forms that gave the canoe its shape."
I like this idea... it'd be easy to cut the strips. Do they have to be routered ? and to what shape ?
Thanks !
I used a small hand block plane (very sharp and set very thin) to help ease the angle on areas where the curve was pronounced. One quick pass makes a big difference, but most of it I left the strip edges square. When I carry mine over my head, I can see spots/streaks where little peeks of light come through, but most of the time it's not noticeable.
pchast wrote:...
He used a slightly different method of building. We used bungee cords.
It was a ticklish technique. A wrap every 6-8 inches avoided the use of all but a few tacks to the form. Too tight and the strips would 'fold' away from the form. TB2 for glue...
We used little binder clamps from the office supply, some string, and old milk jugs of water for clamps. You put the binder clip over the new strip and adjust the string from the jug to the clip "handle" to pull them together. Adjustable by using varying weight in the jugs and the length of string. Also the string passing along the outside surface helped hold the strips against the form without resorting to nails or staples. In tricky situations, you could use both "handles" on the clip to hold in more than one direction.