Since moving back to Newfoundland, and finally getting a garage built, I wanted to embark on attempting to build a canoe. I discovered Gil Gilpatrick's book on canoe building when looking through books at the library, gave it a read out of interest. So come hell or high water, I thought I give it a go, and if it is high water I hope the bloody thing floats.
So far, I have gotten a couple of saw horses built, nothing fancy just good sturdy saw horses. Yesterday I began to rip 1/2 inch plywood into 5 1/2 inch wide 8 foot lengths to get ready to glue and secure together to make the forms for a 18 foot strong back. So off to the garage on a rainy day in March. I am hoping to get this done soon because I have to then clean up the shop to get my motorcycles out and serviced prior to the arrival of spring and May 24 weekend.
I will keep you posted and provide images of how things are going once I down load a them from my camera.
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