Staining the Recess - microBootlegger Sport - E30
Pre staining the cockpit recess so it will match the rest of the boat.
Strip Built
Strip building involves bending thin (1/4-inch [6-mm] or less) pieces of wood around temporary forms, edge-gluing them together, and then fiberglassing inside and out. It is a great method for making beautiful, lightweight, small boats. Also called "Cedar Strip", "Wood Strip", "Strip Planked" etc.
RoboBevel Tool Prices and Shoulder Planes
Starting a Small Manufacturing Business
One of the things about operating as a small business is, you don't know how your business will operate until you start doing it.
Announcing Canoe Plans from John Winters and Green Valley Boat Works
I'm honored to be able to offer Canoe Plans from John Winters and Martin StepOh No! The Deck and Hull Don't Fit
It is very common that the deck and hull don’t match when you go to put them together. Maybe humidity got to the wood between glassing the outside and the inside or, the opposite, the wood dried out. Or it could be that the deck or hull sagged a bit while sitting on the saw horses.
Plans from Bear Mountain Boats
We are excited to announce we are now offering plans from Bear Mountain BoatsGlassing - Petrel Build - E9
Today I fiberglass. In this video I talk about the cleaning up stain bleed-through and then get fiberglassing. I discuss the time line of glassing and what I use for fill coat
Stripping up the Front Deck - microBootlegger Sport - E24
Adding strips to one side of the front deck.
Pattern Restoration - microBootlegger Sport - E23
Getting back on track with the book match pattern after discovering a mistake.
Stripping Strips - microBootlegger Sport - E22
So, I found a couple strips out of sequence. I had to strip off the strips.
Flipping the Forms - microBootlegger Sport - E21
Fitting in the Whiskey strip of the closing strip on the bottom.
