Over the winter of 2018 I built a cedar strip microBootlegger Sport for a customer. I took video of the whole project and documented it on YouTube through an almost daily vlog. The project ended up comprising about 70 videos. You will find them all here.
In this project I book matched the strip and built without staples. I applied a stain the wood before fiberglassing, used carbon/Kevlar cloth on the interior and used a two part automotive clear coat applied from a spray can. I hope you find this video series interesting.
This video shows an overview of the whole project.
- Buying Wood - Making a Kayak - microBootlegger Sport - E1
- Sizing and Milling Strips - Making a Kayak - microBootlegger Sport - E2
- Ruining Expensive Lumber - Making a Kayak - microBootlegger Sport - E3
- Do Over and Table Saw Talk - Making a Kayak - microBootlegger Sport - E4
- Automating Mistakes with the CNC - Making a Kayak - microBootlegger Sport - E5
- Setting Up The StrongBack - Making a Kayak - microBootlegger Sport - E6
- Shaping Inner Stems with a Block Plane - Making a Kayak - microBootlegger Sport - E7
- Sorting Strips for Bookmatching - Making a Kayak - microBootlegger Sport - E8
- Sorting Strips Brain Bending - Making a Kayak - microBootlegger Sport - E9
- First Strips! - Making a Kayak - microBootlegger Sport - E10
- Getting Some Strips On - Making a Kayak - microBootlegger Sport - E11
- Let Me Strip For You - Making a Kayak - microBootlegger Sport - E12
- Talking Accents - Making a Kayak - microBootlegger Sport - E13
- What is a Chine - Making a Kayak - microBootlegger Sport - E14
- Getting Over the Chine - Making a Kayak - microBootlegger Sport - E15
- Stripping to the Keel - Making a Kayak - microBootlegger Sport - E16
- Starting the Tricky Bits - Making a Kayak - microBootlegger Sport - E17
- Into the Mystic - Making a Kayak - microBootlegger Sport - E18
- Stripping to Music - Making a Kayak - microBootlegger Sport - E19
- Whiskey Strip - Making a Kayak - microBootlegger Sport - E20
- Flipping the Forms - Making a Kayak - microBootlegger Sport - E21
- Stripping Strips - Making a Kayak - microBootlegger Sport - E22
- Pattern Restoration - Making a Kayak - microBootlegger Sport - E23
- Stripping up the Front Deck - Making a Kayak - microBootlegger Sport - E24
- Centering the Centerline - Making a Kayak - microBootlegger Sport - E25
- Fitting the Foredeck - Making a Kayak - microBootlegger Sport - E26
- Preparing for the Back Deck - Making a Kayak - microBootlegger Sport - E27
- The Final Strips - Making a Kayak - microBootlegger Sport - E28
- Fast Wood Destruction - Making a Kayak - microBootlegger Sport - E29
- Staining a Kayak Coaming Recess: Tips and Techniques - E30