It will be nearly impossible to cover everything from the past 10 months. I will show a quick synopsis. Later in the month or early October I will get some of our newer projects up. Enjoy.
OLD TOWN OTCA
A grade AA Old Town OTCA, meaning all mahogany trim.
The inner gunwales needed to be replaced.
Emily starts by trimming the off the top inch of planking
so the fasteners holding in the inner rails are exposed.
The new inner rails steam bent onto there bending forms
The ends of the rails are tapered at the bench
Not all old canoes and boats where built with the skilled craftsmanship that everyone thinks they are. Here is a shim between the inner rail and rib to make up the difference of a poorly cut bevel on the inner rail for the tumblehome.
One of the reasons why the inner rails where replaced.
The inner rails where poorly spliced during some previous work by someone else.
The new inner rails being installed.
The inner rails are in.....
....and the planking is installed.
The OTCA in the finish room receiving its' first coat of varnish.
Here are the before pictures..........
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.....and here are the completed pictures.
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Here are the before pictures..........
.....and here are the completed pictures.
NEW CANOE BUILDING
Here a couple new canoes being built.
The ribs are mill out, cut to length, and shaped.
This is for another closed gunwale canoe
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The inner rails are tapered and planed smooth
The bevel on the stem is cut on the band saw....
...and then faired in with a plane and scraped smooth.
Two canoes being built. On the right is an extra deep Windigo.
On the left is a Temagami Traveler.
The Windigo ready to be planked.
The Temagami Traveler is ready too.
Emily shaping planking at the bench.
The Windigo almost planked and ready to come off the form.
It is always exciting to lift a hull off the form.
The Temagami Traveler off the form
A look at both hulls
The hull is leveled off and plumbed to make sure the
decks, stem, and inner rails all come together nicely.
Emily shaping the decks.
The hulls are hand clinched and the hammer blossoms soaked out.
A very important step if you want a fair, well built hull.
The hull being oiled prior to canvassing.
A look at the Temagami Traveler
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The Windigo being canvassed.
Filler time - putting on the canvas filler.
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Emily working on a pair of inner rails for the next new canoe.
AROUND THE SHOP
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A little form tuning
Emily starting work on an all wood wide board canoe
Three Canadian canoes from three very different locations.
Left is a Fraser Prospector, center is a Temagami Canoe Company,
and right is a Peterborough rib and batten canoe.
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An 18' EM White getting new outer gunwales
A little shop cleaning revealed how many bending jigs we have.
We lost count at 200.
More Jigs.
A little shop rearranging for some new machinery.
Boy, it looks like Emily does all the work around here.
A view from the corner of the shop.
Caulking the deck seams on a Penn Yan Swift.
Inside the finish room
COMPLETED CANOES AND BOATS
A couple of Chestnuts. Are the Pals or Chums?
A BN Morris
A Thames River mahogany Lapstrake from Englan
A few courting canoes
Foreground to background:
17 foot Chicot extra deep, an 18 foot Windigo regular depth,
and an extra deep Windigo.
If you are looking for great family paddling canoes that double up
as some of the best canoe tripping canoes, check these out.
More new canoes headed out the door
A look at the bow of a Chicot headed for Gravenhurst, Ontario.
A 1920's Old Town with all the accoutrements (seat backs, paddles, etc).
Are you exhausted? I am. The cat has the right idea. Time for a nap.
See you soon with some new and exciting fall projects.
