If you have ever wondered why most blogs go well while the person is cutting things out then they kind of fade after that I'll tell you why. Epoxy. Yep expoxy and camera's just don't mix. Once the epoxy comes out people want to put the camera away. Me included.
I cut some of the strips for the gunwales and inwales and have glued them into long continuous pieces by use of scarf joints. I cut some pieces for the inwales and quickly discovered that they would never bend. They are mahogany by the way. So I have decided to cut them in half or in other words the same size as the inwales and then put them on in 2 pieces. This will make the flexing easier and should not weaken the inwale since everthing will be coated in epoxy anyway.
Last night my wife and I were going to move the boat and I did something weird that caused me to drop the boat. All my fault she was not even close to the scene of the crime. It landed in the grass in my yard and I was pleased to see that it held up just fine. Really I am glad to have that happen now just in case it was going to fall apart I could just quit construction now.
It has started getting warm so I really hope to finish this thing off in the next few weeks. I have almost all of the sanding done so once the gunwales and inwales are in I think I will finish rather quickly.
All that will leave is the 2 seats, the compartments on the 2 ends and the cross brace pieces. I will probably put in a temporary "Carry it on you shoulder" piece and then make a nice one later. I will also probably hold off on the backrests for the seats for now too.
Next thing I really have to find out is what kind of paint to use on the bottom.
And how much paint it takes to paint the outside of a canoe. I would hope just a quart.
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