I started this blog when I was restoring a 1917 Kennebec canoe. Now I have added to my boat building adventures, and built a kayak. I also have pages about birds and astronomy.

Monday, May 23, 2011

Chipping away

I've been working on stripping a little each day and I finally got past the midpoint. It's going a little faster using the nasty stuff and with good weather I've been able to leave the garage door open while I work. I still need to go back and do a final clean-up and strip the inner gunwales.


 I moved the canoe to the other side of the garage so I can work in the shop more easily.  I don't think I'll be parking inside for a while. I cut pieces for the bow seat frame and set up the mortising attachment on the drill press (drill square holes!!). I'm keeping the original long pieces of the frame and making new side pieces so I can mortise the frame together rather than dowel it together, like it was done originally. The dowels didn't keep the frame pieces from rolling inward with the tension of the cane. 

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