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 9, 2011

More Tools

My father has moved into an apartment, so we moved most of his shop tools into my garage. It took a lot of work to clear out the accumulated junk to make room for everything. So now I have a bigger tablesaw, a bandsaw, lathe, spindle sander, thickness planer, drill press and innumerable hand tools.  Work on the canoe stopped for over a month, but it is worth it just to be better organized, not to mention the added tools.  Not in the picture is a rack with over 30 clamps.  I hear you can never have too many clamps.

I did a little more stripping tonight and tried the orange non-methyl chloride stripper.  It seems to work almost as well and is a lot less nasty to work with.  I think I'll still need the methyl chloride stuff to get the last layer off between the ribs.

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