Canoe

Beautfuil Canoe!!!

I hope to build a boat someday!! How did you remove the nails?

-- Chris N, Westford, MA - "If you won't eat something from your fridge that turned green...why would you eat something that started out that way?"

Beautiful!!

That’s something I’ve always wanted to make.

I ripped a bunch of Redwood strips for a friend once, that’s as close as I got.

-- -** You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ****************** Dick, & Barb Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

Great job beatiful work. Ive been thinking about a canoe or boat for the last few months. did you use a plan or did you use your own lay out. What was your main source for reference. Again beautiful work

-- piper

That is one fantastic looking canoe! Lewis and Clarke would be proud.

-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.

Beautiful! Now I’m daydreaming about paddling across a calm expanse of water in the wilderness.

-- Paul, Texas

Looks like a very satisfying project…and a great looking finished piece. Where did you learn the techniques? Did you work from a plan? I’d love to see more construction details/pics if you have any. Very nice.

-- Patrick, Chicago, IL http://www.TenonAndSpline.com/blog

Very nice canoe. Not only is it a satisfying build but it is a gorgeous one-of-a kind project as well. I am sure this one is unique.

Great project.

-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.

Came out beautiful! Looks like it was a real exercise in patience.

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

Nice work. Back in the 70’s I built one very much like yours. At that time I belong to the Minnesota Canoe Association. It took me over 100 hours to build. The wight was around 50 lbs. About two years later I lowned it to my brouther-in-law. He brought it back with a crack in the side caused by a rock. I patched it and sold it for next to nothing. I still love my brouther-in-law.

-- Ron in Osseo, Minnesota

Awesome job!

-- There is no such thing as scrap wood!, http://www.saltrivergallery.com

Great looking boat… just keep it away from your brother-in-law…

-- All the test cuts in the world won't stop you from cutting the outside when you meant to cut the inside. doh!

Awesome job! It’s been many years since the last boat I built; a 16 ft daysailer with a 6 ft beam, so I know how proud you must be. Overall I think I built six boats over the years. So much so that my ex-wife started calling me “Noah”.

-- Nothing says "I love you" like a saw blade.

Pat Heres a link to the day to day progress of the build ….pretty cool when i look back at it .

http://www.jimboes.50megs.com/canoe.htmlhttp://www.jimboes.50megs.com/canoe.html

Chris …with a hammer and it took me a while LOL

Ron …i let my brother ride with his daughter …he lost control and grounded it in some rocks . Back to the shop to fill and varnish

gus I made one more canoe after this one its a one man canoe . Ill post some pictures when i find them . The second canoe came out alot better plus some of the details like weaving a cane chair and carving a nice yoke made it my favorite to date . Ive made forms for another canoe but just havent started on it .

Piper …i bought plans and a book …and lots of research online .

Incredible and so beautiful. I started building one of these many years ago but stopped because I didn’t have the tools at the time. I would love to try it again some day.

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Beautiful job. You must have used the “Canoecraft” book. I looked at all of your pictures and the process is almost exactly the same (even down to the stands) I used for mine. The difference is you took only 3 months whereas I took 3 years to complete mine. Great job!

-- lobbster, Oregon, www.michaellobby.com

Yes thats the book its the freedom canoe . It was the largest beam i could find . It ook me three months because i was single and had no life LOL . It helps when you have a cool boss that lets you take off to work on it . I would work on it every morning and every evening. Since this canoe i learned a few tricks like the stem carving and glassing. even glassed me a skim board .

Wow that is amazing. You must be very proud of your efforts.

-- Billp

Very, very nice. What does it weigh? (Gotta think about the portages in this part of the country)

its heavy compared to full cedar canoes …I can carry it solo …if i were to guess id say about 80 pounds .

thanks

Vary nice work That a project I’m hopiing to start vary soon.

-- H&H Custom Wood Works

beautiful canoe a good job

-- jeanmarc manosque france

Great job, like the pictures of process.

-- mtnwild (Jack), It's not what you see, it's how you see it.