Questions tagged [boat-building]
related to building wooden boats
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How to restore the form of a cedar strip canoe after taking it off the mold?
I started building a cedar strip canoe and things were going swimmingly with good progress. I built the hull, fibreglass/epoxied the outside and took the hull off of the mold. Then... life happened. I ...
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Varnishing my tiller without runs or dry spots
I am trying to varnish the tiller of my boat with a marine PU varnish (International Compass - Datasheet).
I have hung the tiller from the ceiling (in a spare room at room temperature) using a screw ...
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What is this type of sail boat hull construction?
I am very slightly familiar with different type of sail boat/yacht hull construction. But this examples one on the pictures below are something that I do not quite understand.
First pic:
This I find ...
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How to shape a toy boat's hull accurately?
I would like to make a series of boat's hulls from a single block of wood. My first consideration is how to semi-accurately model the complex geometry of the stern and bow of a ship. The models only ...
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Using green cedar for planks on a boat
I am building a Swampscott Dory as per "The Dory Book" by John Gardner.
What I am doing is using local wood (Red Cedar) and mills. As such, I am starting from the log, milling it, and then making my ...
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Can you make a small wooden sail boat from cedar?
We have a lot of trees we've been removing from our property for one reason or another. Instead of throwing them on the burn pile, I thought I might be able to make something of them.
I've always ...
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