What We're Making

[Ronstar]

Awesome! I’m sure you will get a lot of satisfaction whenever you’re on the water, knowing that you built it yourself.

Thanks - Took it out for a paddle today. There is a good feeling knowing that I made it.

That's quite nice work, Ron. It reminds me of some of the classic cars I restored over the years and put very expensive paint work on. Afraid to drive the car for fear of paint damage!

Thanks - I now know what you car restorers go through. I've got a few minor scratches in it that I didn't see until I put the next coat of varnish on. Then it was too late to go back to fix. Bad part today was lake scum that collected at the water line. Had to thoroughly clean the boat when I took it out of the water. I'm going to keep it inside in my shop whenever I'm not using it. That should help keep it clean.

 

[Ronstar]

Put together a slideshow of the kayak build:

 

[street]

Put together a slideshow of the kayak build:

WOW!!! Very nice and what a beautiful kayak.

 

[Ronstar]

^^Thanks!

 

[Fotodog]

Very nice presentation, it really shows how much work went into this project. What software did you use?

 

[Walt34]

Wow, nice slideshow!

 

[Surewhitey]

Put together a slideshow of the kayak build:

Very nice. Do you have any idea of hours spent & how thick, generally, are the strips? Was there an easier species of wood to shape?

 

[Ronstar]

Very nice presentation, it really shows how much work went into this project. What software did you use?

I had the photos in an album in photos on my Mac, and made the slideshow there. Then added a little iPhone movie clip at the end using iMovie.

Wow, nice slideshow!

Thanks!

Very nice. Do you have any idea of hours spent & how thick, generally, are the strips? Was there an easier species of wood to shape?

Thanks - I'd say maybe 500 hours. I wasn't keeping track, but I should have. The cedar strips for most of the boat are 1/4" thick, 3/4" wide, bead and cove edges. The cockpit rim is made of 12 sapele 1/16" thick strips. The bow and stern stems are 16 - 1/16" thick strips of ash. The sapele and ash were easy to bend at 1/16" thick. Some of the cedar strips were tough to bend into place. Some I heated with a heat gun to get them to bend enough. There are a couple places where I had to cut the the strips in half to roughly 3/8" wide to fit the curves.

 

[pacergal]

Very nice. Lots of work!
Beautiful wood.

 

[Ronstar]

Very nice. Lots of work!
Beautiful wood.

Thanks!

 

[Ronstar]

Had some maple, mahogany, and walnut scraps. Made a cutting board. Going to give it to our mail lady.

 

[Surewhitey]

Had some maple, mahogany, and walnut scraps. Made a cutting board. Going to give it to our mail lady.

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You must have an awesome mail lady... End grain to boot. Very nice.

Did you plane the top or sand for a couple hours?

 

[Ronstar]

You must have an awesome mail lady... End grain to boot. Very nice.

Did you plane the top or sand for a couple hours?

Thanks, and yes she is an awesome mail lady. Sanded first through a drum sander, then random orbital. Yep - a couple of hours. Too worried about end grain chipping to put end grain through the planer.

 

[Lateboomer]

Kayak update. Only need a couple coats more of epoxy and then varnish. Gave a cockpit pattern and measurements to a guy in Washington state and he made a custom fit seat.

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Congrats on an awesome accomplishment. Trade you for my plastic folding kayak of the type below?

 

[Ronstar]

Congrats on an awesome accomplishment. Trade you for my plastic folding kayak of the type below?
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Nice kayak!, but I'll stick with my wooden one.

 

[Flyfish1]

Nice build @Ronstar! I thought about building a small boat , but seeing that process I may reconsider. I'll stick to furniture for now.
Finished this a couple of months ago, Jewelry Armoire for my wife.

 

[aja8888]

Nice build @Ronstar! I thought about building a small boat , but seeing that process I may reconsider. I'll stick to furniture for now.
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Wow! That's really quite nice!

 

[Ronstar]

Nice build @Ronstar! I thought about building a small boat , but seeing that process I may reconsider. I'll stick to furniture for now.
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Thanks! Your jewelry armoire is awesome! I'making some little jewelry boxes for the grandnieces now but mine won't be nearly as nice as yours!

 

[Fotodog]

Nice build Flyfish!

 

[Ronstar]

I plan on storing my newly built kayak in my (22'x22') workshop. And I wanted more work table space. So I made a 4'x12' worktable where my kayak stores under the work surface.

 

[Ronstar]

Running out of room storing my growing knife collection in the house. So I made a wall display cabinet for my workshop.

 

[street]

That nice!!! The knifes are beautiful.

 

[Ronstar]

^^ Thanks! I'm starting to give them away to family. My niece's son is a prospective Eagle Scout and into knives, so he's a good target for me to give to. His little brother is only 5 tears old, so I may have to wait a while to start giving him knives.

 

[Surewhitey]

Nice work Ronstar. Great gifts for anyone.

 

[Tetto]

I plan on storing my newly built kayak in my (22'x22') workshop. And I wanted more work table space. So I made a 4'x12' worktable where my kayak stores under the work surface.


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Nice table, shop, canoe! How well does your Jet filtration system work? Does it grab most of the junk floating in the air?