canoe

I finally finished scarfing the gunwales. My second attempt went very well, but one joint got a piece of dirt or debris in it.

This past week’s goal was to scarf the gunwales. I cut the scarfs using a sled based on the one shown here.

The gallery below has some pictures from my trials and tribulations in fiberglassing the inside of the hull. The weave is mostly filled and I’m leaving it like this.

The past couple of days I finished fiberglassing the inside of the hull of the canoe. It was really difficult but I also learned a lot.

I finished scraping the inside of the hull this past weekend. I enjoyed this part of the build, as it didn’t involve any epoxy or electric power tools (ie ROS).

To scupper or not to scupper, that is the question… I think a scupper might look good, but I’m not fond of the idea of buying a core bit so I can route out scuppers.

I’m half finished the scraping inside the hull. I would guess I have about 3 hours left on the other side of the hull.

I’m about 1/5 the way through scraping the inside of the hull. Today I did a bit, but my arm wasn’t feeling all that great.

I started to earnestly scrape the inside of the canoe this morning. I had previously tried using a regular paint scraper with the blade rounded by file and grinder - the scraper needs to be rounded to accommodate the concave surface inside the hull.

Sunday was sort of a big day for me, as I finally got to take the Freedom off of the strongback.