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Too late for this build, but for your next one, draw the arc of the bottom of the side on a 2 X 12. Attach the chine to the 2 X12 with small finishing nails, following the arc that you drew. Glue and nail the side to the chine. When the glue sets up, carefully pry the side and chine away from...

In the early 1900's, Bayou Chene (oak bayou) was a small community of about 500 in the Atchafalaya Basin, accessible only by water. The building of the levees and other actions by the Corps of Engineers after the Miss. River flood of 1927 left the area with more frequent flooding. No one...

scarf pull back the two pieces about 1/16" when you glue and you never have to worry about too much squeeze out also don't worry about a stiff spot when you're bending to a fair curve

an old boatbuilder down on the coast told us that he used whatever glue was the best at the time. literally thousands of boats have been built with weldwood as it was the "best" and many built with weldwood are still serviceable today. Weldwood is good but it is somewhat brittle which is a...

If you pass a round over or ogee router bit around the hole, it will look fancy The hole is for pointy bottom beer cans, a candle or a rope, Your choice, but you would be surprised at how many folks ask that same question.

glad you liked the disk All of the wood trim for us is sinker or old growth cypress. The old growth stuff grew very slowly and will typically have 25 to 50 (or more) growth rings per inch. The new growth or grow back cypress has a lot fewer rings per inch and is not as water/bug resistant as...

The purpose of a preacher is to "keep you straight" whether you're driving nails or drilling pilot holes It consists of a board with two parallel faces that are offset 1/2 the thickness of the board you're edge nailing. There's a notch cut out to allow for the overhang of the bottom board over...

don't know your method of construction, but if you're nailing the bottom planks to the edge of the side planks, anything thinner tha 5/8" will tend to split out on you. if you're thinner than 3/4" and not a good nailer, be sure to use a preacher

very similar to the method friend Keith and I use, he uses more power tools than we do the rabbeted rail is to cover the exposed edge of the plywood side. It's a good idea to cover it but a lot easier to lay an extra rail on top instead of cutting and fitting a rabbet. We always attach the...

Really looking good Russ Just think how much faster you'll be able to make your next set of paddles :D Shaving horses work great, next thing you can make is wood shingles for your roof

when you/re down to an octagon profile, try a small plane its larger sole lets me take a finer, more controlled cut than a spokeshave, especially when working with "lady grain" - that's grain that can't make up its mind which way it wants to go, but don't tell your wife that's what it's called

3/4 X 2 is the cross section, it fits on top of the inside chine and below the breast hook so its about 10" or so long. You can leave the profile straight or cut it curved depending on if you have staight or curved sides at the stems. You bevel the leading edge of the stem piece on both...

on a boat with a lot of side flare, the breasthook (bresthook) also keeps the sides spread out more - increasing the interior volume of the boat. Pretty much like a thwart, but not obstructing interior space. That center section of the boat may have the most nails, wood, glue, etc. but it also...

the foam from most one part polyurethanes is caused by the release of CO2 during the cure or reaction. That's not earth shaking news but the foam is open celled as opposed to closed cell. Open cell foams are like household sponges, they suck up and hold water. Water goes in as a liquid, but...

plenty of clamps is dead on also look at the end grain, you want the growth rings parallel - not perpendicular - to the long side. it will also bend easier if outside of the tree is the outside of the bend. start in the middle and attach toward the stems and have long enough rails to extend...

try going through a couple of wet/dry cycles with it

I've used duralux over epoxy saturated (west system) plywood after washing to remove blush with no problem. Also used duralux primer and duralux over epoxy saturated, but that was just last month so don't know about longer term Also used Interlux primer for putting their enamel over epoxy no...

There"s lots of folks that believe that you can"t build a boat without fiberglass and filled epoxy "peanut butter", but the reality is that there was zillions of plywood boats built with inside or outside chines before fiberglass and epoxy ever came into use. I stil have my dads plywood boat...

Depends on how tight and well glued your seams are We don't tape seams but your mileage may vary