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Scarfing the Gunwales

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

Inside Hull Fiberglass Pictures

Doug Smith
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.

Finished Scraping The Hull

Doug Smith
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).

Decisions, Decisions

Doug Smith
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.

The Scraping Continues

Doug Smith
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.

My Three New Best Friends

Doug Smith
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.