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Thanks for the thoughts! I love the idea of including birch bark canoes as there is a very strong Indian population and tradition in the area. I do plan to use the Mackinac Boat as the top wind...

I have been asked by the City of St. Ignace to build a sailboat weather vane for a downtown park. St. Ignace sits on the North shore of the Straits of Mackinac that separates Michigan's Lower and...

No screws - no splines; just glue. As long as there is no motor, there really isn't much stress on the transom. The wood is Brazillian Cherry (Jatoba); very hard and difficult to work with, but very...

This is not a folding example as you requested, but I just love this one for its simple beauty and workmanship. Unfortunately, it's not mine; I saw it at the Madisonville boat show last year.
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Here is mine. Wife & granddaughter on launch day a year and half ago.

Ray B.

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Tom,

I will echo everyone else; Thank You for a really great post. I live in Michigan's Eastern U.P. and have been to the North Channel for a fishing trip (great fishing by the way.) Your log and...

Do you recall what issue that was? That would solve a major space problem for me.

Ray B.

Sorry; something came up Friday night and I had to cancel. 1st one I've missed in 8 years. That's what I get for saying I'm always there.

Ray B.

I'm there every year; wouldn't miss it (I live only 12 miles from Hessel). It really is a great show if you like the old classic mahogany runabouts. There are, of course, other boats, but the...

A few more construction pictures:

All planks in place:
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Off the molds and turned over:...

Craig,
Sorry, I don't have a web site to post my construction pictures, so I've included a few here and I will add some more in another post.

I used a 3/4 inch overlap for the planks and put 7 on...

Here are a few pictures of my "Liz". As you can see it is still a work in progress so I can't comment yet on its actual performance. The pictures show the boat in the final construction phase. I am...

I did mine with a shoulder plane before I watched a professional builder take the same approach as Ray Frechette suggested, only he used an angle grinder with sand paper to accomplish the same task....

That is truely inspirational, Ed; the boat, the scenery, the kids, and your perseverance. Congratulations!

I like the saying: The measure of a craftsmen is not in how many mistakes he makes, but in how well he covers them up.

Must be that time of year when us amateur builders have made sufficient progress on their winter projects to show some pictures. Here are a few views after getting the whiskey plank on mine. The...

Johnson Lumber might be a good source. They are headquartered in Charlotte, MI (Lansing area) but have outlets in Grand Rapids and South Bend, Indiana.


L.L. Johnson Lumber Manufacturing Co.

Jim,

I will be using the glued lapstrake method. Since you have already built "Liz", I'd appreciate it if you had insights on the plans or boat that I should especially watch out for as I go...

Sorry you didn't get my reply George. I sent you two messages yesterday directly to your MSN e-mail address. Let me know if you still didn't get them and I will try again as I had some possibly...

Thanks guys for all the great input. I really hadn't given Home Depot much thought since the closest one is 80 miles away. I may be heading down that way around the end of October so I might just...

I'm starting to build the pulling boat "Liz". The plans suggest the keel be made from 7/8" thick Douglas Fir. I'm having the hardest time finding DF in our area. I did an archive search using the...

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Thanks for all the great input guys! There are several ideas that I think would work just fine for me, but I think I am going to try Jim Conlin's vertical grain approach.

The radius of the curve is 17.5", outside, 16.5", inside. I figured a solid blank to carve the radius would have to be about 4" thick. I've carved shapes before using an angle grinder and coarse...

This fall I plan to begin construction of the pulling boat "Liz" by Ken Bassett. I have the set of plans and they offer options for both a straight and curved transom. I'd like to try the curved...