The twisting of the strips is over at last. Now I just have to bow them. This takes very little pressure at first. But gets harder the shorter the pieces get. Rather than do just one side of the football and trim it down the centre line, I opted to overlap each side. This is much more time consuming. but I really like the look. Not to mention it is much stronger. I also alternated the light and dark pieces of cedar to accent the method used. Once fiberglassed I think it will look quite good, the contrast.
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| just starting the light/dark alternations |
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| After block planing the hump, I could see where there were slight gaps under the messy glue. these would need slivers of wood glued in before final sanding. |
The bow and stern overlap of the strips always bugged me a bit. I felt it came to, to fine a point. And it would be a pain to fibreglass such a tight edge. So i decided to cut the front back to the bent cedar strip. Eventually I hope to lay a brass or copper strip down the bow and stern, to protect from bumping rocks and such. But I'm worried about the extra weight that would give. I have to remember I'm trying to make a nice lightweight canoe for ease of transport. I'll have to wait and see, I might have another idea up my sleeve.
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| Before |
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| after |
I use the quick grip clamps to hold the strip tight to the canoe. This allows an easy job to tape, and for the hot glue to set.
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| Cutting the joint a bit oversize |
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| trimming the bead shape and feeling for final length |
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