Canoe with a View : : Canadian Open Canoe forum

Well after some intense tuition i will hopefully be able to write and post some pics of my canoes construction,

Here goes
most of the hard work was making jigs for the router and working out spacings for seats,yoke etc, made it all in softwood for a start to see if i could do it without cocking up the lovely ash timber.

Winston wondering what his dad was up to now?,

Fastening the inner gunnels together prior to routing



Routing slots in inner gunnels



Then i had to make a router table to carry my router so to make the job Easier/Safer, this rounded the edges of the slots



This bit completed Note safety equipment Don't Know why it's small?



Then it's time to see if they fit where i want them!



Now it's on with the outer gunnels




Then the other side



This is my favorite picture as it shows the natural curves on the canoe prior to yoke fitting



Deckplates glued up and in position



Then it's time for the seats, dowelled, glued and screwed



Glued and cramped together



Sorry hav'nt any more pics of seats but this was at the end of saturday afternoon last june



Then first thing sunday morning SHE FLOATS!





Over the next week or so the handles, front seat and a few other bits were finished, Really pleased with the finished product and have had many a fine trip in her since, thanks to all who have persevered to help me to finally post a picture, will have to buy a camera now!, see you on the water soon, Andy.

Having seen this in Norfolk it is indeed a commendable job. Very high quality workmanship and one of the finest examples I have seen, that includes all canoes not just home finished ones. Now about my thwart we discussed a couple of weeks ago

Top marks Andy, excellent build blogg.
A lovely job you made of her. Indeed one of the finest out there.

fantastic job Andy,wish I'd had the skill to do some of the things you've managed, love the idea of the slotted gunwhales,
looks like these Apaches are becoming a big part of the open canoe scene,must be a few of them out and about now,
Why bother with Green or Red with black plastic when you can have Ivory and nice Ash, all it needs now is Cwav sticker and it will look the "dogs"
once again great job

I have to say Andy's fitting out job is the dogs the workman ship is spot on and makes the finished article look the business.

I spotted the woodwork over the weekend, didn't realise you'd done it yourself....verrrrry nice....

If you want some more practice you can borrow my Prospector for a few weeks.....

Quote:all it needs now is Cwav sticker and it will look the "dogs"
once again great job

Tony it is now sporting the Highly sort after C-Wav Emblems on the bow,

Thanks for all the positive comments, The fun i've had in her since outways all the hassle, I'm more chuffed that i managed to post some pictures!, see you all on the water soon, Andy.

Hi Andy, I feel that I must add my comment's, having seen the end result, I must commend you on your craftsmanship, the finished canoe is a credit to you.
And your craftsmanship knows no boundaries, even produces the perfect size blocks for the Woody Woodgas Cooker :joy:now that's what I call a craftsman
Best Regards Bill

Brill Andy

But would we accept anything less than beautiful work from you?

See you at the next meet.

Sean

Very nice job Andy. You will have to join the Owners Club now.

Nicely done and well turned out.

TGB

Fantastic craftsmanship. Lovely work.

Nice router jig!

And where most people have a TV you seem to have an Apache

Just doing some trimming of my inner gunwales and wondered what size that router bit was. I have used 6mm and it looks way too small in comparison.

But then I have beams for gunwales anyway...

Mike