Gluing wedges on the ends to continue the line of the gunwales. Lots of little details get cleaned up before the skin goes on. New video posting to our YouTube later today showing part 2 of the build and lessons learned....
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Finishing touches on the canoe frames today
Canoes are lashed; finishing touches on the frames today and then skin goes on tomorrow. I can already see a hundred changes I want to make to these designs – particularly changes to the stronger locations to better strengthen now and stern. But it’s worth finishing out these boats for some field testing next...
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Ready for lashing
Ready for lashing!...
Three boats ribbed!
Three boats ribbed. These three will be fully built this week and tested on the water. It will be interesting to see how these sizes align to my intent for paddler size / paddler + gear. Already thinking there will be some intermediate sizes as well, likely 5 total....
Ribbing canoes: round 2
Ribbing canoes: Round 2. Today the challenge is applying the same rib measuring system to three different size to see if it scales reliably....
New gunwales ready to rib
New gunwales ready to rib. Returning to white oak for this round of ribbing after mixed success with ash and bamboo. While the ribs don't require the same steep V bends as my kayaks, they do require sharper bends than expected to hold their shape....
Halfway through the canoe prototype, new videos up on YouTube
Ribbing explorations aside, I'm about halfway through the design development on the new canoes. Check out our YouTube channel for two new videos in our canoe series on planning the boats, constructing the prototypes, and the lessons learned so far....
Ribs, ribs, ribs.
Ribs, ribs, ribs. This is just a small portion of the growing rib graveyard as I develop the new canoes. Oak, bamboo and ash, and milling another set of oak today. It’s a small glimpse of the time, money and material that goes into prototyping. If this was just about getting the shape down,...
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New gunwales mortised and ready for canoe round 2
New gunwales mortised and ready for canoe round 2. Modified the shear - we'll see how they look ribbed this afternoon....
Progress on the mockup canoes
Learned what I needed from these mockup canoes, now it's time to tear them apart and start over with modifications. The gunwales will be set aside for a future variant, the ribs to the growing rib graveyard in the corner......
Test ribbing number one, with white oak and stringers
Test ribbing number one, with white oak, and stringers clamped in place. This boat was disassembled and ribbed a second time with carbonized bamboo, and will ultimately be disassembled entirely to make some design changes to the gunwales. This is what’s so great about skin on frame – it allows for rapid prototyping when...
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Bamboo vs Oak
I get a lot of questions about ribbing with bamboo, and for years that’s what I used in my boats. But it was hard for students to get the steep bends needed for the F1, hence the switch to white oak. But this boat doesn’t need such dramatic bends, so we’re doing a trial...
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Getting ready to rib this prototype canoe
Getting ready to rib this prototype. My goal here is more than just shape, I’m also looking for an intuitive measurement system that will scale with paddler size, just like for the F1 kayak. ___ This post was originally featured on our Instagram feed. See the original post and discussion here. Follow Cape Falcon...
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On YouTube: Our new Kayak Storage Fence
Projects in the works mean these needed to move out of the shop. Enter the new integrated storage fence. Short video on the rack system we developed is up on our YouTube channel now. ___This post was originally featured on our Instagram feed.See the original post and discussion here. Follow Cape Falcon Kayak on...
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Check out @shipshapeworks dual F1 build, up on the
Check out Ant from Shipshape Boatworks’s dual F1 build, up on the student builds blog. Lots of photos in his instagram feed as well. As always, loving seeing student builds in progress, and reading about the modifications people choose to make on their boats, and the resources they share for finding materials. Check out...
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