The Family Handyman woopDWOR K S eT homey The beauty of wood and the strength of fiber- Pe Mesa Lice MORAL cet NC NTN Our photo-packed three-part series PASO EE Mona aR De Pear asai Ed eco ardPART ONE: Assembling the wooden form on which your canoe will be built. that you're thinking: none, aual I'd ove: ki but this isos! fon bisa Lor ane.” Well, we think you're in for a sani surprise. ‘Truc ths i rae. projec . But it house — fots of tng -work, but not all hs like most fornis of hoatbuilting, a cance is very forgiving in emisiniciion. A frsttin cane builder with modest tol sk build an excellent erat To ensure your success, we've tn this wlory Alen lotos andl plenty of dray- sauiee you through every stop, We're spreading it oul over this and the nest two issues, but if ied up ta ster, go right aad); don'¢wait forall three install Our canoe is 18 tt long, sigued as a general-purpo iy uring craft for canpin anet fet. water paddling le, mo ‘es plenty of weight, , and is easy to portage we buill for this weighed in at 54 ths, though your canoe may end up a pound er bw ‘ferent. attach the molds, which are curved plywood pieces that the hull will built on, ‘The pla tthe stronghav ‘molds look WHAT 15 4 CEDAR-STRIP ANCE, ANYWAY? idea behind a cedar strip hull of narrow tripe, each one glued to the ext with ordinary carpenter and then cover the hull with 4 tremely strong, lightweight ani Mey 199 THEFAMRY HANDIMAN 81Cedar-Sinp CANOE ‘xalorproot, No ribsare needed, no | canvas covering, and no caulking. ‘This “sandwich” construction, with the Mberglass as bread and wood as the filing, isalyo why this type of canoe is very iorgiving toa noviee builder — Ue ‘wooden strips don’t have toe bite exactly, because the ibereass ers all the gaps, Whar ff TAKES TO BUILD You don' need the Sills (or the fuss ness) of an expert woodworker o make cedar strip canoe, Ii you can operate table sow or radial arm saw, you ean doit, You de uved patieace and persis: thin piace of poster board. ‘CUT POSTER BOARD TEMPLATES from each tracing poper pattern, egain teping the tracing paper down for accuracy. 82. war00) THe AMY HANDIAAN TRANSFER MOLD SHAPES fram our drewing toa piece of plywood using brads and o ;/w e0obpWORK S lence, however, There are a lot of wood ‘én sips w pul bu, aiid here's plenty of surface area to san. You should count on it taking about 150-175 hours to finish the canoe. Inadcition, the materi. als will ost around 3485. Aggarage’s the best place for build ing, because you need 12-16 ft of clearance infront! and bend your avs for eutting the longestrins. Furor more, sanding the glued-up hull pro- duces clouds ofsavdus, and applying the fherlass produces hoxious {ues You could workin hasement shop, but ‘bu sure youcan get the finished canoe uf, and install « powerful fa to exaust dustand fumes. The tools vou will need are listed on p. 88. Ityou're ready, take-a deep breath, ‘and lets get started. CUT STRONGEACK PIECES To SizE Begin by cutting all the plrword pieces A= the dimensions svenin the Cutting List. ‘Then eut the leg supports (QM) to their Anished shapes, Cut he pincpivses N - Uto the’ finishe! dimensions, necutthe tapered ends af the top pieces (12). THE GRID LAYOUT SCARD ‘Ths grid layout board is used for draw- ing all the mold shapes to their ful size. ‘The shapes ure thon tansferred to poster board templales, and then (o the TRACE the shape of each mold to 2 seperate sheet of racing paper, taping it securely to the plywood layout board for accuracy. ALIGN the poster board tem- plates to tho ‘enter lines ‘on the ply- weed mold pieces. Mark the mold shapes on the plywood. Lian wir ‘CENTER LINE.HARDWARE LEGEND 1 txernexteas BOLT OTH WASIIER ‘AND MU fe ReaD, 2. axa uexnean Bott with WASHER ‘AND MU REGD,) 3. yaxeuz"Hexiean BOLT WITH WASHER ANE NUT (2oREGD ~ Botrwin wasten ANDNUT 2 ReGD) Be taxa tag aout ira wes apnea) ©. go x20 ORYWALL SCREW (38 REO, 7. ex cue peywalt SoHE (ia ReaD, on E MOLDS 3 AND 1: F MOLDS AND 40, cACHSO neleas Hawoine G-HoLDs 5 awa, 5 FAND 8 END Jenoun7, apo - =e oe a I nowsurons te} INSIONS TO. |= OUTSIDE OF Matos Ss e STRONGBACK Detail CENTER LINE OF MOLD rae aevet cunven cOGE OFEND MOLDS = ‘STRONGBACK ASSEMBLY ‘mar 299 1G SUPPORT TWEFAMAY HANOYMAN B89woopWORK § plywood pieces B-J. Thismay seem like a cumbersome process, but the payoff is that your eanoe will be sym: ‘meiriea and siaotl, Draw the don the: grid layout hoard (A), To eliminate any confusion, transfer on sel ofmold shapes ala time, Start with molds 1 and 13, Tra fer the intersecting points irom our grid to yours, Draw the curvesioiring the intersecting points and complete the mold halfs shape (Photo 2) shapes, and the 1/2in. hole locations, MAKE POSTER BOARD TEMPLATES ‘Trace the individual mold shapes to separate sheels of heavy (nieing paper, Don't forget the hole locations (Phole 2), Cutthe shopes oat abeut 1/2. ‘outside of the drayar lines, Tape the tracing paper shy pieces of poster hor, but den't cover the peaeillines with tape. Use a center punch to transfer the hole locations to the poster board then carefully cut aut the shapes. ‘then check the accuracy ofthese (eimpates agains! the grid Pattern. Note that you cin huy printed tem. plates from us, rendy to cut out, See p89. ur our THE MoLDS Draw couter ines dividing the width ow beth sdes ofall the plywood mol pieces (J. ‘Trace the poster board shapes to one piece of each pair of plywuod mold picces and to the center mold 7 (Photo 4) CUT THE MOLDS out with @ sober sew. staying outside the lines, Since the canoe cal, you con cut two molds at once. Gras Baca rrs symmatri SNAP A CHAU LINE down the center of the strong: back. This Une will bo used to ‘Stack the pairs of alywood mold Heces and strew Uiem togecier widh Hin, serews, Cul anil sund them asa nit 30 the shapes of the two moldsare exacily the sime (Photo 5), Drill the 1/2, oles, then separate the: screwedstogether pieces, ASSEMBLE THE STRONGBACK Sere tho pine slrungberk pieces N= Q together (Photo 6). Screw the stronghack top (U) to the strougbeck, Assctuible die lavs Q,R, {NO and then bol the lees to the streno- ack, mount THe Moin suPPonTs Use a chalk ine to saapa centerline cov the length of tae strongback top Photo 7). Mark die locations ofthe ASSEMBLE THE STRONG: Eis BOLT THE MOLD SUPPORTS to the strong: back se the center lines match. The over- size holes leave you plenty of room for adjustment, ojign the mold sup- ports and molds. Pad BA aay ort Te eanuyHanoYMANWANTED —eeccre Dus mea “tt 5 minutes pe itend'S20 to fol, was aberaan BoP Hareyman. fort 0 I PROC Oy DOS avis ele VE Ube BUILD THIS QUILTRACK Bula thishand-me-down quit rack Inelurlos stop-by-step plans. To crdor cord $6 95 plus 50 or post ‘ge and handing 10 THE FAMILY HANDYMAN PLAN SERVICE PO, Box 885, Stilweter, MN 58063, Please alow 4 weeks for delivery, fue Waite iaieru) eli} caer Cer EINa aw alely i aac} Colic onmtiarsy Hino mipwest Aint ELECTRONICS INC. trea INFORVATIONTOFOERS 1-800 648-3030 sti) DWORKS molds oa the strongback too, The spas between the nigids are equal except for howe between molds 6 and 7 and molds Rand 2, which are 1/4 in, Jess than the rest Draw canter ines dividing the leagth on all sides of the mold supports 6, T) Drill the bol: holes in the mold supports and end mold supports (KL). Drill the holes in the ends of the stronglack for the end mold supporis (1. then tll them inplace, Boltthe mold supports lo the suungback hoi 8). ere Etaiety Et eit BOLT END MOLD SUPPORTS to the ‘end molds through the front hole, thon slide tho end molds inte the strongback and bolt them down. ALIGN THE END MOLDS. Long, atraigh’ piecor of woed clamped to the end molds will allow you to de it accurately by eye. 86 Mavro9)ALIGN THE (CHECK THE ‘MOLDS, mows wing a with 6 cedar strip, cand shift them if needed, to be sure that all the holding the ‘strips will molds to the flat supports, against each mold. HEARTLAND PRODUCTS, INC. P.O Dox 77 m Yaly Ci, tO 8072 ‘Avalatieatporcpaing K-MARTS. For Grae nous you or mare pogtct inloonabon col TOLL FREE 12004974760 S120 pert, 10% micimim oxder Shipping and Handing eluded Mayioor ue RAMULY HaMDYHAN 87Woo bD WORK § MOUNT AND ALIGN THE MOLDS Holtthe end mold su»ports (0) tothe fend molds, and then to the strenghack (Photo 3). Align the end melds 0 theyre paral Jel p each other and ina straight line (Photo 10), Place poster board shims under de end mold supports to adust the end molds ‘olethe molds w the mold supports (Phote 11). Screw a serew to the top edge af each end mld and ile a sung beeen the screws, Align the center Ines of the melds to the string (Photo 12). Pe fussy about this step, because the canoe won't ‘paddle straight ifall lie snolds aren't in astraight ine. yay yee | INVENT IT. Oe Pinot tatemaeencrt: Corea cece Srey ea CUE Oro ne Cunlotscn cu Steals Ceci And Better wthos Touencmeryei Gites cei CE EN ae € pees eRe tigger) : seas Museen ec eMEex THE FAIRNESS OF THE MOLDS: ‘Fais” iva boatbuilding term that describes a curve that is smooth, with: ‘ut bumps or hollows. To ensure that your canoe hullis fair, you must care ‘lly align Ube mds et by cutting the cedar trips (V) that willbe used to build the hull (Photo 13), and choose one of tne strips asa faring suip. First ly it across the lest connie of melds and the end mold, Bevel the edges of the end mold al bool a degree angle with a rasp 30 the strip lies fal on il. Lay the fairing batten across the molds ai dificreat positions and look along ito see ifs Matagalust the moalde (Phoio 14), Chere ane urea on ‘one side and then the simearea on the other side, ‘The batten should Le simi- larly on both sides, Cheek all the mols in niany places and make any necessary adjustments by shifting the molds siggy cx Lhe strongback oF by ‘eimming or shimmings. ‘When it looks like the cesar strips illic smouthly on the molds, youre seady Wostart Part 2. Power tools: alle caw ol av igen ent dil altaanday, era corde fra out Hard toale: wiarcoes chalk in, tr 2 Spring clomos fours clara, wo say turk, Surpimie, rane Alara, wo 7 ro in pain lire are tes trays, to pant Ssorenera, copig su, combrton snare ‘Mistellenaoet.thatehkey ean opaner ot Sal act pul, 29 Salespns. cali: ynn ropa, satay gogale, dist masta and ruber gives COMING UP NEXT MONTH 1m our next issue, the fun starts — actually building the cance. 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