How to build a canoe // Part 1: The Strongback

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  • Опубліковано 28 сер 2024
  • Part 1 shows how to make a STURDY and MOBILE strongback for building a wood strip canoe! This strongback design was important because we wanted to make sure that it could be reused but also taken apart and put away if needed!

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  • @ConorMakes
    @ConorMakes Рік тому +1

    nice job Mac, looking forward to the build now

  • @mattthompson5971
    @mattthompson5971 Рік тому +1

    Looking good Doug 👍

  • @brentfuller6575
    @brentfuller6575 Рік тому +1

    Love these videos!

  • @kiloindia9798
    @kiloindia9798 Рік тому +1

    What I really came to say, ... Good on ya!

  • @sffretheim8547
    @sffretheim8547 Рік тому +1

    The video shows that you are using 1/2" ply for the core of the strongback, but while not stated on screen, it looks like you are cutting the stations from 3/4". Is there a particular reason you ran the screws from the 2x2 into the ply, rather than from the ply into the 2x2. Seems like having the screw head on the ply side would be stronger.
    Thanks - Enjoyed the video!

    • @mcelvycustomwoodworks9060
      @mcelvycustomwoodworks9060  Рік тому

      The stations were made from 5/8” plywood instead of the 1/2” that was used for the base of the strongback. The only reason I went from the 2x2 into the station was because I pre-drilled all of the holes through the 2x2 so that they didn’t split.
      I’m glad you enjoyed it!

  • @Poopdar
    @Poopdar Рік тому +1

    Looking good so far! Where did you get the CNC vectors for the stations? If you don't mind.

    • @mcelvycustomwoodworks9060
      @mcelvycustomwoodworks9060  Рік тому

      I bought the canoe plans which came as a PDF. Then I just plugged them into the CNC software and made sure they were to scale!

  • @robertbolding4182
    @robertbolding4182 Рік тому

    Buck looks great don't use the level to apply the shear strips measure from the center line equal distance on both sides this way you have a symmetrical build. All the books on canoe building are doing it wrong when they use a level

    • @mcelvycustomwoodworks9060
      @mcelvycustomwoodworks9060  Рік тому

      Thank you for your input. The strips are all cut down so we should be seeing something take shape soon!

    • @kiloindia9798
      @kiloindia9798 Рік тому

      "All the books on canoe building are doing it wrong " ... but I'm right..... ffs

    • @robertbolding4182
      @robertbolding4182 Рік тому

      @@kiloindia9798 they all give up getting a Chevron pattern points to line up in the bottom of the hull because the football opening is asymmetric due to using a level. They all say well it's not important that the Chevron pattern is a mirror image. When in fact they just don't know how to do it.

    • @robertbolding4182
      @robertbolding4182 Рік тому

      @@kiloindia9798 of course I'm right.

    • @matthewmoilanen787
      @matthewmoilanen787 Рік тому

      Actually the angle is the most important as it changes the strength if not correct. Where the ends of the strips end up is nothing more than eye candy. Your welcome.

  • @robertbolding4182
    @robertbolding4182 9 місяців тому

    Planets of a commercial know I'm not doing that

  • @mrrooster7976
    @mrrooster7976 Рік тому

    MUTE!