Hans thank you for the update on your Canoe building I have a great respect for Your style of Canoe That is as close to the true Birch Bark Canoe as one can get. Another excellent movie about building a Birch Bark Canoe Is Cesar's bark Canoe on UA-cam. Hope You Enjoy It. Thanks again for the update on You Style of Canoe. From Ontario Canada Dwight 👍👍
Herr Wagner, my name is Gene Delcourt and I am a High School teacher in Madison Wisconsin. I have thoroughly enjoyed watching your video series on making birchbark styled canoes using plywood. I have built one birchbark canoe, with limited success but I decided to create a class for my students building canoes in the style you have documented. My reasoning, besides wanting to get kids interested in canoeing and building but also to do our classes outdoors in the midst of COVID-19. Some questions I have for you is how long should I soak the plywood? Also, what technique do you use to attach the separate pieces of plywood to each other? I assume it's the same as how you stitch the gores together but I wanted to check with you because it is not really talked about in the videos. I thank you for your time and inspiration. Sincerely, Gene Delcourt
Hello Gene, about the soaking, rule of thumb is 1 hour soaking per 1mm thickness. My plywood is around 2mm thick, so 2 hours always do the trick. About the plywood plates: on the sides it's stitched with Rattan like the gores but on the bottom I glue a thin piece of plywood 2 inch wide over the plates. After the coating, you can't even see that it's two pieces. Good Luck with the build.
The birch plywood I have access to is 5mm thick(!) Do you think it will still work? Longer soaking and lots of very hot water is my plan. I'll keep you posted! Gene
@@FrameWagnerCanoe Our canoe is coming along nicely. The thicker plywood has caused some minor problems but for a first attempt and a teaching experience for the students and myself, this has been so much fun. We're installing the sheathing and the ribs today. I'll take a photo of it and send it to you. I've also learned that I can special order the 2mm, marine grade plywood from a specialty store in my home town so our next canoe, which we will build in our last term of this school year, should be better. I imagine, like everything else I commit to learning how to do, each one should be an improvement from the previous on. Thanks so much for the inspiration and excellent video series! Incidentally, are you located in the North of Germany? I will be traveling to Bremen this summer to participate in a wood sculpture symposium from the 10th to the 20th of June. If you're nearby, I would really like to meet you. ' Gene
I moved to Portugal 5 years ago. I want to build a canoe here like the ones of my childhood in Canada. I’ve had the same book my whole life. I’m amazed that you have adapted plywood for bark. Can I ask what thickness you use? I’m thinking it’s 2mm to 2.5 mm. I want to try to build one for the rivers of Portugal. I grew up going often to the Canadian canoe museum in Peterborough Ontario
I am using 2mm plywood. I actually went to Peterborough last year for the first time, but sadly the museum was closed. I am a great admirer of the first nations and their craft.
Thank you so much for the information I am going to try to give it a try this winter. I think we owe you a great service in all the experimentation it took to replace the birchbark with birch plywood. Thank you
@@FrameWagnerCanoe Vielen Dank für die Info Herr Wagner. Ich überlege zur Zeit auch noch einen Kanadier zu bauen. Habe ein RZ 85 und einen GFK Kan. Möchte gerne ein leichtes Boot haben. Natürlich ist Optik ihrer Boote super 👍
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Hans thank you for the update on your Canoe building I have a great respect for Your style of Canoe
That is as close to the true Birch Bark Canoe as one can get. Another excellent movie about building a Birch Bark Canoe
Is Cesar's bark Canoe on UA-cam. Hope You Enjoy It. Thanks again for the update on You Style of Canoe. From Ontario Canada
Dwight 👍👍
Thanks 👍 I'll have a look.
Hans-Georg du bist eine unser Besten!
Gruß Frank
Herr Wagner, my name is Gene Delcourt and I am a High School teacher in Madison Wisconsin. I have thoroughly enjoyed watching your video series on making birchbark styled canoes using plywood. I have built one birchbark canoe, with limited success but I decided to create a class for my students building canoes in the style you have documented. My reasoning, besides wanting to get kids interested in canoeing and building but also to do our classes outdoors in the midst of COVID-19.
Some questions I have for you is how long should I soak the plywood? Also, what technique do you use to attach the separate pieces of plywood to each other? I assume it's the same as how you stitch the gores together but I wanted to check with you because it is not really talked about in the videos.
I thank you for your time and inspiration.
Sincerely,
Gene Delcourt
Hello Gene,
about the soaking, rule of thumb is 1 hour soaking per 1mm thickness. My plywood is around 2mm thick, so 2 hours always do the trick. About the plywood plates: on the sides it's stitched with Rattan like the gores but on the bottom I glue a thin piece of plywood 2 inch wide over the plates. After the coating, you can't even see that it's two pieces. Good Luck with the build.
@@FrameWagnerCanoe Thank yo so much, Hans!
The birch plywood I have access to is 5mm thick(!) Do you think it will still work? Longer soaking and lots of very hot water is my plan. I'll keep you posted!
Gene
Well, it'll be a bit heavier ;)
@@FrameWagnerCanoe Our canoe is coming along nicely. The thicker plywood has caused some minor problems but for a first attempt and a teaching experience for the students and myself, this has been so much fun. We're installing the sheathing and the ribs today. I'll take a photo of it and send it to you.
I've also learned that I can special order the 2mm, marine grade plywood from a specialty store in my home town so our next canoe, which we will build in our last term of this school year, should be better. I imagine, like everything else I commit to learning how to do, each one should be an improvement from the previous on. Thanks so much for the inspiration and excellent video series!
Incidentally, are you located in the North of Germany? I will be traveling to Bremen this summer to participate in a wood sculpture symposium from the 10th to the 20th of June. If you're nearby, I would really like to meet you. '
Gene
I moved to Portugal 5 years ago. I want to build a canoe here like the ones of my childhood in Canada. I’ve had the same book my whole life. I’m amazed that you have adapted plywood for bark. Can I ask what thickness you use? I’m thinking it’s 2mm to 2.5 mm. I want to try to build one for the rivers of Portugal. I grew up going often to the Canadian canoe museum in Peterborough Ontario
I am using 2mm plywood. I actually went to Peterborough last year for the first time, but sadly the museum was closed. I am a great admirer of the first nations and their craft.
Thank you so much for the information I am going to try to give it a try this winter. I think we owe you a great service in all the experimentation it took to replace the birchbark with birch plywood. Thank you
Sehr schön 👍 Wie viel wiegt denn ein Tandem Boot? Mit freundlichen Grüßen Mike
Hallo Mike, eine 14 ft Tandem Boot wiegt zwischen 23 und 25 Kg und das 16 ft Tandem ca. 26 Kg.
@@FrameWagnerCanoe Vielen Dank für die Info Herr Wagner. Ich überlege zur Zeit auch noch einen Kanadier zu bauen. Habe ein RZ 85 und einen GFK Kan. Möchte gerne ein leichtes Boot haben. Natürlich ist Optik ihrer Boote super 👍