Building A 12' Cedar Strip

[woodman]

To any one interested in building one let me know. Here is a cool site of inspiration lots of home built pics.

http://www.texaskayakfisherman.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=71

Check out "post you're boat pics.

http://www.texaskayakfisherman.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=71&t=121350

The Old Town Vapor 12XT Angler is another boat at the Bass Pro Shop I like.

Here are my drawings.

And a pic. of a 10' version

The wood sorce very old (8' cedar fence pickets) is not what you would call ideal but it was free, being on a tite budget. I was amazed at how cedar weathers away not rots over time leaving the center like new.

And the work begins.Riping into 1'' wide strips.

Then into 1/4'' strips X the 1''

A pic. of part of the (off fall) waste...

[duckydoty]

Awesome. I just got some plans for a couple of canoes and should be starting on in the end of the month.

[woodman]

I transfered the frame lines to pcs. of 1/4'' ply. and then made the frames off these.

This is the frame layout looking from the front.

And this is looking from the back.

I will finish building the stiff back (12' box beam) to mount the forms on and see how the strips take shape. It should be quite an experience being I have never done this before..

[woodman]

The stiff back, in which the forms will be screwed to.

[Outside Bend]

I love looking at projects like this Woodman, thanks for sharing. Do you have to use clear cedar for the strips? Seems like that'd be the toughest part.

Thanks again for sharing, I look forward to seeing how it turns out!

[Terry Beeson]

Looking good!!! Keep us posted...

[woodman]

Great care must be taken when laying the first strip. I used the level to check the measurement between the strip and the level, making both sides the same. I find a 1/16'' off can be seen when siting down the strip causing a dip.

[woodman]

progress.

[woodman]

Well this has been one of the most learning experiences of my 30 years of wood working. I can appreciate all the hard work that goes into designing strip type hulls and all the tweaking and getting the bugs worked out of a design before the forms are perfect. And the sequence of laying the strips down when it gets tighter toward the bow. I have worked myself into a corner "so-to-speak" and using a steam iron to bend and twist has been necessary. Now it is really tight. Oh well it will have it's own personality and it's just a fishing boat anyway...

[rps]

If you were to start over, would you start with the center bottom strips and work out and up?