Est. 1998 — 27 years of woodworking knowledge
Dugout Canoe
Mike Fitterling
>Thought you all might enjoy seeing the dugout canoe my friend and his kids made that I was asking about recently. Made mostly with an adze and fire, with a little help from a chainsaw (bow and stern) and a power carver. 13 foot by 20" floats nice a level.
Re: Dugout Canoe
Mike Fitterling
>Another view before launching.
Cool!
Scott Burr in Ben Lomond CA
>What kinda of tree was it? Was it finished in any way? Looks like a good workout hollowing that out.
Wow!
Bill Houghton, Sebastopol, CA
>If my younger son had seen that at a certain age, I'd have been getting LOTS of pressure to go find a log the right size.
Re: Cool!
Mike Fitterling
>I think it was either southern yellow pine or longleaf pine. So far it has no finish on it. Bob Smalser suggested raw linseed oil to prevent checking and they have found some and are going to soak it with that soon. They first burned out the middle, but found that working it with an adze is probably faster, if not as easy on the arms. They let the fire get a little out of control where it burned through the gunwale where a knot was. I cut back to good for them and epoxied in a little piece there. They have another log laying there to make another one. Now that they have some experience the second ought to turn out even nicer. They were very surprised when they launched it that is sat level and still in the water with no tendency to tip. Probably weighs about 150 lbs and is around 1 1/2" to 1 3/4" thick at the bottom to 1/2" at the gunwales. My friedn used a large double sculptor's caliper to keep tabs on the thickness.
Re: Wow!
Todd O. Cronkhite Maine Native in FL. Exile :~(
>That is really, really COOL!!! I saw one very, very similiar to this one when I was in Panama with the Army doing some Jungle Training. We went into an area during our off hours that come to find out where off-limits and the canoe was hidden under the low branches of some trees. It appeared to be only long enough for a 5ft person sitting down. Seems to me I took a picture of it, I'll have to look in my album to see if I still have it.
I'd lash some outriggers on it and put 'er in Lake Wales.
Tell you're buddy that I think it's real Cool, and that he did it with some Neander methods is even cooler!
Todd O.
Re: Wow!
Mike Fitterling
>Hi Todd! Man, I should have thought about it when you were here. I could have run you out there for a look see.
Here's another pic of the launching. ((Notice that big awning thingy in the background--that's a woodworking project of mine. It is a 50 foot or so tilting roof that houses solar panels on the top for heating the pool. The whole thing pivots on the middle posts so you can make it angle towards the sun, no matter the time of year.)
You're Busted Mike!!
Todd O. Cronkhite Maine Native in FL. Exile :~(
>Sooooooooooooooooo now than Mr. Wisenheimer I'm on to ya'! You posted this knowing that I'd see it and love it, and than you'd spring the ol' trap of "Come on down and see it, and while you're at it bring your sharpening stones" AH HA!! Busted!
Just might work tho. ;~)
Todd O.
Well . . .
Mike Fitterling
>. . . they are going to build another one, plus a duck boat. Might as well bring those stones while you're coming. ;)
Ducks need boats?
Bill Houghton, Sebastopol, CA
>I thought they floated on their own.
Bill, clearly not keeping up
Re: Ducks need boats?
Mike Fitterling
>no, no, no Bill! A duck boat is made for traveling under low bridges! Geez!
If a duck and boat both float are.....
Eric Hedberg
>ducks made of wood or is it a duck and boat weigh the same? Can't remember "witch" it is ;-) Eric
Re: If a duck and boat both float are.....
Alan Hamilton
>Eric,
It's the one you can use to build a bridge.
(I'm glad someone out there still remembers.)
Alan
Re: If a duck and boat both float are.....
William Duffield, on the Cohansey
>There appears to be a serious philosophical disconnect here. When I was in school, the question was always...
"What's the difference between a duck?"
To which the correct answer was?
Bill Houghton, Sebastopol, CA
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Re: One leg are both the same.
William Duffield, on the Cohansey
>I don't think it was supposed to make any sense.
There was another;-)
Dan Donaldson
>How are a duck and a bicycle alike?
We used to call them nonsense jokes;-)
Whereas the humor on this forum...
Bill Houghton, Sebastopol, CA
>is supposed to make sense? Dang! Failed again.
Reminds me of an old oilfield buddy
Bob Hackett
>Had a scroll tattooed on his arm and in the scroll were the words"You don`t know do you...".
Folks would always ask him what it was supposed to mean.He`d just point at the scroll and tell them to read it again slowly.
Some would even move thier lips while reading it silently.
Mainely,Bob
No soap; radio!
Don Thompson - Cutler Ridge, Florida
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Nonsense on this forum? I cry fowl!
Eric Hedberg
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