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Closed:
The further I closed the canoe the harder it became to get the strips into
place. Each strip needed to be shaped at the right angle and had to be bent into the right corner of the canoe. I had read that you should not router the last
10 strips because it was easier to work with strait strip when you are closing
the canoe. They were right.
Then suddenly the hull was closed! Going 4 till 6 strips every
evening I had been gluing strips for about 14 evenings. Next step was to finish the front and
rear of the canoe with strips.
Fore the filling of the front and rear I used the parts that
were left over
from the long strips. I put on two strips more than I should have according to the
plans. I thought I could always saw them off and I can't saw them back on when I would like
it a bit higher. After the last strip I took one strip over the entire length of
the canoe and draw a line following the mold ends. Jig saw according the
line and look........... it's a canoe!.
After that it was plane, scrape and sanding, sanding,
sanding............ you get the idea. The canoe should be all smooth. A
good run over with a block plane and a scraper would make the sanding much easier.
The random orbit sander did a lot of good work during the finishing of the
outside hull. I had the luck that I didn't have to fill anything, so good strips
really make a difference.
The outer stern, that I had put aside, could be fitted next. I used epoxy to
glue it in to place because I didn't want to use any screws. After one night of
hardening I shaped the stern with a spoke plane and a band sander.
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