If you can’t buy, you’ll just have to build it. My Canadian made General bandsaw has been a trouper. I bought it new about twenty years agoand so far the only thing that has gone awry is a benign rattle that started at about week number two which I have...
Building the Bouchie Dory, Episode 2. We continue with the process of designing the dory. In this video we tackle the “half breadth” view. This is basically a birds eye view of the boat split down the center-line. Most boats, with the exception of Italian...
This is the first part of a project build series in which I design and construct a Grand Banks style dory from scratch. In this first episode we begin the process of designing and lofting the boat at scale. Boat designs are recorded with a type of drawing we call a...
If you are not sure where to start putting together a tool collection for boatbuilding then this video will help. I go through the basic element of what you would be expected to have if you were to attend a boatbuilding school or an apprenticeship. I’m only...
In Part 2 of our Classic Canoe Repair series we take a look at stem repairs. This is one area that ,without looking, I can almost guarantee there are problems to be found. Even if the job has already been done previously, it likely wasn’t done well. We’ll...
