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Thinking about a canoe
Mohawk13:
Ounce of Prevention/ Pound of Cure.....Consider sealing it..Heck even put another coat of pitch and bees wax if You are so inclined....Works wonders....Keep the weight in the bottom of the canoe, gives it spine keeps it upright. Keep the sides 3/4-1"....and don't be drilling holes in it to check thickness, use calipers or a measuring string/stick...Why put a hole in a boat that can wind up being a leak or an issue later on....
bubbles:
Could seal with pine or birch tar, isn't that what they used to seal ships with?
seminolewind:
Theres a show on Netflix also on Youtube called "The Happy People of The Taiga" its about trappers in the expanse of the eastern Russian wilderness. There is a part on there where the native people build a dugout canoe but have some really interesting methods of doing it. These are short dugouts that are hollowed out from a narrower opening on the top of the log. Once it is completely hollowed out they flip it over on sticks and heat it up from underneath with a fire allowing them to bend out the sides with heat. Really cool method...FYI the whole show is amazing !
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvrNqyX7XPQ
Zuma:
Just watched the vid seminole. That was awesome. I like the cow recycling and the kitty.
The pups couldn't have been of much help hunting? Maybe bait. lol
Thanks for posting
Zuma
Pat B:
Cool video, Elijah. Those guys sure did make that boat thin.
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