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Thinking about a canoe
Scallorn:
I'm planning on using pine. If I keep it in the shade, i thought the natural resin in the log would seal it well enough. I have no evperience though, so i'm not sure...
nclonghunter:
I read somewhere that once you get close to the bottom drill a series of one inch holes to judge you wall thickness. Once finished you plug the holes with wood plugs and cut them off flush. Never built one but would also like to. Good Luck
mullet:
Most of them found in Florida were made out of pine. There is four on the bottom of the lake in town here and another in a lake right outside of town.
Zuma:
Humm, I would have thought cypress. Oh well. There is a lake in NC that produced 30 or so dug outs.
I will see if there is a link somewhere.
I know I could make a crude one in 2 days or 3 days with a chain saw lol
Zuma:
trees for dugout canoes in NC lake
The image is at:
online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB1000142405274870329660457600559...
Can't get the blue link but just search the top sentence.
Good luck, Zuma
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