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Post by Jamie on Feb 12, 2012 12:25:16 GMT -5
Being the sucker for punishment that i am, i picked up a very old Old Town Tripper. Not sure what they were thinking when they thought white vinyl trim would look nice. Needless to say i had no second thoughts in ripping it off. the ugly duckling: Seats came out 1st, looks better already. ever wonder what was under your plastic decks? The only thing holding these canoes together are rivets. Unfortunately if you want to remove the vinyl gunwales, there are about a million of them. Not hard, just more work than i anticipated. White trim and seats gone and the canoe now has potential. I made 3 gunwales (4th on its way later) and fitted them on to one side. Been awhile since i put any on a canoe, forgot they bend much easier if they are longer than the canoe by at least a foot....
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Post by ryanward10 on Feb 13, 2012 9:21:48 GMT -5
You are a very industrious man Jamie, now please protect all your body parts from injury and come use one of these wonderful creations of yours on a river or lake with us sometime this year.
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Post by Jamie on Feb 13, 2012 13:12:59 GMT -5
Industrious? Nope, i just like to make sawdust! Getting good at it too. I'm also known for taking a perfectly good piece of wood and making it into two smaller peices . Finished my last gunwale at lunch, will see if I can get anything done tonight.
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Post by Jamie on Feb 15, 2012 17:21:18 GMT -5
Gunwales on: I purposely did not run the inner gunwales all the way to the tip, the other end was short by another inch or two. Intention was to screw a deck on the top similar to the Mad river set up. My design on the fly approach didn't work, needed more inner gunwale near the tip and bending the inner gunwale without steam was tough. Considered redoing the inwale to the proper length (lot of work for a few inches of wood). Opted for a different deck design, more traditional too. Traced out a template for the new deck: A few minutes with the bandsaw and i had a deck: Bending the ends of the gunwales is tough by yourself but if you use a length of scrap to provide leverage it works nicely. Still have to do some grab handles and the other deck then get out the belt sander.
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Post by Jamie on Feb 17, 2012 19:05:59 GMT -5
Most of the work is done. Decks, grab handles, seats and thwarts are in. Oiled.... I prefer the seats to be lower and have ordered the proper carriage bolts to drop the seats. Some sanding and oiling the gunwale and it will be ready for spring.
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Post by Jamie on Mar 10, 2012 9:21:13 GMT -5
Seat hangers came in while I was away meeting Mickey Mouse and his friends. Made up some spacers and reinstalled the seats to finish up the project.
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Post by Jamie on Mar 27, 2012 4:18:36 GMT -5
I picked up a new to me canoe on Friday, The duckling is now surplus. I have a couple people interested in it, but if they pass on it then it will be for sale. It's old, ugly and nice looking all in one package . Best of all it's a classic Tripper. price negotiable, comes w/2 Carlisle paddles if required. Jamie
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Post by Hillbilly on Mar 27, 2012 7:32:07 GMT -5
Good job Jamie, the wood made a huge improvment, nice lookin boat.
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Post by Jamie on Mar 27, 2012 17:44:10 GMT -5
Good job Jamie, the wood made a huge improvment, nice lookin boat. Thanks, it was a nice little project. Tempted to keep this one and actually get rid of my other one canoe. Jamie
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Post by Hillbilly on Mar 28, 2012 7:25:43 GMT -5
I'm lowering the seats in my dico but havin trouble finding the right hardware, where did you get your carriage bolts, i got some from Canadian Tire but would like something flat topped.
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Post by Jamie on Mar 28, 2012 8:06:18 GMT -5
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Post by Hillbilly on Mar 28, 2012 10:03:19 GMT -5
Thanks
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