I'm still working on the four pieces of cherry that will make up the gunwales on the boat. They have paid visits to the table saw and the band saw and I've been all over them with planes and rasps. The more wood I can get off of them the easier they will be to fasten to the boat. I'll also sand them as far as possible as that is easier to do on the bench than it is on the boat.
Oh, my shop isn't messy. It's busy.
Michael Thomsen of Tecumseh, Michigan built his first canoe because he wanted a small, easily handled boat to fish from. It turned out so nice he knew he had to build more. “Canoe Mike” has now retired from his day job as an electrician and devotes all his time to building boats and paddles. He makes wooden canoes using the wood strip and fiberglass method. He buys the caned seats and brass hardware for the boats, but hand makes all the other components of the boat. He also makes wooden canoe and kayak paddles.
