Setting up Strip-Built Kayak Forms 606 74

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Setting up the forms to build a strip-planked wooden sea kayak. The strongback is an aluminum extrusion. Form spacers are made of pine and the forms are MDF This is from a series of videos showing the steps of building a wooden kayak using the "strip-planked" or "strip-built" method. This particular boat is a high performance sea kayak design called the Petrel by Guillemot Kayaks. More information about the boat is available at http://www.guillemot-kayaks.com . Further information about the building techniques shown in these videos is available in the book "Building Strip-Planked Boats": http://building-strip-planked-boats.com/ For more videos in this series please visit: http://www.guillemot-kayaks.com/guillemot/blog

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Jay Winters - 6 years ago

Bongo drums & cymbals?!...oh,...now a muffled trumpet!... what a geek!

Pushyhog - 6 years ago

Now pull a couple molds from it.

Captain Bartolo - 7 years ago

Thank you for this very helpfull video !

Elias De Melo Da Silva Melo - 7 years ago

gostaria de saber se alguem tem as medidas das cavernas ,pra fazer um kaiake ,essa espinha dorsal no caso ,

Nick Schade - 7 years ago

Plans for this kayak and others like it are available at my website: http://www.guillemot-kayaks.com/guillemot/catalog/boat_building_plans/sea_kayak_plans

redwood49931 - 7 years ago

Hey Nick where did you get the aluminum strongback. Sources and dimensions would be nice; thanks in advance.

Nick Schade - 7 years ago

The strong back is an aluminum extrusion, 2"x4" with 1/8" walls. As delivered it was 20' long. Using a diagonal cut, I got 2 pieces each 13' long. I purchased it through Yarde Metals and they delivered it. Before I used it I rounded over the corners using a 1/4" radius round-over bit in my router.

Martin Prickett - 7 years ago

Hey Nick the aluminum strongback is the way to go . I made one of plywood (per your book) but a bit more flex than I was comfortable with. Building your Great Auk design and I stretched it by 8" so now 17' 8" . Dabble in woodworking as a hobby but nothing ever like this....time consuming but loads of fun watching it take shape. Jointed, planed and ripped my own strips and am hand planning them to fit each other over the curvatures of the forms ( vs bead and cove) ......it's a labor of love.

Phil hayward - 7 years ago

Volume set to zero.....all good now

Nick Schade - 7 years ago

Its amazing how many people fail to figure that out.

Scott Baker - 7 years ago

Can't tell you how many times I thought "WTF - why is he... ooohhhh clever ". You've done this more than once, haven't you? :-)

kinficher - 8 years ago

to God hates jazz

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jan lechner - 8 years ago

THAT IS THE MOST GOD AWFUL MUSIC IT MAKES WATCHING THIS VIDEO MORE LIKE PUNISHMENT . BUT THIS IS REALLY GOOD VIDEO

Patrick Ellis - 7 years ago

jan lechner the music made me dizzy! Lol

Gene Berry - 8 years ago

I can build one of Andrew Linn's Lazy Weekend Canoes in the time it would take to set your strong back up. the trumpet was obnoxious too.

Steves Projects - 9 years ago

Love your bobbin sander

Magnus - 9 years ago

Where can i finde the measurement? me and my schoolmate a going to make a canoe before thursday, so if someone have a plan for a 2 or 3 man canoe please write to me! :D
thanks Magnus

lnesland - 9 years ago

Impressiv :-)

rusty riddle - 9 years ago

to much bs, but I guess it would work

Piti Seramethakun - 10 years ago

very nice knowledge sharing ^___^

fafa bass - 10 years ago

beautiful work...what's the name of music please?

Anoir nunes de souza - 11 years ago

my friend u could help me, I am woodworker and would faser a kayak and if you could send this form and measures the length and width of the kayak thanks for helping me and how do I get in touch with you