Building Strip-Planked Boats - With Complete Plans and Instructions for a Dinghy, a Canoe, and a Kayak You Can Build

The first comprehensive book on stripbuilding almost any type of small boat Strip-planking is a popular method of amateur boat construction, but until now there has never been a book that showed how to use it for more than one type of boat. Author Nick Schade presents complete plans for three boats of different types (canoe, kayak, and a dinghy) and shows you step-by-step how to build them. Written for all amateur builders, the book covers materials, tools, and safety issues. Contents......Page 6 Acknowledgments......Page 8 Part I: The Background......Page 10 The Strip-Building Method......Page 12 Three Strip-Building Projects......Page 16 Wood......Page 18 Resin......Page 25 Reinforcing Fabrics......Page 27 Glues......Page 31 Paint and Varnish......Page 35 Hand Tools......Page 38 Power Tools......Page 50 Safety Equipment......Page 54 Offset Tables......Page 56 Cutting Forms......Page 59 Part II: The Building Process......Page 66 Setting Up Shop......Page 68 Milling Strips......Page 69 Setting Up Forms......Page 76 Aligning Forms......Page 82 Inner Stems and Transoms......Page 87 The First Strips......Page 92 The Next Strips......Page 100 Filling In......Page 108 The Boat Bottom......Page 118 Closing......Page 120 Scraping......Page 124 Planing......Page 126 Sanding the Wood......Page 127 Sharp Corners......Page 131 Wetting the Wood......Page 132 8 Staining......Page 136 Using Epoxy......Page 140 Preparation......Page 144 Cutting the Glass......Page 145 Wetting Out the Cloth......Page 148 Fill Coats......Page 160 Sanding......Page 166 Varnishing and Painting......Page 169 Buffing Out the Finish......Page 176 Part III: Boats You Can Build......Page 178 11 Coot: A Pram-Bowed Dinghy......Page 180 Strongback and Forms......Page 181 Glassing......Page 182 Finishing......Page 183 Stripping......Page 208 Gunwales, Seat, and Backrest......Page 210 Stripping......Page 232 Fiberglassing......Page 234 Cockpit Recess......Page 235 Appendix A: Care and Feeding of Your Finished Boat......Page 272 Appendix B: Safety......Page 275 Appendix C: English and Metric Conversion Factors......Page 278 Sources......Page 279 Bibliography......Page 283 C......Page 285 H......Page 286 P......Page 287 S......Page 288 W......Page 0