Inside laminated

Finally I got som time to laminate the inside. Next step will be grinding of inside and make gunnels and decks

Laminating the stems

Laminated the stems with 2 layers of glass. One wide and one narrow strip of fiberglass.
Was a little worried about the narrow stems, but it was no problem as I found a narrow silicone spatula in my kitchen.

Pieces of Fiberglass to laminate the stems

Precoat applied

Precoat applied on the inside. About 150 gram of epoxy to seal the wood.

Redesigning strongback

The strongback undercarriage was a little to high for comfortable work, so I decided to make it adjustable in height.

Shaving and Grinding inside

Today I turned over the hull to start with the inside. First time I see the shape of the canoe. Wonderful lines. I use a modified triangular scraper to remove glue and edges from the hull.

The scraper have rounded shape and shaves almost like a plane. Whole inside is made in less then 2 hours. After shaveing I make a final touch with the sanding block.

Hull weight is now 7,8 kg (17 lbs) The inside glasfiber layer and epoxy will add about 1,9 kg (4lbs) which is perfectly OK.

Wonderful lines

Hull set up for shaveing

Shaveing with a razor sharp scraper

A lot of nice shaveings

Inside ready for epoxy precoat

Outside grinded

The normal step after laminating the hull is to add more epoxy to get an even surface.
I am not a fan of adding weight, so I prefer to grind the surface to get it smooth. I use sanding tools normally used for cars. With good quality sand paper and a light hand the surface became perfect. The dust collected in the dust collector weighted about 200 gram, so instead of adding 2-300 gram epoxy I saved about a half kilo in weight.

Hull grinding

Hull finished for now

Outside laminated

Laminating the outer part of the hull almost ready. Started with the stems to get them as good as possible. Small pieces of twill to get a perfect fit. After stems were hardened I covered the rest of the hull. No problems exept for the fact that the Swedish standard width of the glass fibre is a little less than the width of the canoe. I will have to add a small stripe of glass fibre on the widest point.

Hull ready exept for two strips of gass at the widest point.
The width of the glass was just a little to small to cover all the way.
These stripswill be laminatet separately

Stems laminated and covered with peel ply to get an even surface.
The peel ply is ripped off  once the epoxy is fully hardened.