HOW TO BUILD A SKIN-ON-FRAME CANOE: My personal account of building a skin-on-frame canoe

LEARN TO BUILD YOUR OWN CANOE NOW!

Amateur MAKER Christopher Spurgeon walks you through his journey Christopher Spurgeon has laid out a how-to manual for building a skin-on-frame canoe unlike any other. This is personal account of a MAKER just interested in trying something new in a normal garage with minimal amount of tools

18 STEPS TO YOUR OWN CANOE

Step 1: BUILD STRONGBACK
Step 2: CUT STEMS
Step 3: RIP STRINGERS, RIBS AND FLOOR
Step 4: PLACE KEELSON AND STRINGERS / LASH KEELSON AND STEMS
Step 5: BUILD A STEAM BOX/TUBE
Step 6: STEAM BEND RIBS
Step 7: LASH STRINGERS TO RIBS
Step 8: TRIM, PEG AND LASH STRINGERS TO THE STEMS
Step 9: REMOVE THE FRAME FROM THE STRONGBACK
Step 10: BUILD A CRADLE / MOCK UP THE FLOOR
Step 11: TRIM, PEG AND LASH RIBS TO GUNWALES
Step 12: LASH THE FLOOR
Step 13: CUT, FIT AND LASH BREAST HOOKS
Step 14: POLY THE FRAME
Step 15: SKINNING THE FRAME
Step 16: FINISH THE GUNWALE
Step 17: POLY THE SKIN
Step 18: ADMIRING THE COMPLETED CANOE