Recent content by jclohesy

The water based varnishes tend to be quick drying.

Canoe in a weekend I've already posted this news on the Jem bulletin board, but I thought I had better do the same here.. Last weekend a family with no woodworking or boat building experience came to stay with me ( camping). It rained nearly the whole time, and they started work on their...

Hello everyone, Thanks for the welcome! I really got the bit about all the children still having their fingers ! I didn't mention that they've broken two bandsaw blades and my best glassfibre cutting scissors. FIngers still intact this morning, but they've a day to go before they leave...

Chuck has invited me onto this forum, I think I may need a new venue as I might have upset some of the dedicated people on Matt's forum with my cavalier approach to the time honoured way of building canoes. My canoe building method allows youngsters to build their own boats in 3 days, which...