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i think all of you have some good points, but you are trying to overbuild. like a mack truck and a (no-name) little car. why would you build it ?, weight or space/size. how strong does it have to be, and it ant made for white water, a one piece would be stronger but want fit in that little car...

nutria, piper snake, if you need a wide board, make one or use a butt joint. Later Keith

some back ground on the shop: the outside area is where we do most of our work (no air ). picture #5 shows some crab pots, anchors (we made), pullys and chain falls ( we use to roll logs or boats) and a milking pot. photo #6 shows some skinning / hide boards, log arger, log dog ( came from the...

this is one way to take them to the creek. its called a hitch extender,

this is where me and tick spend most of our time. this is our shop. that was the front and this is the side, it takes 2 pictures this is the outside where we build now to go inside where few men go. most all the large tool are on...

is that a chucky seat, I like that duck hunter green and no vented rails. how do you get the water out? Later Keith

my boats will have a long smooth curve in the center and a tight twisting on the ends and of course my sides are not flat. depending on the style, most of the time, my breasthook will max out my plywood. styles will vary, but on a 14 foot marsh pirogue, I come back from the stem about 18 inches...

you do good work, nice job, nice looking boat. Later Keith

my chines and rails have less stress in the middle. Later Keith

there is no perfect boat, thats why me and mick, sparky and others have more than one boat. a flat boat for flat water and a V-btm for rough water.and if I use this kind of glue or wood, someone else can always find a reason to use another. there is more than one way to build a boat and I'm not...

I'm a scraf man, thats the way my daddy raised me and thats the way I raised my kids. Its easy and fast and I'm done ( 30 min. total time or less, no waiting for tomorrow or the next day). I don't have a EASY Button or want a short cut, color me old fashion. Butt to each his on, Later Keith

go for it, keep the splice away from the end as much as you can. the strain of bending is greater at the ends, start in the middle and work out to the ends, clamp about a foot apart. in other words , dont bend to far away from your clamps. later Keith ps. if your building the "uj", forget what...

Ha Mick, I think thats the first time I've seen rub rails on a trailer, nice idea. Later Keith

me and tick been out of town on a set. we be in the movies now. they had these Canadians down here making a film about a man named Rivard from Canada. I guess we can talk about it. I better check with tick to see if we can talk about it. you know closed set and all. well they didn't want us...

a yanky tide and a southern tide are about 10 feet apart. some are more serious than others. later Keith

Sparky "C", now thats another reason for a large pirogue, a pizza delivery man. Uncle Keith

I'm not a writer,so take it easy on me, maybe seed will join in. so I will jump back and forth in time. the loggers came to Louisiana in ~1880 for lumber ( the big cities up north ran out of wood, and we werent useing it) and 60 years later it was all gone. there are some large trees standing...

after the logging, planking and pirogue making, the finish. thats wooden floor mats on the horses. floor mats in boat. the end. thank you for looking and I hope you enjoyed, Thanks Keith

we put some more logging pictures on the bragging board. later Keith

we are going to back up for a before and then a after. we are at high seas going to find a log or shall I say LOGS. we have some logs tied onto the sides of the pontoons and now pulling a long one up, some are 60 to 90 feet long. we are cutting into lengths to handle and...