1/4 Abenaki Birchbark Canoe Project

[Earlyturtle]

Astounding stuff, I'd love to have the knowledge, tools and skill to make one of those. Well done

 

[Timinwales]

Amazing, truely beautiful bit of work!!
Tim

 

[timtom1]

slow progress at the moment being so busy with other things.

 

[timtom1]

I'm back from a fantastic trip to Bardufoss Norway! its been a long time since I did any of my canoe.

Spent to tonight instering one of the stem pieces will upload photo tomorow.

 

[timtom1]

inserting and shaping the end

 

[timtom1]

almost finish lashing one end; not the best lashing in the world, as the bark did split in places, and the nice curve is a bit square !

but most of it will be covered with nice thick pitch. Its turning into more of a Maliseet canoe than an Abenaki ahh well

 

[timtom1]

Lashing finished for now; about 9 hours of lashing in total but spread over a number of weeks coz I kept running out! near the end thwarts the very white roots are Norway Spruce from round lancashire the rest are Canadian black spruce.

some blanks which will be carved into ribs sometime this week; made of White Cedar but I could of used Norway Spruce or Pine

 

[fishy1]

i would love to make one of these models except i dont have the birch bark! Do you think i could use canvas instead? It wont look the same but it might be the next best thing! I dont have Cedar wood either but i can imagine that with a scale model the ribs would be pretty thin and you would be able to use other materials like willow.

btw Timtom are you using traditional Cedar wood too?

A friend of mine is building a canoe out of calico, waterproofing it with something. He actually weaved the canoe, just like a basket.

 

[timtom1]

sweet I've never seen that done got any photos?

 

[timtom1]

I was speaking to my american friend and he suggested I take a look at this site

http://www.open-canoe-journal.de/journal-05/wagnercanoe/wagnercanoe.htm

made from thin plywood apparently

 

[jon r]

It's coming along really well! Great to see more pics, well done mate!

 

[timtom1]

spent yesterday gumming the seems and fillig some gaps on the inside... this stuff is really messy lol and it air dries so you have to be quick.

 

[Freelander]

Looking go so far, Timtom


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGy5ccE3clw&feature=related


can we expect to see it like this?, you have to do it.

 

[Mungo]

Have a look at Murat's Paddle Making blog - he is building a model canoe also and shows some terrific details. Oh, and he is a fellow Toronto, Ontario, Canada resident...

Cheers,

Mungo

 

[timtom1]

Hiya back in the land of the living.

I've finshed the model I will get pics on soon. I will be building a full size Old style Algonquin Hunters Canoe when the bark arrives from Ontario.

Ahh have you ordered the materials from my friend Ted ?

Thanks for the great link

The loon looks amazing on the paddle

 

[timtom1]

final pictures; needs tidying up a bit for example making the ends look pretty and replace a few broken ribs and adding the gunwhale cap, but this is the result.

I did a leak test by filling the entire canoe with water, no leaks found. I've learnt alot from build this somethings good somethings bad but all in all I enjoyed every minute.

I’ve not managed to get down to the lake to float it yet.

 

[jamie18thmo]

Excellent! What a work of art!
Well done mate!

 

[hog]

I am stunned Bru, that is surely a work of art.

 

[Stew]

Bravo!!

 

[timtom1]

Amazing video from the National Film Board of Canada - César's Bark Canoe