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Building the Greenland Kayak

ISBN10: 0071392378 | ISBN13: 9780071392372

Building the Greenland Kayak
ISBN10: 0071392378
ISBN13: 9780071392372
By Christopher Cunningham

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. The Design

The Greenland Design as a Recreational Kayak

Anthropometric Measurement

2. Tools

Circular Saw Blades

Drill Bits

Keeping Your Tools Sharp

The Art of the Jig

The Steam Box

Safety

Wood Dust
Safety Glasses and Hearing Protection
On the Water

3. Materials

Wood

Grain Orientation
Bending Stock

Fabric

Deck Lines

Deck Fittings

4. Fastenings

Lashing Material

Knots and Lashings

The Eskimo Knot
The Water Knot
Lashings

Trunnels

5. Milling

Ripping

Ripping Gunwales to Thickness
Stationary Circular Saw Ripping Jig
Ripping on a Table Saw

Planing

Wedge Bench Holdfast
Machine Planing

Scarfing

Glue Scarfs
Traditional Scarf Joints
Hooked Scarfs for Chines and Keelson

6. Getting Started

Laying Out the Gunwales

Building Forms

7. The Framework

Orienting the Gunwales

Marking the Gunwales

Cutting Rib Mortises

Mortising by Hand
Mortise Machine
Router Mortising

Shaping the Gunwales

Cutting the Deck Beam Mortises

Mortising by Hand
Mortise Machine

Beveling the Gunwales

The Building Forms

Beveling the Gunwale Tips

Hollowing the Sheer

Preparing for Deck Beams

Straight Deck Beams

Cutting the Straight Deck Beams to Length
Marking the Tenons

Arched Deck Beams

Cutting Tenons

Cutting Tenons on Arched Deck Beams
Cutting Tenons on Straight Deck Beams

Test Fitting

An Alternative to Mortise-and-Tenon Joints for the Deck Beams

Assembling the Gunwales

Locking the Gunwales and Deck Beams

Trunnels to Join the Ends of the Gunwales

Pegging the Tenons

Deck Beam Lashings

8. The Hull

The Rib Gauge

Cutting Ribs to Size

Thinning the Ends of the Ribs

The Jointer
The Router Table
The Table Saw
Hand Tools

The Bending Jig

Steaming and Bending

Pinning the Ribs

Bow and Stern Blocks

Attaching the Keelson

Adjusting the Sheer and Rocker
Pegging the Keelson
Trimming the Ends of the Keelson
Centering the Keelson
Fairing Blocks
The Running Lashing
Running Lashings Through Holes

Chines

Positioning the Chines

Lashing the Chines

9. Finishing the Frame

Stem Plates

Masik

The Masik Pattern
Naturally Curved Stock
A Laminated Masik
Straight-Grained Stock
A 3-D Template for the Masik Notches
Installing the Masik

Deck Ridges

Trial Run

Oiling the Frame

The Cockpit Hoop

The Coaming Flange

Floorboards

10. Skinning the Kayak

Pulling Longitudinal Tension

Pulling Transverse Tension

Working Solo
Working with a Partner

The Decks

Stretching the Decks

Sewing

Installing the Coaming

Lacing the Coaming

Coatings

Aircraft Dope
Two-Part Urethane

11. Deck Fittings

Leather

Beads

Sliders

Deck-Line Placement

12. The Paddle

Laminating a Paddle Blank

Shaping the Paddle

Paddle Armor

Tapering the Blades

Rounding the Shaft

Trimming the Blade E

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