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re: The second pirogue build is on
Posted on 8/19/14 at 5:07 am to lsu480
Posted on 8/19/14 at 5:07 am to lsu480
OK guys, I'm going to start building a pirogue today. I going to raffle this one off to raise some moneys for my brother. Things are not looking all that good for him now. A little over 4 years ago, he had to have his left lung removed due to cancer. He was clean till about 5 months ago. Well it's back, but this time is has spread all over. He has been getting 4 different chemo treatments, but now his blood count is way to low for anymore treatments. This is the second time in the last month they had to stop treatments. 
He is a fighter and it is killing him not being able to work. He is hard headed like me.
I will post up pictures as I build. This one will be nail free and I will be doing a couple things different this time.
He is a fighter and it is killing him not being able to work. He is hard headed like me.
I will post up pictures as I build. This one will be nail free and I will be doing a couple things different this time.
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Posted on 8/19/14 at 12:07 pm to fishfighter
Started things this morning.
This is going to be a 13'6" pirogue with 9 1/2" sides.
Bow stem area marked out on one end.
Measured 13' 6" from the tip. Squared and marked the other bow stem as the same.
At the splice of both pieces, that is going to be the widest point in the bottom which will be 27". To help with the rake and flair, a straight line is drawn from the marks of the bottom of the bow stems. At the joint, I mark up 3" at the bottom straight line. From there, I stand a 1"x1.5"x 16'on it's side. Blocking each end at were the bottom of the bow stems are, I bend the 1" by up to the 3" I marked. You will have a arch, marked it from bow stem to bow stem.
Next, I cut those sections out. Then flip them over and trace them to the other side of the plywood. NOTE* one section will be 8' long, make sure to trace on the same piece of plywood that you had cut the first 8' section off of.
Repeat for the other end.
That center section of plywood will be used for your bottom. The 8' piece will go to the 8' section of the sides.
Next what I did was to save time later. I filled in all bad spots of the "C" grade with plastic wood putty. Then I sanded it down as needed.
It was time to join the two side pieces together. This time, I used a piece of 3/4" a/c fir plywood that I had cut to 4" x 8". The sides are going to be 9 1/2". The 4" wide part will be flush with the top of the sides, leaving 1 1/2" to place your batten later. Mark a line down the center of the 4"x8". This will help keeping things clean when gluing.
More to come.
This is going to be a 13'6" pirogue with 9 1/2" sides.
Bow stem area marked out on one end.
Measured 13' 6" from the tip. Squared and marked the other bow stem as the same.
At the splice of both pieces, that is going to be the widest point in the bottom which will be 27". To help with the rake and flair, a straight line is drawn from the marks of the bottom of the bow stems. At the joint, I mark up 3" at the bottom straight line. From there, I stand a 1"x1.5"x 16'on it's side. Blocking each end at were the bottom of the bow stems are, I bend the 1" by up to the 3" I marked. You will have a arch, marked it from bow stem to bow stem.
Next, I cut those sections out. Then flip them over and trace them to the other side of the plywood. NOTE* one section will be 8' long, make sure to trace on the same piece of plywood that you had cut the first 8' section off of.
Repeat for the other end.
That center section of plywood will be used for your bottom. The 8' piece will go to the 8' section of the sides.
Next what I did was to save time later. I filled in all bad spots of the "C" grade with plastic wood putty. Then I sanded it down as needed.
It was time to join the two side pieces together. This time, I used a piece of 3/4" a/c fir plywood that I had cut to 4" x 8". The sides are going to be 9 1/2". The 4" wide part will be flush with the top of the sides, leaving 1 1/2" to place your batten later. Mark a line down the center of the 4"x8". This will help keeping things clean when gluing.
More to come.
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