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Just to share if anyone is looking for 1/4" radius bead and cove (flute) router bits - ordered Amana brand router bits (1/2" shaft only) on-line 14th January from ToolsToday.com in the US, arrived...

Can't comment on your specific questions but have used Colan woven cloth 200gsm x 1.4m wide on a canoe. Did the job perfectly. I think Colan are a wholesaler. Cloth was purchased through Boatcraft...

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Looking for small amount of silver quandong in greater Melbourne area to use as outer stem and rub rails (gunnels) on a strip plank kayak, ring around so far has knocked out the local...

Hi LMajic007

If you're looking for a retail supplier of Paulowina, Mathews Timber had a pallet load all rough sawn and various lengths when I was down there the other week. Port Phillip...

Well after trying a few places (nah mate can't get 6m lenghts, might take a week to get it in, nah can't eyeball it) I ended up back at Mathews Timber, they open up a new pack of WRC and hand picked...

Thanks to all those who replied especially Piquet for the offer of cedar lining boards. I started the ring around of the local timber yards and the first place I went to Matthews in Nunawading had...

G'day to the strip plank kayak and canoe builders,

Got the plans yesterday for a 17' Endeavour kayak, now looking for Western Red Cedar stips. I've bought them from Cedar Sales in Qld previously...

Thanks Fair Dink, would like to talk to Ian if possible, will email you.
Cheers David

Jeff vk4
Thanks for the tip on OLDS engines, I had been thinking Chapman Pup but the beauty of this forum is that choices expand.
cheers David

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Starting to research a potential new build and have been thinking about a sailing version of David Payne's 16' canoe stern putt putt, saw a photo on his website of "Latitude 27 S", built by Ian...

I bought 1/2" wide 'D' strip from George White & Co. in Springvale(?), have a look at their web site.
Cheers David

G'day Bob
Just coincidently I was looking at an article on a steam powered canoe last night, it's in the Watercraft quarterly journal put out by the Wooden Boat Association, number 31 of spring...

Hi Neil,
Only saw your message re "any issues" the other day, nothing out of the ordinary as far as I am aware. A great forum, well done.
Cheers David

G'day Wombat200
Interesting criteria you've specified, have you looked at the Arvor 20? They fit a lot of your needs but they're a glass boat, the earlier versions had an 80hp nanni and were good...

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Fine sawn 19x6mm WRC was $1.30/metre, yellow cedar was $1.50/metre then add GST and freight. WRC came in 4.8m lengths and yellow cedar in 6m lenghts. You pay for the convenience of having...

G'day q9
Recently finished a Bob's Special, got full length clear WRC and white cedar strips from Cedar Sales in Qld, they trucked them down to Melbourne then did the bead and coving using a router....

Hi Rob
There are some excellent instructions plus 'how to' type videos on the Adelaide based wickerworks website coveing pre-woven and hand woven methods.
regards David

thanks, will let you know how it goes.
cheers David

thanks Bob, assume this applies to solid brass strip also, Will probably cut and butt together, will be on keel/transom of small boat and should be ok.
cheers David

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just want to know if 1/2" 'brass D section strip can be bent by hand over a timber block to approx 80 degrees with a tight fit to both surfaces into the corner..... will it stretch enough ....or...

Hi Rob
I've just glassed outside of my Bob's Special, Don't know whether you've bought yout cloth yet, found that the only retail supplier of 1.4m wide cloth is Boatcraft Pacific, enables you to use...

No luck with local Melbourne Whitworths, they only carry 1/2" (and they get their stock from George White & Co). Will keep hunting and post details when I find a source.
Cheers David

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Does anyone know where I can get some 3/8" brass beading to put on both stems of a canoe? (strip plank "Bob's Special" design from Bear Mountain). I've tried George White & Co. in...

Thanks All for your replies, have been keeping an eye on the fhboats site, it's a good source of info for boat styles and watching boat builds/restorations, have spoken with james frecheville in the...

Hi all,

New to forum, looking for plans or offset tables for a traditional Gippsland Lakes fishing boat. There are plenty of 'glass copies floating around but want to have a crack at building a...

Been reading with interest items on the forum over last 6 months, I'm into boats, recently finished a 12 foot clinker with gaff rig and currently putting last strips on a Bob's Special canoe using...