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Re: Strip: finally finished the canoe
By:Robert l
Date: 6/21/2012, 10:44 am
In Response To: Re: Strip: finally finished the canoe (John VanBuren)

: Very Pretty. Which hardwoods did you use?
: John VB

Hi John

I was interested in trying wood other than cedar. I used hemlock on the bottom, curley maple and mahogany along the sides for color and ash for the stems and gunnels.
It required at least 4x the sanding and thats a lot of sanding.

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Strip: finally finished the canoe *PIC*
robert l -- 6/20/2012, 11:33 pm
Re: Strip: finally finished the canoe *NM* *PIC*
robert l -- 6/20/2012, 11:38 pm
Re: Strip: finally finished the canoe *PIC*
robert l -- 6/20/2012, 11:51 pm
Re: Strip: finally finished the canoe
John VanBuren -- 6/21/2012, 8:12 am
Re: Strip: finally finished the canoe
Robert l -- 6/21/2012, 10:44 am
Re: Strip: finally finished the canoe
Malcolm Schweizer -- 6/21/2012, 9:27 am
Re: Strip: finally finished the canoe
Robert l -- 6/21/2012, 10:50 am
Re: Strip: finally finished the canoe
Malcolm Schweizer -- 6/21/2012, 2:15 pm
Re: Strip: finally finished the canoe
Mike -- 6/21/2012, 9:33 am
Re: Strip: finally finished the canoe
Charlie -- 6/21/2012, 10:38 am
Re: Strip: finally finished the canoe
Robert l -- 6/21/2012, 10:57 am
Re: Strip: finally finished the canoe
Kurt Maurer -- 6/21/2012, 6:57 pm
Re: Strip: finally finished the canoe
Bill Hamm -- 6/24/2012, 2:39 am
Re: Strip: finally finished the canoe
Bill Hamm -- 6/24/2012, 2:41 am
Re: Strip: finally finished the canoe
John Messinger -- 6/26/2012, 7:59 pm
Re: Strip: finally finished the canoe *PIC*
robert l -- 6/26/2012, 10:56 pm