Lark - Building a cedar strip canoe

Presentation of how a Bear Mountain Boats Bob's Special cedar strip canoe was built in New Jersey. Includes a discussion of machining the molds and thwart using a ShopBot CNC router. 00:00:00 - Start 00:00:58 - Project Background 00:02:14 - Choosing the design to build 00:07:11 - Canoe terminology 00:11:53 - Strongback 00:16:02 - CNC routing the molds 00:20:06 - Buying the cedar boards 00:22:39 - Machining the cedar strips 00:28:15 - Making the stems 00:33:07 - Stripping the hull 00:38:01 - Ready for the stripping to commence 00:39:15 - Feature strips 00:43:41 - Cutting the center line 00:45:16 - Inserting the whisky plank 00:49:36 - Shaping the stems 00:50:37 - Sanding the outside of the hull 00:52:17 - Applying fiberglass cloth and epoxy resin 00:58:33 - Removing and flipping the hull 01:00:18 - Sanding the inside of the hull 01:01:03 - Fiberglassing the inside of the hull 01:02:51 - Making, attaching and finishing the gunwales 01:08:54 - Making and attaching the decks 01:11:09 - Varnishing the outside of the hull 01:12:49 - Making the thwart 01:14:17 - Making the seats 01:16:02 - Making the paddles 01:19:58 - Cost of materials and consumables 01:21:52 - Ready for launch