With the arrival of spring 2008, I contemplated on a place to work on the canoe. My neighbour John builds his birchbark canoes in one of those temporary garages that you build from 2x2's and plastic. I thought I would go with something more simple - a big tarp hung off the side of the house. Of course it was an old tarp so it leaked and sagged, but that and the bugs just made things a little more interesting. With the tarp up and the strongback leveled, I bought a big jug of carpenter's wood glue and got ready to strip.
The first strip was quite exciting. There were already about 10 strips on the form, so I was just following what was already there. Of course I used too much glue, bent a few nails and missed one of the forms, but overall it was quite satisfying. Eric had used nails to hold each strip in place while the glue dried. This leaves a hole in the strip, but is less time consuming that gluing without nails.
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