This is an amazing tool. I use it for all kinds of wood shaping. One of the things that I use it for is to fair out the splints that are used for the rib repair.
After I had the canoe all closed up, I found one more broken rib. I couldn't let it go. Oh, well
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After it's all cleaned up, time to add some tacks to the loose spots. There are a lot on this canoe.
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Time to sand the hull. Not only were there a lot of loose spots, there were lots of lumps and bumps, too! A vacuum attachment for the sander helps control the dust. Dust, there's always dust around
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A coat of linseed oil and wood preservative mix to keep the wood from being too dry, and to help keep water from being absorbed into the wood.
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Sand the interior, clean out the dust (Did I mention that there's always dust?) and give it a fresh coat of varnish. Now the old girls is all ready for canvassing tomorrow.
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