Lots of stuff goes on in this shop, located in Lorette, Manitoba.
Primarily it's the building and repair of classic wood & canvas canoes, and the making of premium canoe paddles. I also do custom boat building, composite fabrication, and special projects. A growing passion of mine is the making of classical guitars, I'll post about that, too.
I want to be able to share with my clients the progress of their commissioned work. Later I started thinking that there might be other people who are interested in what goes on inside a wooden canoe shop operated by an artist and a recovering teacher.
If you have any questions please feel free to contact meby email, phone, or by post. My mailing address is:
Red River Canoe & Paddle 24249 River Rd Lorette, Manitoba Canada R5K 0Z6
Tuesday, 30 June 2009
The end of the outer stem was pretty punky, as were two rib ends. so the had to be cut off and repaired.
The ribs are elm, but some of them were replaced with Oak ribs back in the '40's. Here are the two that had to be repaired. I forgot to get photos of the "After" state.
The ribs are elm, but some of them were replaced with Oak ribs back in the '40's. Here are the two that had to be repaired. I forgot to get photos of the "After" state.
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