The Projects!

Alright, by popular demand the kayak construction. It has been a long process, several months worth of work, and a long wait for warmer weather. This is the stitching of the the kayak plates. On this design there is 14 or more total plates, this makes a lot of wire ties to twist. Fortunately this was done several weeks ago when the weather would not permit epoxy.






It is also during this step that you must be very mindful of the gaps, and untrue plates. Taking time to plane these now will save a lot time, and epoxy work later. Although, I have to add it is nearly impossible to cut the plates perfect so remeber you are not building a piano and make it work!!
As far as the entire process goes, cutting the plate templates out of the plywood is one of the most time consuming and tedious process of the kayak. It takes a lot of attention, space and time. The wire ties is actually one of the easier tasks, although you will take some injuries, as these wires are sharp!