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stumpy · Post by **stumpy** » Sun Apr 25, 2010 11:52 pm

Now that's cool! I like the waterline stripe, and the spalted football,I really have to do a stripper one of these days!
Can't wait to see what you do on the deck.

a18nmk · Post by **a18nmk** » Tue Apr 27, 2010 6:03 am

Nancy, that looks beautiful.

Cant wait to see the deck!

I am in awe!

Kayakkev · Post by **Kayakkev** » Tue Apr 27, 2010 9:37 pm

Nancy, you never quit amazing me. How do you come up with the designs that you do? It is a good thing that we live so far apart or I would be camped out in your basement picking your brain apart for tricks and ideas. Speaking of ideas.... my next yak needs help.

Kev

Nancy · Post by **Nancy** » Wed Apr 28, 2010 6:32 am

Thank you all for the kind words.
Welcome back Kev. I have been waiting for a new progress report on the Spring Run. This hull design developed out of necessity. I started with the dark strips - ran out and added an accent stripe. Continued with the light strips - ran out and added an accent strip. Finished with the spalted strips. I got my WRC cheap this time but they only had 4 boards left the day I was there. I took what they had and made do. Stay tuned for the deck though. That will be pure imagination.

Hope it looks as good in reality as it does in my head!

Nancy · Post by **Nancy** » Fri May 14, 2010 9:00 pm

Finally got her turned over and started work on the deck.

I really liked the dogwood branch Jimbo put on the deck of his wife's kayak so I decided to expand on the idea and do a whole tree. This is my design idea taped on the wall for inspiration with the Water Lily design.

Jimbo's build post - viewtopic.php?t=1032&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=60

I spent some time in the moaning chair trying to figure out how to make the tree trunk look like a trunk and not just a dark accent stripe.

For each side I glued two dark strips together and two light strips together.

I cut the dark strip to fit and then drew a taper line on the top. Taped the light strips under the dark and ran them through the band saw together. Wiggled them back and forth as I fed them through to create a texture to give the illusion of tree bark..

Got a light strip perfectly matched to the dark. Looks more like a tree trunk.

Having some fun now.

stumpy · Post by **stumpy** » Fri May 14, 2010 9:11 pm

Nancy, looks like you and Walt have been doing some serious dreaming! I always love watching your builds, and this one is no exception!

COPPERPOINT · Post by **COPPERPOINT** » Mon May 17, 2010 8:18 pm

That design looks spectacular, and those pieces of wood just make it happen like magic. Can't wait to see it under glass. Are you going to stain the leaves green too?? Amazing.

Rich

Nancy · Post by **Nancy** » Tue May 18, 2010 11:58 am

Thanks Rich. I do not have any plans to stain the leaves. I prefer the natural beauty of the wood. I have some cherry veneer I am planning to use. It should go well with the red cedar.

anewhouse · Post by **anewhouse** » Tue May 18, 2010 5:14 pm

That just means they will look like Autumn leaves instead of Spring or Summer.

I think you are right not to stain them.

Dergiva · Post by **Dergiva** » Wed May 19, 2010 7:24 am

Hi Nancy, on the leaves for your tree, I saw a website that sells sheets of natural wood, is in Madrid, Spain, his name is "Mongoya" I leave you the link. By the way, is very nice your new kayak, I like it.
http://www.comercialpazos.es/b2c/index. ... f=302&md=1

Martin.

Kudzu · Post by **Kudzu** » Wed May 19, 2010 4:15 pm

Not sure how I missed all this but DANG!!

Master Sculptor · Post by **Master Sculptor** » Thu May 20, 2010 4:24 am

Meee toooooo kudzu....Wowie wow wow. loved tha lab jumpin' off the dock. This already is such a lovely build & cant wait to see the tree. Glad I tuned in, learned two new tricks, love the way you used the greenland construction technique to hold the sheer strips in place, removing the forms from the strong back and placing the hull in a cradle while leaving the forms inside the hull to strip the deck. Thats new to me, clamps n dodads galore...gotta love it! good luck with the tree but I have the feeling you don't need luck with your skills.

a18nmk · Post by **a18nmk** » Fri May 21, 2010 4:43 pm

Master Sculptor wrote:removing the forms from the strong back and placing the hull in a cradle while leaving the forms inside the hull to strip the deck. Thats new to me

The forms aren't removed from the strongback as far as I can see!?!?

Nancy · Post by **Nancy** » Fri May 21, 2010 6:56 pm

a18nmk wrote: The forms aren't removed from the strongback as far as I can see!?!?

I am using an external strongback so the forms are removed from the risers and remain in the hull. A few will fall out when you turn it over so I make some reference lines inside the hull first and use a few small dabs of hot glue to place them back in position.

SteveK1953 · Post by **SteveK1953** » Sat May 22, 2010 3:15 pm

Nice design on your watercraft there Nancy and a great job building her as well. Looking forward to more pics.....

SteveK