Building a birch bark style canoe with plywood - part 1 - bending the hull
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- čas přidán 30. 06. 2020
- Hans-Georg Wagner is building plywood canoes since 1994. In this series the different worksteps are shown.
Part 1 shows how the plywood is prepared.
Hans-Georg Wagner is a german artist und designer specialized in wood. - Zábava
YOU are a GENIUS !!!
I got to BUILD a REAL birchbark canoe back when I was growing up in the hinterlands of northern Minnesota...
I've long-wanted to build ANOTHER one now as an old man, and YOU'VE provided the INSPIRATION and the GENIUS I needed !
MANY THANKS !
Of COURSE I'm subscribing !
-Mark Vogt | VOGTLAND OUTDOORS
Have fun building your canoe. This was all about inspiration, never thought as a step by step tutorial.
I just stumbled across your final video for this, wanted to watch it from the start and was not expecting to see that you got your inspiration from the Maliseets! My gram was full blooded Maliseet, love the canoe.
Thanks again, it's great that someone from the Maliseet found it, I was always impressed by the culture. I wish you good luck with building the boat.
Excellent build. Why doesn’t the plywood de-laminate when you soak it in the water ?
Waterproof glues.
Beautiful boat and impressive technique. Well done!
Thank you very much. I am happy that so many people all over the world are interested in canoes
@@FrameWagnerCanoe be sure, my family down in Argentina are also watching this. They are impressed.
What an interesting technique!
Thanks Jack!
fascinating !!! I have a question about the form you use to bend the plywoood around . could it be as simple as turning an existing canoe upside down and tracing the outline ?
Hi Chuck answer number two, even if this is late. I use a building frame for this. The form and scale is taken from the "the birchbark canoes and skinboats of north america" by Adney & Chapelle
I am Canadian and love to see how my country's heritage is being honoured so far away from home. A beautiful job.
A question, please: For how long did you soak the plywood before bending it?
Thank you very much. I let the wood soak for around one hour per Millimeter width of the plywood
Could you show me how you stitch the 3 sheets together and when you do that in the process?
I'm curious how you joined the 2 plywood sheets together. Did you make a scarf joint or just but them up? I can't see a seam in any of the videos. Great work love this design!
the sheets are stitched on the outside on two sides like the gores and on the inside I glue a small stripe of plywood above the groove/edge so it seems seamless.
With no commentary to help, I was wondering. Are these single plies of birch? Or several thinner plies of very thin birch plywood? If that is the case is it marine glue? Where does one get this birch from?
its three single pieces of plywood, not laminated (the pieces have 5 layers of birch wood with cookable glue) in germany you can get them like you see them. They are called Modellbau Sperrholz (model construction plywood)
@@FrameWagnerCanoe Herzlichen Glückwunsch, Sie haben die Technik der amerikanischen Ureinwohner wiederbelebt. Wie viele mm Birkensperrholz verwenden Sie?
@@sukrunisikli6602 Danke Dir :) Abhängig vom Einsatzgebiet zwischen 2-3mm
Do you use a 4mm marine plywood (like okoume) or something else?
Hello, sorry for the late answer. I actually use 2 mm plywood for the hull.
Interesting. What glue is used in that ply?
its the german/EU DIN standard for cookable glue (BFU100) I sorry dont know the englisch specification