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The Details on Building a Cedar Strip Canoe
This is a consolidation of several single topic articles. The previous articles are combined here in on LARGE article.
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DIY Guitar Wall Hanger
How I made guitar wall hangers to save floor space and make room for an iRoomba parking spot.
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How to Add a Sound Port to an Acoustic Guitar
A side sound port or player port allows the guitar player to better hear what’s projected from the front sound hole.
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Building the Merlin Solo Canoe From Northwest Canoes
A detailed description (with photos) of my Merlin solo canoe build.
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How to Make a Canoe Paddle
I’ve built four cedar strip canoes and two cedar strip kayaks, but I purchased paddles to use with them. Here's how it worked when I set about building my own paddle.
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How to Repair Broken Antler Tines (Step-by-Step Photo Guide)
Learn do-it-yourself deer antler repair with step-by-step instructions and photos for putting tines back in place.
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Building a Pair of Adirondack Chairs
This article will break down how I selected a design, drew plans, selected materials, then built two Adirondack chairs.
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How to Repair an Old Violin
This article will walk you through an amateur's repair of an old, damaged violin.
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Building a Cedar-Strip Solo Canoe: The Perils and Pitfalls
My experience building a Northwest Passage solo cedar-strip canoe.
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Making Knives From Old Table Saw Blades
Instructions for making custom knives using old saw blades.
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A DIY Guide to Making a Canoe Seat
Here's how to make cane-woven DIY canoe seats. They are attractive and can be tricky, which is why I provide a complete step-by-step guide here.
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DIY Foot Braces for a Wooden Kayak or Solo Canoe
I'll show you how I made wooden foot braces for a cedar-strip solo canoe or kayak.
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How Much Does It Cost to Build a Guitar?
An overview of how much it costs to build an acoustic guitar from scratch, plus the guitar-making materials you'll need.
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Witches in the Walls
A tale of two small children and a house with a dark history. Losely based on a True story.
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How to Build an Acoustic Guitar (With Photos)
This article will explore the specific steps I went through to build my own acoustic guitar, from choosing the type of wood to attaching the bridge and completing the finishing touches (with photos).
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Canoe Flotation Chambers
A canoe can potentially sink or scuttle if it ever capsizes. Here's how I added flotation chambers to the bow and stern of my canoe.
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Building a Lean-To Shed
I built a lean-to shed on the side of my garage, closer to the house, and with a roof to protect the wood from rain and snow.
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How to Build a Flintlock Rifle: Selecting Parts for a Big-Bore Hawken
My research about the parts that I could make or substitute to reduce the cost of a homemade big-bore flintlock rifle.
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Applying a Graphite Bottom Coating to a Cedar-Strip Canoe
Did you know that you can reinforce a cedar-strip canoe with a durable bottom coating? Here's how to add a black graphite bottom to a canoe.
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Building a Cedar Strip Kayak: The Details: Cockpit and Hatches
Now is time to cut holes in the beautiful deck. This step can be a little intimidating because if you mess it up too bad, there is no fixing it.
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Building a Cedar-Strip Kayak: The Basics
Want to know the basics of building a cedar-strip kayak? Here's a practical account, with photos, of how I built one.
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Building a Cedar Strip Kayak: The Details: COST
I am in the final stretch of completing my second cedar strip kayak build. I though I'd publish the final cost since I have now purchased all the material.
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Building a Cedar Strip Kayak: The Details: Interior Fiberglass
After a thorough round of planning, sanding, patching and more sanding on both the lower half and deck interior sides I was ready to apply the fiberglass.
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Building a Cedar Strip Kayak: The Details: Exterior Fiberglass and Planking the Deck
Once you have completed all of the sanding and caressing of wood in the lower part of the hull it is time to apply the fiberglass and epoxy
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Building a Cedar Strip Kayak: The Details: Stripping the Hull
This is the step in the build process where your kayak actually starts to look like something. This can be a source of motivation.
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Building a Cedar Strip Kayak: The Details: Stems and Sheer Clamp
The stems on a wood strip kayak are ¼ strips of wood which are steamed, shaped and glued together with thickened epoxy. The sheer clamp is what is used to attach the deck to the bottom of the hull.
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Building a Cedar Strip Kayak: The Details: Making and Setting up the Forms
Making forms that determine the shape of the hull and deck, then setting them up on a build table for construction of a Cedar Strip Kayak.
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Building a Cedar Strip Kayak (The Details): Lofting the Plans
Are you planning to build a cedar strip kayak? Here's how I "lofted" the plans (made 3-dimensional templates) for my second cedar-strip kayak.
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Gold Mining in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula: Old Gold Mine Open As Late As 1937
This is another in a series of articles about Gold Mines in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula written by my father(James M. Clem) in the early 1960’s and published in the Marquette Mining Journal.
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Gold Mining in Michigans Upper Peninsula: 13 Mines at One Time
This is another in a series of articles about Gold Mines in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula written by my father(James M. Clem) in the early 1960’s and published in the Marquette Mining Journal.
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Estimating the Cost of Cedar Strips for Building a Canoe
When building a cedar strip canoe, red cedar strips are one of the larger components of the total material cost. This is an estimate of the cost for red cedar strips.
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DIY Home Sauna—It's Like a Sauna in Here!
These are step-by-step instructions on how I built an outdoor, wood-fired sauna by taking advantage of an existing small outbuilding and an old fireplace insert.
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Drummer Boy of Chickamauga - Johnny Clem
Johnny Clem was famous for his bravery on the battlefield and became the youngest non-commissioned officer in Army history.
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How to Make a Kayak Portage Yoke
This is a simple homemade portage yoke that is inexpensive and simple to construct. It works well with no slippage and is quick and easy to attach.
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Loading and Firing a Flintlock
Firing a flintlock rifle is something that every hunter or shooting sport enthusiast should experience.
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Building a Deer Skull Mount in 10 Easy Steps
Here is my 10-step process for building a whitetail European-style skull mount to preserve a trophy.
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Gold Mining in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula: Boy Gold Miner
In 1895, at 12 years of age, Jim became the youngest miner at the Ropes Gold Mine in Ishpeming, Michigan.
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Gold Mining in Michigan's Upper Penninsula
This is an excerpt from an article written by my father (James M. Clem) in the early 1960’s about Gold mining in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.
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The Sylvania Wilderness: Solitude and Smallmouth
The Sylvania Wilderness area, one of my favorite spots in Michigan, is a small backcountry canoe camping reserve with great fishing for Smallmouth Bass.
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How to Build a Flintlock: The Basics
These are my recollections of building a Tennessee Flintlock Longrifle.
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Restoring a Gibson Electric Guitar
I restored this 1965 Gibson Melody Maker. It was a real piece of junk when I recieved it, now it looks good and plays good too.
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Whitetail Deer Shoulder Mount
Things I learned during my first attempt at taxidermy of the whitetail deer I took while hunting my property.
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Building a Cedar-Strip Canoe: The Basics
A practical account of my experiences and a brief guide to building the cedar-strip canoe I use for wilderness camping and fishing.