Liz builds a skin on frame kayak, part 1. . Something a little different this time: I am behind the camera and Liz is building her first kayak! The design is my F1 kayak, a super versatile and surprisingly quick 14’ sea kayak that weighs around 30lbs depending on the size. Normally a build like this takes about 10 days (including prep), but we have budgeted 2 weeks because we only have time to work half days. . The video starts about 2 days into the process. She has already built the coaming and

Liz builds a skin on frame kayak. Part 2. . With the tenons cut on the ends of the deck beams Liz assembles the deck. . This joinery is a mixture of modern and traditional techniques although construction methods varied so widely throughout the Arctic that the word “traditional” can refer to dozens of different building techniques. I simply use whatever is strong, fast, and easy. . The compound angle mortise and tenon joinery here is actually pretty easy with the system we use and the tolerances

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