This cedar strip canoe (top) was laminated with WEST SYSTEM® 105 Resin®/207 Special Clear Hardener®. It is the work of Kurt Mangseth of Grand Rapids, Minnesota. Continue reading
Category Archives: Readers’ Projects
Readers’ Projects, Issue 52
Wooden rowboat (featured image, above) by Joshua Rouch.
Buster Welch’s Boats & Furniture
Buster Welch of Clandeboye, Manitoba, Canada has had extensive experience with epoxy. He began with building a cedar strip canoe in 1973 after seeing one of Ted Moores’s (Bear Mountain Boats) on display at the Toronto Boat Show.
Strip canoe built inspired by Ted Moores and built by Buster Welch.
Readers’ Projects – Issue 51
Cambridge Racer rowing shell
Bob Cole built this Colin Angus Cambridge Racer recreational rowing shell using WEST SYSTEM Epoxy. The shell is 23’3″ long and weighs 39 lbs. The hull and deck are Okoume.
Readers’ Projects, Issue 50
Plywood Camper
Doug Redfield of Bellingham, Washington built his plywood camper with marine-grade meranti plywood, G/flex® Epoxy for the assembly and joinery, and WEST SYSTEM® 105 Resin/205 Fast Hardener for coatings. He laminated a layer of light fiberglass cloth on the top, front, and sides. Continue reading
Readers’ Projects, Issue 49
Packard Wagon Restoration
This is the Packard wagon I am redoing the wood on. Some of the original wood will be reused. I bleached all the wood before I varnished it so it will match. On the panels, I used 105 Resin and 207 Special Clear Hardener to epoxy the mahogany veneers to the steel door panels. I clamped them by vacuum bagging them. —Jeff Hobgood
Readers’ Projects, Issue 48
A whale of a wheelchair
This group of students built a costume for a child in a wheelchair for the non-profit organization Magic Wheelchair. The design was inspired by his favorite book, The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend by Dan Santat. Continue reading
Readers’ Projects, Issue 47
Carrom Board
ABOVE: Suresh Kalavala of Galloway, Ohio built this waterproof Carrom game board. The frame is walnut, the corners are quilted maple and the game surface is Baltic birch plywood laser printed with a wide-format UV LED printer. He coated the surface with 8 coats of 105 Resin/207 Special Clear Hardener to protect the design. The resulting finish was actually too smooth and hard for optimum playing (The game involves flicking game pieces into the corner pockets), so he sanded it and added a layer of polyurethane to provide the correct texture. For details, visit diycarromboard.blogspot.com
Readers’ Projects, Issue 46
The Wright Edge
Doc Wright is the owner/craftsman of The Wright Edge, an artisan woodworking business in Dallas, Texas. From start to finish, each piece is handled only by Doc or his business partner including sourcing/cutting down, milling, and drying. He uses locally sourced, 100% regionally native wood. Continue reading
Readers’ Projects, Issue 45
Reader Eric MacKeigan is a scroll cut artist. He cuts his signs on a scroll saw and then uses WEST SYSTEM Epoxy dyed with a little food coloring to fill the voids and create works of art. More of his work can be found at fretwoodmack.com. Continue reading
Readers’ Project, Issue 44
Larry Columbo built WILDEST DREAMS, a 30′ tall, swan-shaped floating sculpture on his front lawn in Brewster, New York. The unusual watercraft has a cabin that sleeps two just below the neck. The swan’s wingspan is 60′. Larry is a commercial artist who has built other boats, including a 16′ Viking ship and a 42′ Roman Galley. He uses WEST SYSTEM Epoxy. Continue reading