Chesley, Albert Meader, 1875- · New York, Young men's Christian association press · leaf 215
another matter.—The Saturday Evening Post. Now to work: first lay your keelson, which is a piece of board Js inch by 1}'4 inches by 13 feet 4 inches. To each end fit stem and stern posts, screwing and bracing them as shown in figure I. Now take a one-inch board 12 inches wide and 30 inches long and… … Canoe Building We are now ready for the longitudinal strips or rib-bands. These should be 34 inch by 1 inch Ijy 16 feet long and of cedar or spruce with clean straight grain. Sixteen of these will be required, eight on each side. Begin with the upper strips, tacking lightly to side of cross piece…
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