Woodworking for beginners; a manual for amateurs (1900)
Wheeler, Charles G. (Charles Gardner), 1855-1946 · New York and London, G. P. Putnam's sons · leaf 338
makinga good canvas-covered boat that it be well painted. A light removable flooring, or grating of slats, should be placedon the bottom of the well, resting on the frames. To make a canvas canoe with a keel, you have only tomake the keelof apiece of i^or i\ stock(with a depthof, perhaps, i^or i^),… … 3^4 Wood-Working for Beginners Particular care must be taken that the keel be got out straightand that it be fitted exactly on the centre line. In this case thecanvas may be put on in two parts, being nailed to the keelsonon each side of the keel; or the canoe can be made as pre-viously described…
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