Build a lapstrake canoe with ShopBot

• Introduction and basics
  • An introduction to the QuickLap method
  • A brief history of boatbuilding
    • Traditional Boatbuilding
    • New Materials
    • Modern boatbuilding methods
  • Materials, tools, and supplies you'll need
  • ShopBot setup
    • The cutting files
    • Truing your table top
    • Calibration
    • Zeroing the axis'
    • Finally cutting
    • Notes on using 1/8" luaun plywood
  • Using tools
  • Epoxy and painting supplies
  • Boatbuilding Safety
• Epoxy
  • Epoxy Safety
  • Working with epoxy
• Some new words ( maybe )
  • Nautical names
  • Boatbuilding terms
• Assembling the scarfs
  • Preliminaries
  • Joining Plywood and the Stepped Scarf
  • Gluing scarfs
  • Preparing to glue
  • The saturation coat
  • Applying the gluing mixture
• Gluing the matching scarfs
  • Aligning the panels
  • Assembling the matching plank
  • Clamping the top panel scarf
  • Clamping the bottom panel scarf
  • Cleaning up the assembled planks
  • Final trimming and drilling
  • Planing the keel chamfer
• Riveting the hull together
  • Riveting and stitching
  • Starting to rivet
  • The first plank
  • Adding planks
  • Riveting the second half
  • Stitching the two halves together
• Stems
  • Clamping the stems
  • The second stem and the stretcher
  • Checking the stem alignment
• Filleting the inside laps
  • Neatness counts!
  • Sealing the inside lap edges and choosing a filleting method
    • The caulking tube method
    • The syringe method
  • Pouring the stem plug
  • Cutting the ties and checking the fillets
• The outside laps
  • Taping the rivet holes
  • Filling the laps with epoxy
  • Filleting the outside laps
  • Sanding and fairing fillets
• Fiberglassing the garboard and stems
  • Glassing the garboards pt1
  • Glassing the garboards pt2
  • Glassing the outside of the stems
  • Glassing the inside keel joint
  • Fairing and a note on Quality
• Painting and finishing
• Wooden trim parts
• Using your boat
• More information