. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Fifth Stage of Canoe Construction: canoe is removed from building bed and set on horse in order to shape ends and complete sewing. Bark cover has dried out in a flat-bottomed and wall-sided form. {Sketch hy Adney.) the outboard face of each stem-piece is about Yi inch wide, making it a truncated triangle in cross-section. Then, along lines parallel to the base of the truncated triangle, it is split into si.\ laminations which arc carried to within 6 or 7 inches of the end selected to be the heel of the stem-piece. Just clear of the laminatio
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Fifth Stage of Canoe Construction: canoe is removed from building bed and set on horse in order to shape ends and complete sewing. Bark cover has dried out in a flat-bottomed and wall-sided form. {Sketch hy Adney.) the outboard face of each stem-piece is about Yi inch wide, making it a truncated triangle in cross-section. Then, along lines parallel to the base of the truncated triangle, it is split into si.\ laminations which arc carried to within 6 or 7 inches of the end selected to be the heel of the stem-piece. Just clear of the laminations a notch is cut into the top side of the heel, to hold the headboard, as will be seen. The piece is then treated with boiling water until the laminations are flexible, and the curve of the stem-piece can be formed and either pegged out or tied with cords imtil it dries in the desired shape. When dry the laminations are tightly wrapped with basswood bark cord, leaving the form of the stem-piece a quarter arc of a circle, with short tangents at each end, as shown in the illustration (p. 35). Next, the ends of the outwales are cut to a length determined by the quality of the bark already in place; if the bark in one end is not very good, it may be cut away somewhat and the canoe made shorter by this amount at both ends in finishing. After the ends of the outwales have been cut, botli are notched on the inside at the extreme ends to take the head of the stem-piece. The outwales may or may not project Yi or }^ inch beyond the stem and the stem head may project J^ or 1 inch above the top of the outwales of the canoe; these matters, at the builder's option, decide the length of the notch and the fitting of the stem-pieces. The stem-piece is now placed between the folded bark end of the canoe with the heel resting for a small distance along its length on the bark Ijotlom; the head must come to the right height above the out- wales, as noted. While one worker holds the stem- piece in
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