The boy craftsman; practical ad profitable ideas for a boy's leisure hours . cingat the bow end of the canoe, draw the end of one gun-wale to the bow piece, and, after marking it the correctlength cut it off so it will fit nicely in the rabbet cut inthe side of the bow piece. Then screw the other end tothe stern piece, after which attach the gunwale on the op-posite side in the same way (see Figs. 200, 205, and 206). Now take the barrel-hoops which are to be used forribs, and fasten them in the mortises cut for them in thekeelson, bending their ends until they come inside ofthe gunwales. Then
The boy craftsman; practical ad profitable ideas for a boy's leisure hours . cingat the bow end of the canoe, draw the end of one gun-wale to the bow piece, and, after marking it the correctlength cut it off so it will fit nicely in the rabbet cut inthe side of the bow piece. Then screw the other end tothe stern piece, after which attach the gunwale on the op-posite side in the same way (see Figs. 200, 205, and 206). Now take the barrel-hoops which are to be used forribs, and fasten them in the mortises cut for them in thekeelson, bending their ends until they come inside ofthe gunwales. Then fasten them to the gunwales andtrim their ends so as to be even with the top of thecanoe (see Figs. 205 and 206). After fastening the ribs in place, The Ribbands should be put on. Pick out eight of thesoundest lattice-strips you have, and fasten these at theircentre to the sides of the mould, placing four on eachside of the keelson and spacing them at equal the mould is only temporary, do not fasten theribbands to it securely, but drive in the nails part 209 2IO OUTDOOR PASTIMES
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