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A chronicle for the construction of a GEODESIC AiroLITE®   SnowShoe 14™  Canoe

by Bob & Lee, aka The Wizards.   About Us

 

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Construction

  1. Start with Good Wood
  2. Station Molds & Strongback Webbings
  3. Station Mold Alignment
  4. Ripping Stringers, Gunwales and Keelson
  5. Feather Board
  6. Preforming Gunwales
  7. Warped Keelson
  8. Keelson Shaping
  9. Outwales
  10. Stem, Knee, Keelson
  11. Steam Source
  1. Steam Box I 
  2. Steam Box  II
  3. Steam Box III
  4. Rib Wood
  5. Preparing Ribs 
  6. Bend Failures
  7. Green Ash
  8. The Rivers
  9. Boiling Water Soak
  10. Super Saturation
  11. Rib Vacuum Chamber
  12. Bending Strap
  1. Ribs Installed
  2. Super Bowl Sunday 
  3. Rib Stubs Trimmed
  4. Breast Hooks
  5. Floor Planks

Correspondence

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Up-Date Log

Why the SnowShoe 14™?
Wee Lassie Builder
Tim builds a SnowShoe 14™
About Coverings
Don builds an Arrow14,
Flotation, Paddles, Trimming, Rescue,  Rain Covers and More
Boat Plans
Boat Builders
Kayaks
WCHA
Paddles &Paddling
Epoxies & Coatings
Coverings
Steam Bending
Woodweb
11/18/01 New findings about bending ribs in Chapter 2
11/18/01 About coverings in Correspondence
12/13/01 Riving, Breast Hooks and Floor Planks in Chapter 1
12/16/01 Rib Stubs Trimmed in Chapter 1
1/31/02 Don builds an Arrow 14™
2/19/02 New format
3/6/02 Text update
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About Us

We are a couple of incurably curious retired engineers (Bob & Lee) from Loveland, Ohio. We find ourselves thoroughly intrigued by the Geodesic Airolite® canoe designs by Platt Monfort. Bob has decided to satisfy his curiosity by building one (maybe two) SnowShoe 14™ canoes. Lee supplies a tool or two, a helping hand and the web site.  We have posted this web site for the purpose of helping those who are similarly curious and similarly inclined. If you are building a Geodesic Airolite® canoe or thinking about it, we would like to exchange ideas and experiences --   To Top

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GEODESIC AiroLITE®, SnowShoe 14™ and Arrow14™ are registered trade marks of Monfort Asssociates, Division of Aladdin Products Inc., 50 askell Rd., Westport, Maine