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Varnish
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| Varnished inside oiled outside
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| Varnished inside oiled outside
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New Canvas from Rollin (old canvas in background)
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| Canvas draped on with slave labor
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| Almost looks posed!
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Chained up with clothes pin clamps
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| Come-along
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| Other end
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First go at stretching
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| A little tighter
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| A little tighter
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First staples
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| First half
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| View of staples
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Voila! Now just have to finish the ends (how do I do that?!?)
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| One stem complete
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Half a stem
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| Inspected by a yellow lab
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| Second stem complete
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Canvassing Complete!
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| Hey buddy, move over
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| &*%$#@ !!!
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Wax on - Wax off
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| Ta Da !!!!!
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| Hardest part was mixing the &^#$%& filler
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After 2 days on horses - feels very dry to the touch
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| Back in the rack for a 4 weeks cure....
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| Close-up of filler
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New keel - should I or shouldn't I ?
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| Yikes a little "smoother" because I am a rookie filler-er
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| View of "smoother"
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"smooth"
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| Trimming canvas - scary!
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| Start fitting rails
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fitting outwales
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| fitting outwales
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| fittimg outwales
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doing the ends
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| lots of clamps
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| a clamp farm
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Outwales done
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| view of outwales
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| Looks like a canoe now
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Stem band complete
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| Seats in
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| view of stem band
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view of stem band
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