Building a Skin-on-Frame Kayak

Copy of Skin-on-Frame Kayak Building Course

Course Description

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Brian Schulz

Hi, I'm Brian Schulz, owner and instructor for Cape Falcon Kayak. I've been teaching skin-on-frame kayak building for the last 14 years. I'm passionate about skin boat design and and helping people learn this amazingly easy and fun boat building system. My other passions include sustainable agriculture, natural building, and off-grid living. Enjoy the classes, and email me if you have any questions.

Course curriculum

1. Kayak building course introduction
2. How the course is organized
  FREE PREVIEW
3. Licensing
  FREE PREVIEW
4. Disclaimer
  FREE PREVIEW
5. NEW Steam bending kiln dried wood
6. CFK_BendingWoods
1. plan introduction
2. setting up the gunwales
3. kerfing the ends
4. NEW deck symmetry
5. lashing the ends together
6. prepping dowels
7. pegging the ends together
8. setting up the deck beams
9. an overview of mortise and tenon
10. mortise and tenon deck beams step 1
11. mortise and tenon deck beams step 2
12. mortise and tenon deck beams step 3
13. mortise and tenon deck beams step 4
14. mortise and tenon deck beams step 5
15. mortise and tenon deck beams step 6
16. assembling the deck
  FREE PREVIEW
17. pegging the deck beams
18. trimming and planing the ends
19. flattening the greenland gunwales
20. marking the F1, F2, and LPB stems
21. marking the greenland stems
22. NEW selecting and prepping rib stock
23. READ THIS BEFORE YOU BEND RIBS
24. NEW how I determine rib lengths
25. NEW measuring and cutting ribs
1. Bending ribs and tying on stringers on the same day
2. setting up for rib bending
3. loading the steam box
4. steam bending the ribs
5. NEW Steam bending ribs video I made for YouTube
6. setting the F1, F2, and LPB keel heights
7. setting greenland kayak keel heights
8. pegging the ribs
9. centering the keel
10. lashing the keel on
11. fitting the F1, F2, and LPB stems to the keel
12. fitting the Greenland stems to the keel
13. cutting out the stems
14. marking and drilling for the stem lashings
15. lashing the stems on
16. pegging the keel to the stems
17. setting the F1, F2, and LPB stringers
18. setting the greenland stringers
19. lashing the stringers to the ribs
  FREE PREVIEW
20. shaping and tying the stringer ends to the stems
21. gluing end blocks on the F1, F2, and LPB
1. flattening and marking for greenland end plates
2. kerfing and chiseling for greenland end plates
3. cutting and pegging the greenland end plates
4. laying out the masik
5. fitting the greenland kayak
  FREE PREVIEW
6. adding a foot brace to a greenland kayak
7. cutting out the heel rib on a Greenland kayak
8. fitting and pegging the masik
9. Fitting foredeck stringers to the West Greenland kayak
10. fitting foredeck stringers to the east greenland kayak
1. pegging the secondary stringer on the F1, F2, and LPB
2. cutting the pocket mortise for the deck ridge. F1, F2, and LPB
3. installing foot brace tracks
4. fitting the deck ridge and shaping the bow. F1, F2 and LPB
5. fitting and lashing the foredeck stringer to the F1, F2, and LPB
6. Adding the center deck ridge on the F2
1. adding aft deck stringers
2. drilling deck line holes
3. rounding and sanding the frame
4. oiling the frame
1. NEW tools and supplies you'll need for skinning
2. dealing with an undersized coaming
3. important note on the forward cockpit of an F2
4. NEW Upholstery thread vs. dental floss
5. NEW checking the frame for symmetry
6. NEW draping the cloth and pinning and cutting the stern
7. NEW sewing up the stern
8. sewing up the greenland bow and stern
9. NEW pinning and cutting the bow
10. NEW sewing up the bow
11. NEW stretching the skin and pinning the keel
12. NEW cutting the centerline
13. NEW lacing and tightening the skin
14. NEW trimming excess fabric
15. NEW sewing up the skin
16. NEW setting the coaming
17. setting the coaming (older video with useful views for Greenland kayaks toward the end)
18. NEW cutting the coaming circle
19. NEW stitching the coaming on
20. wetting, shrinking, and ironing the skin
21. dyeing the skin
1. NEW Supplies for coating the kayak
2. NEW Re-checking the keel symmetry
3. Sewing a dart
4. NEW Mixing the goop
5. NEW Coating the hull
6. NEW Balancing the kayak on screws
7. NEW Coating the deck
8. NEW Coating the coaming
9. NEW Finishing touches
1. cutting and rounding leather deck lines
  FREE PREVIEW
2. Making HDPE toggles and beads
3. making rub strips
4. marking and burning the deck line holes
5. threading the deck lines
6. making deck line "wire needles"
7. threading, tying, and gluing the grab loops
8. installing the rub strips
9. installing the foot braces
10. NEW installing the backband
11. pegging the east greenland deck line
12. cutting the seat pad
13. installing foam knee braces
14. NEW sealing the deck lines
15. NEW Adding perimeter lines

About this course

$1,000.00
117 lessons
12 hours of video content

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Copy of Skin-on-Frame Kayak Building Course

Course Description

Brian Schulz

Course curriculum

Course introduction

Day 1, Building the deck

Day 2, Ribs, stems, and stringers.

Day 3, Finishing the frame, Greenland kayaks.

Day 3 Finishing the frame F1, F2, LPB

Day 3, Finishing the frame, all.

Day 4, Skinning the kayak

Day 5, Coating the kayak

Day 6, Rigging the kayak

About this course