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

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    3. Licensing

      FREE PREVIEW
    4. Disclaimer

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

About this course

  • $1,000.00
  • 117 lessons
  • 12 hours of video content