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Woodstrip construction

Postby Joe » Mon Apr 04, 2005 7:28 am

My Dad and I just finished this woodstrip teardrop late last summer. We spent about two years (weekends mostly) working on this.

Woodstrips, with fiberglass cloth and clear epoxy.

We had built a cedar strip canoe, and thought why not try it on a larger scale. I had liked the idea of the teardrop trailer for efficient camping, and it's cool looking design.
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Postby toypusher » Mon Apr 04, 2005 7:33 am

Post some pictures, please!
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Re: Woodstrip construction

Postby mikeschn » Mon Apr 04, 2005 7:56 am

Joe wrote:My Dad and I just finished this woodstrip teardrop late last summer. We spent about two years (weekends mostly) working on this.

Woodstrips, with fiberglass cloth and clear epoxy.

We had built a cedar strip canoe, and thought why not try it on a larger scale. I had liked the idea of the teardrop trailer for efficient camping, and it's cool looking design.


Hey Joe,

Welcome to the forum... that's a cool looking teardrop... yep, you gotta share more photos with us... it's easy though.
Click on Album->Your Personal Gallery->Upload Pic

Looking forward to seeing those pics!!!

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Postby angib » Mon Apr 04, 2005 12:06 pm

From your avatar, your trailer looks stunning. And next year's project (matching fenders) is going to look lovely too.....

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Postby Q » Mon Apr 04, 2005 12:09 pm

I love it! That's really a great looking trailer and a good idea.

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Woodstrip teardrop pictures

Postby Joe » Mon Apr 04, 2005 1:44 pm

Posted some pictures in the album.

Believe me, I have thought about the fenders!
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Postby Nitetimes » Mon Apr 04, 2005 2:21 pm

That looks pretty cool but the pics in your album only come up as big as your avatar pic. I would really like to get a better look at that. Think you could load some pics a bit larger? Please?
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Postby Guest » Mon Apr 04, 2005 2:22 pm

Joe,
That's pretty wild the way you guys used your tailer frame as a strongback and used those forms.
They look like stapleless forms to boot!!!
Everyone is going to want to see larger photos. (The guys at BMB too)
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Postby purplepickup » Mon Apr 04, 2005 3:37 pm

That is really cool Joe. I'm looking forward to hearing more about it.
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Postby mikeschn » Mon Apr 04, 2005 4:06 pm

Dean in Eureka, CA wrote:Joe,
Everyone is going to want to see larger photos. (The guys at BMB too)


I second that!!!

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Postby beverlyt » Mon Apr 04, 2005 5:33 pm

Very cool!
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Postby surveytech » Wed Oct 10, 2007 2:19 pm

Man this is cool looking!
Wish we had some larger pics, would love to see more.
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Postby halfdome, Danny » Wed Oct 10, 2007 2:56 pm

I'm impressed :applause: :thumbsup: , larger photos please, :) Danny
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Postby tk » Wed Oct 10, 2007 5:05 pm

How does it paddle? Looks like it could have a little smoother entry. :lol:

Top-notch work by me.

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Postby Joe » Mon Oct 15, 2007 9:12 am

OK. I finally got a couple larger photos posted. Sorry it has been so long. A lot has happened in the last year or so.

I will post more ASAP.

Just spent the weekend pulling the teardrop around the top half of Michigan LP on a color tour. Will post those photos soon.
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