Instructional Video for Plywood boat and Canoe Building.

Watch Chris Huebert of the creative steampunk website LostWax build a plywood canoe in this wonderful instructional video – one of the best I have seen.

Chris Huebert of LostWaxOz makes an instructional video to show how to make a canoe from plywood.

Instructional Video Master

Chris makes a good part of his living from designing steampunk and sculpture from widely available materials, but with unbelievable results.

His Lost Wax website and youtube account has hundreds of detailed videos.

Chris contacted us saying that if he built the canoe and did a video, would I give him a plan.

After looking at his work – YES! He used one of our Quick Canoes – and has written about several family trips since as well

OOps .. the wrong plywood.

He overcame a problem with plywood quality. But recovered by starting again with new plywood. Then he chose a colour exactly the same as his family canoe when he was a kid.


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Chris designs, provides patterns and creates videos on how to make amazing things. Here is a prototype shoulder protector.

We are privileged that Chris’s video shows how to build a canoe using one of our simple and cheap Quick Canoes AND made a brilliant instructional video.

2 thoughts on “Instructional Video for Plywood boat and Canoe Building.”

  1. Hi Michael
    I am looking at building a quick canoe here in South Australia, and wonder if a modification of the electric version, with a narrower transom would work to give a better paddling canoe, but with the option of a transom mounted trolling motor later since I am not getting any younger! Any suggestions before I start?
    The video making the red quick canoe is excellent.

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    • Hi Tim,

      The quick canoe electric was drawn up to maximise the volume and stability of the boat to the limits of the plywood sheet size. It will never be a really good paddler – not so ergonomic for paddling and will catch the wind too much for most human powered canoes. Carrying paddles on the Quick CAnoe Electric is important but it will not be the main means of propulsion.

      I think you are looking at two different canoes. One for now and one for much later when the auxiliary power starts making sense.

      It would be possible to put a small transom on the paddling canoe (minimum width at the waterline and just wide enough to mount a trolling motor at the top), but I think there would be drawbacks for the stability.

      Best Regards
      Michael

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