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Tools: Questions of Building a SUP
By:SunfishB
Date: 9/3/2015, 2:07 am

Hello All- I'm excited to see there's a forum for this type of thing. I'm brand spanking new to boat building and I'm very excited to get started. As a first project I just started building a Stand Up Paddleboard and have high hopes for more boards and canoes to come. I've got a couple of tool questions for the more experienced among you:

1. Block planes... What size(s) and Make do you prefer?

2. Are the Gyokucho Ryoba saws really that awesome for trimming? or can you recommend other makes, models?

3. Epoxy recommendations?

4. I'm thinking of making the deck out of Basswood for it's strength/weight characteristics, and the rest of the hull out of cedar with some accent strips in walnut and purple heart wood. Any down side to basswood besides having to scarf some boards together to get them long enough?

Thanks all! I look forward to being a part of your community!

Brett in Oregon

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Tools: Questions of Building a SUP
SunfishB -- 9/3/2015, 2:07 am
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Paul Sylvester -- 9/3/2015, 5:48 am
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Bill Hamm -- 9/3/2015, 8:08 am
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SunfishB -- 9/3/2015, 11:56 am
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Paul Sylvester -- 10/4/2015, 6:30 am
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Marc Upchurch -- 9/3/2015, 8:12 am
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 9/3/2015, 8:24 am
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SunfishB -- 9/3/2015, 12:03 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 9/3/2015, 12:49 pm
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SunfishB -- 9/5/2015, 1:44 am
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Etienne Muller -- 9/5/2015, 3:22 am
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Bill Hamm -- 9/5/2015, 12:26 pm
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Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 9/3/2015, 9:33 am
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SunfishB -- 9/3/2015, 12:07 pm
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Mike Bielski -- 9/3/2015, 1:07 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 9/3/2015, 1:26 pm
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Paul G Sylvester -- 1/4/2018, 6:44 am
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M A Bielski -- 1/4/2018, 11:01 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 1/4/2018, 12:52 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 1/4/2018, 1:05 pm
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Paul G Sylvester -- 1/4/2018, 7:39 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 1/4/2018, 8:30 pm
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 1/5/2018, 11:04 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 1/5/2018, 12:33 pm
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 1/6/2018, 3:37 pm
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Dan Thaler -- 1/6/2018, 4:00 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 1/6/2018, 5:57 pm
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Dan Thaler -- 1/7/2018, 8:13 am
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Dan Thaler -- 1/5/2018, 6:11 pm
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Dan Thaler -- 1/5/2018, 7:26 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 1/5/2018, 9:39 pm
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Paul G Sylvester -- 1/6/2018, 5:13 am
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Dan Thaler -- 1/6/2018, 6:28 am
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Paul G Sylvester -- 2/11/2018, 4:34 pm
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Dan Thaler -- 2/11/2018, 9:12 pm
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Paul G Sylvester -- 2/13/2018, 3:22 am