Post #383171 by Lake Surfer on Wed, May 28, 2008 9:10 PM

Well, we finally got some surf Tuesday. We suffered on land with a 49 degree air temp with winds off the cold lake, but at least those winds kicked up some swell.
I headed to a spot a little south of me that's sheltered a bit from the wind. There is a limestone shoal a mile offshore that filters out some of the windchop and lets the swell in, plus the spot is shadowed a little by a point to the north of it. A fellow surfer snapped this shot of me on a left...

Wednesday I set out to the inlaws to work on my first ever dugout canoe. Its going to be a cooler for drinks at their luau/pool party at the end of June.
I was severely undertooled. I really could have used an adze to get the job done quick, but considering I'm not making anything off of this I didn't want to plop down the minimum $150 for one. I checked the flea market on the weekend, but no luck. So I toughed it out with a chainsaw and a gouge. I made some progress. I may pick me up a bigger gouge this week and take another crack at it over the weekend. I don't know for sure the wood species, seemed like basswood. My brother in law hauled it out of his woods. All I know is that the carpenter ants inside were not the least bit happy when I started sawing away at it. Not the best log, but again, it didn't cost me anything.

Here's some pics of my attempt...

Lots of log... I'm only using a portion of it for the canoe

Put some wheels on it and you've got the Flintstone's car :wink:

A start

Back to Hukilau awards Thursday...