Building a Cedar-Strip Canoe in 30 Days!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 มิ.ย. 2024
- I've been paddling the Adirondacks in cedar strip canoes with my aunt and uncle for as long as I can remember, so when my uncle offered to help me build my own canoe, I leapt at the opportunity. This was one of the most magical months of my life, getting to be up in Vermont learning from one of my favorite people. I hope you enjoy this video as much as I enjoyed making it.
For those wondering: it took 30 days to build the canoe, another month to get a good final varnish coat (quarantine started though, so we slowed down), then 3 months to edit the video. The final boat is 43 lbs and 14' long.
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🎵 MUSIC CREDITS 🎵
Tracks, In Order
1. Chicken Cluster, written by Peter Macfarlane (my uncle!), Recorded by Atlantic Crossing, Album- Glory of the Day
2. Tater Gap, Peter Macfarlane, Atlantic Crossing, Album- Overtones and Undercurrents
3. Smig's Jigs, Peter Macfarlane, Atlantic Crossing, Overtones and Undercurrents
4. Tendrils, Peter Macfarlane, recorded by Frost and Fire, Album- Midwinter Spring
5. Aviatrix, written by Viveka Fox in honor of my first airplane solo, recorded by Atlantic Crossing, Album- Glory of the Day
🎻 To book either band for weddings, concerts, or events, or to buy an album, please visit their respective websites:
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www.frostandfireband.com/
0:00 Introduction
1:12 Stripping Preparation
2:46 Stripping the Hull
5:30 Fairing the Hull
6:35 Fiberglassing
8:00 Interior Fairing and Fiberglassing
9:36 Advertisement
10:31 Gunwales
12:25 Decks
14:46 Thwart
15:53 Seats
17:22 Finishing
18:30 Maiden Voyage
I hope you enjoyed the video! Please give my uncle some love and order a canoe at www.ottercreeksmallcraft.com/ :)
(or you can follow him on Instagram @ottercreeksmallcraft)
AND if you're in the Vermont area, book one of his bands!
www.atlanticcrossingvt.com/
www.frostandfireband.com/
This was beautiful!! I hope you will keep doing this in the future, because it is a dying trade..👍
What a wonderful gift, quite jealous of the canoe and of course locations.
Not the sarcastic uncle, have one of those already. Do hope you have given enough back to score a few point's back lolz.
I'd love to but i can't afford a canoe like that. :) beautiful though! I live in Ohio on the river and we just use kayaks mostly.
Awesome build. Please find a good man and make lots of babies... the world.. and our country.. needs more people like you and the knowledge you're accumulating needs to be passed on! And it's pretty obvious that if you're not full of yourself (don't appear to be) then you can get nearly any man. Attractive, smart, capable, and most importantly... a DOER! Please take this to heart, make a huge family and pass on what you know and what you will keep learning in the future!
AWESOME!! Super to have such a talented uncle. Your canoes are just beautiful. Love handmade canoes. Great video!
Goals.
I thought I'd find you here, lol
Damn!!!! Amazing that you found this chanel
I know you’ll build your cedar strip canoe one day, Destin!
Yesterday I saw this saying 1 day ago, why is it still 1 day ago today
I see TH-cam recommendations got both of us 😅
its good that veritasium asked you to construct the "imposible machine", now i have a whole channel with a lot of videos that i can watch
Same here...
Same!!
when she asked me to subscribe on the colab video I thought "no - it does not work that way" and I started watching her back log, which then made me subscribe.
She is incredibly versatile, talented and patient - but "only" her ability to solve problems was really showcased in the colab. Very thankful for veritatsium for the colab.
Same here, cute host too.
Yup, same here.
Honestly, as impressive as the canoe is, I'm even more impressed (inspired?) by how much your aunt and uncle have clearly invested into your life. What an amazing couple, and this video, I think, is a fantastic tribute to them.
Yes. I agree. Amazing people!
I love the music by auntie and uncle, and what a craftsman the uncle is. What a love of labor and craft. 30 days, two people, quite a few tools, and a masterpiece.
twinge of jealousy about her childhood lol
What I learned today: Xyla has the world’s coolest aunt and uncle
Right!
We must keep our USA currency solvent ...IMPEACH vp Biden and vp Harris
Iroquois tribe want royalties for their patent!
She also has too many Uncles and aunts! Hope she is not in some type of cult community!!
I've always wanted to build a canoe. So cool to see that I can build one in 20 minutes.
19 if you can figure out how to not launch into a 1 minute ad break while building!
@@xylafoxlin Product placement!
check out flomo's flywood canoes. you can make one in a few days.
haha..the last boat I made took all of 6 years..with no ad breaks!..just beers
My man Jackman!
What a woman. What an uncle. What a team. What a beautiful canoe.
What a comment
@@MoodiFLEX What?
What a simp lol
@@TLDNews What a what ;)
what a choice of bgm
I Love when a "bigger" TH-camrs help out "smaller" TH-camr
Veritasium introduced me to her and now I'm hooked 😄😄
This is such a beautiful boat you made. When Unc said “NO NOT YET!” it made me realize what precious memories you made with your uncle in the process.
She wrote you a song... When you first flew an aeroplane solo... What a life you've already lived and at such a young age! So wonderful to see someone grasp life so enthusiastically with both hands. 👑
It's much easier to embrace a blessed life. More parents need to focus on giving their children the experience to be blessed, than imprint how cursed they are.
Amy, please, cut a fringe into your hair. I'd say bangs but you know it's an aeroplane not an 'airplane' thus you're clearly from a literate country and know what a fringe is. But that sixhead is not a good look, a fringe will turn you from a 3/10 to a 7/10.
@@bashkillszombies HAHA
@@bashkillszombies why should she care what you think....
Anybody that has not flown a small airplane and has the means to do it, should do it. As for my own recreational experiences, it’s right up there with surfing and flyfishing as a great thrill. I recommend the Cessna 150/152. That Little plane float like a butterfly. Probably nowadays there are even lighter weight versions that are more fun. The smaller the plane, the more fun!
That was great!
Can we see a hacksmith canoe, maybe it has jet engines XD
@@declansb641 it would probably transform into a submarine. Like the one little jet boat from James bond
@@n1elkyfan Yes, and it could have targeting torpedoes
I appreciate anyone who can paddle a good J stroke but when she can also fabricate her own wood canoe from scratch it's humbling. Props! (not just the aviation kind)
Who says that Gen-Z and Millenials aren't interested in actually building things. This is first class craftsmanship! The chevron decoration could be interpret as "canoe goes this way".
Right? Also, StuffMadeHere, Alec Steele, Simone Giertz!
Yeah, it's really not the case. There's a severe lack of masters out there willing to take on an apprentice for a wide variety of trades/crafts.
Every year for the past 18yrs....Uncle, what do you want to Christmas? Answer: Clamps.
@@riaandebeer6718 The correct expression is "You can never have too many clamps".
@@riaandebeer6718 .. truth
@@bruceharvey8810, you understood the intended meaning of their statement well enough to "correct" them. This would seem to indicate no correction was necessary.
Uncle, why does Santa need to visit when you know damn well how to craft your own 3/4" steel pipe mutherclampers?
My dad was the same way.
I'm so happy to add you to the list of role models for my 5 year old daughter. I can't wait until you have 100k subscribers, so I'm leaving this comment as an offering to the algorithm.
Awhhh 🥰 is someone cutting onions??? 💜
@@xylafoxlin If you don't feed the algorithm the algorithm feeds on you,
becoming the ALGORI-THEM. And THEM is Hungry!!
I know...it seemed funnier in my head.
@@blackbart99 Hey, I chuckled a hearty chuckle.
Saw the Collab with Veritasium and thought the same thing. My daughter is also 5 as well 😁
I finally understand where Xyla gets her love of Total Boat epoxies, she literally builds boats!!
perfectly played "no not yet!" 10/10 uncling.
This video is everything good in the world: family, craftsmanship, being outdoors, exercise. I love this video.
Canoe building, corset wearing, engineer and pilot with quality music. Well yes, I do think I will subscribe. You earned that.
And to add insult to injury, she had to be gorgeous.
I am telling you man, life ain't fair 😂.
@@GGGG_3333 Not to mention her goofy sense of humor. :) Sounds like the perfect woman.
So I found this channel by way of this old Tony and his secret Santa video, and I picked the canoe build because it's one he mentioned. I can't tell you how glad I am. This is amazing! Everything, from your enthusiasm, to the craftsmanship and knowledge from your uncle, to the beautiful materials, and last but surely not least, the original music by your aunt and uncle and friends. 0 what a fantastic video! You've earned my respect, admiration, and subscription, just like that. Thank you!
Same here, TOT sent me. I'm absolutely impressed, the positive energy that radiates from this channel is unbelievable. Take care.
that secret santa builder tradition got me to discover lot of new builder channel!! I was only following the Hacksmith then found out about this old tony, look mom no computer, collin furze, xyla foxlin !
I grew up on the rivers of Alaska. My best friend, Mike Caldwell, taught the canoeing merit badge class at Lost Lake Boy Scout Camp in the interior. We were part of the Midnight Sun Council. Watching you build this canoe brought back memories of canoeing with Mike. My wife and I did an eight day canoe trip down Birch Creek from 90 miles up the Steese Highway. The trip was on our first anniversary. We put in up near Eagle Summit and had to portage about a mile to get to the river. From there down to the bridge at 160 mile took 8 days. We had two canoe's, Mike and our friend Steve Olsen were in one canoe and Edy and I were in the other. I'll never forget it, though it was 45 years ago. Mike is gone now, and I miss him. You are blessed to have a family that values you and gives you good outdoor skills and experiences. I noticed your skill in handling the paddle quietly and using a J stroke to correct the direction of the canoe. May you live a long life and pass these values onto your children and grandchildren.
Thanks for sharing these memories Randall!
I envy you for having such a cool uncle who taught you how to build a canoe. God bless that man.
You are truly blessed to have such a wonderful family. It is a gorgeous canoe and you will always have the satisfaction of knowing you helped make it with your own two hands.
wow, just wow. Xyla,, just a fan, Mechanical Engineer. it must be something in us.. I too must make, work, improve, modify everything.. lol..... your canoe and your uncles work, just beautiful. thank you again.. Eric
The climax: your uncle handing you the canoe from the upper floor of the barn and you catching it and handling with ease and elegance. And - a real nice-looking piece of woodwork. Congrats!
Absolutely beautifully made. Now that’s the uncle everybody wish they have in the family. Kudos to the both of you.
That's the child everybody wishes they had. Work ethics, respect for craftsmanship, eagerness to learn and be hands on, and actually wants to hang out with her family.
You are blessed with a lovely family! One that is so generous with their time and talents. Thank your Aunt and Uncle for all who watched and enjoyed the gift you have been given. You are a lucky one, to have such a wonderful family.
This is, hands down, the best, most enjoyable video I have ever watched on TH-cam! So many elements coming together to form a masterpiece, both in terms of the canoe and video! Working in a cozy New England workshop with snow blanketing the landscape, the skills of your uncle and the interaction between you two, the wonderful music, and your enthusiasm for adding to your skill set resume all combine to form perfection! Your narration is so clear and uplifting , and that’s a rare trait on most YT videos! Kudos to you and your uncle! You’ve achieved perfection in multiple ways!
That seriously is some great craftsmanship that went into that beautiful canoe. Well done the both of ya. Having craftsmen like your uncle in life is a blessing for sure.
It is totally fascinating for me to see how someone with such dedication, craftsmanship and precision builds such a beautiful canoe. You can be very proud of your work. Thank you for taking us with you and best regards from Germany 🙏🤗
Did anyone mention the cool videography? The whole video, build, and music were a joy to behold. Thank you!
One thing I really like about this video, and your videos in general, is the pacing. I think it's spot on. the perfect amount of info at the perfect rate. That's not something easily taught. Seems you either know it or you don't. You do!
That was just an absolute joy to watch and marvel at. Your uncle is an exceptional craftsman... and your enthusiasm and willingness to get involved in the build had me hooked from the thumbnail! I would have loved to have had that opportunity back in Scotland as a teenager! Beautiful, just beautiful!
How awesome, you have an amazing family and what a story you have to tell your own one day. When I was 7, I got to build a small sailing dinghy with my dad and to sail it almost every week with him till my late teens. I'm 60 now and they are still some of my fondest memories.
Beautiful! I lived in NewEngland for a good chunk of my childhood. My brother built his own canoe like this, and I stayed at his place when I was 14 or so and I built my own row boat at the Eli Whitney museum. Good times.
One of the more delightful, random suggestions in my feed. Really incredible build, beautiful finished product. Watching the fiberglassing the hull was a really satisfying process.
First time viewer, immediate subscriber, I'm looking forward to seeing more of your videos!
You're very fortunate to have grown up around such a talented creative person like your uncle!
I spent 20 years in Algonkin Park with my father he passed 14 years ago the time you spend with your family in a canoe is nothing short of a miracle thank you for sharing this
I’m so happy I watch this not because of the wonderful family experience my heart strings being tugged on just the fact that you know how to paddle I’ve watched so many of these builds
Sorry it took me a minute I’ve watched 32 of them you’re the first one I’ve seen that knows how to paddle
Beautiful boat, but this video is about so much more than a canoe. That was the pinnacle of your Uncle's canoe building career, having a whole month to create a functional work of art with someone he cares so dearly about, shoulder to shoulder. As he continues to build these canoes it will now be a much more lonely affair for him. Yet, he can draw in the memories of having such a wonderful month teaching and working with you to keep him energized. Be sure to call him and your Aunt from time to time, just to say "Hello". That will keep them full of life for many years to come.
Total respect to your uncle! I'm a handyman and I know what goes into a lot of different craft. Thank you for this!
Beautiful job. What a great time that must have been making your own canoe with your aunt and uncle. Memories forever, great job you guys.
I hope I can convey how satisfying that was to watch. When I was 11 Y.O. I was the "bowman" in a cedar strip canoe for a two week adventure in Washington's Puget Sound. It's a memory that will always be with me and returned watching this build.
Fantastic video editing! Well done! All of the audio levels (background and voices and voiceovers) were very well equalized! The background music was present enough to add, without distracting or minimizing your voice. Very fine line, and you nailed it!
What a great video. And what a great uncle. The world needs more uncles like you. God bless
This is freaking awesome! And looks like the whole family share the same joy building stuff! Thanks for sharing this with us
Having a 20 year career owning a business that manufactured composite aircraft propellers and then making guitars after that...this video is most satisfying.
I know your patience and your upper arm strength.
You have a good uncle. Treasure family.
You are blessed, stuff like this is what makes life worth it.
Paddling a canoe is one of life’s best experiences! My wife and both of my children were with me as we paddled along side of a cow moose that was swimming across the Upper Green River lakes in Wyoming. We were so close that we could have touched her! There is no other way that could have happened in anything but a canoe. Great video. New subscriber, followed the lead from this Old Tony.
It is awesome that your uncle takes the time to teach you how to work with wood. He should get the uncle of the century award.
Kudos on the excellent craftsmanship on display here! As I once was a professional woodworker/cabinet maker, I can certainly relate to taking a pile of raw materials and creating a functional work of art, just as you and your uncle have done so well on this beautiful canoe. If more people had to learn how to fabricate what we want in our lives, the world would be a different (better) place. So satisfying to reply to someone when asked with a response of "yes I made that". Keep up the great work and never stop exploring your creativity and art. Peace
Amazing build, and you really committed to the "8 miles that way" bit
A better Uncle than anyone might hope for... what an awesome love he has for you. Very unique. Nice job on the canoe...
I remember playing guitars and singing with my Uncle Steve. So cool to see you bonding (figuratively and literally bonding wood) with your Uncle!
You probably won't ever see this post. But I used to work for Jamestown Distributors JUST as we started looking into and launching the Total Boat Line of products. I'm really really glad to see it getting good reviews. Thanks for the awesome content and for bringing up some old memories for me.
Incredible work. So much detail and forethought went into this gorgeous canoe. Your uncle is amazingly talented, and so are you! Also, I miss Vermont. What an amazing state! Fantastic work Xyla!
that looks like so much fun. growing up I remember doing a lot of projects with my uncles. those days were great.
Fantastic! Thanks for making this - so therapeutic to see the craftsmanship for all of us who work inside offices all day.
Not sure you can have a better uncle than your uncle. This was great, and I'm glad to have found your channel!
that is what I took away from this too! what a great family tradition!
I had no idea how involved a build like this would be. Very impressive.
I've seen this done as a kid before. It's so time consuming. Great job. This canoe. Will last life times. Many life times. With proper care. Love it.
A thing of beauty and the canoe is sweet also. How wonderful to build it with your own hands and your Uncle. I many many memories with it for years to come.
This is extraordinary!! I never know we could build a canoe like that! Amazing!👍🏼
OMG are you kidding me your whole family is freaking talented, god the pressure of growing up in your family lol
I love you show by the way
Yes and thats a really pretty canoe .
I LOVE THIS!!!!! The fact that this was inspired by and supported by family makes my heart sing. BTW..... great work!!! I did a similar thing by building a 17 foot Greenland style kayak in my Minnesota basement.
what a beautiful canoe, you have amazing relationship with your uncle, what great experience building it.
My dad and I made a canoe similar to yours when I was about 13. Ours was 16 feet and weighed about 67 pounds. The ribs were white ash and the planking was red cedar. We covered the outside with canvas and put about 12 coats of lacquer to shrink and make the canoe waterproof. I think the gunwales were white ash.
Thanks for a trip down memory lane.
Bob
PS this was about 60 years ago.
Best birthday present ever? This is such a fabulous canoe and experience and I'm also pretty sure your uncle is the Ultimate Clamp Champ! Fantastic!
ULTIMATE CLAMP CHAMP! I gotta tell him that he's really proud of his clamp collection
As a longtime carpenter, not only want to say "damn, what a beautiful piece of work!" but also, what a brilliant saw help (the diagonally sawed strip) to keep everything smug and straight. Brilliant and it makes me want to do this myself...
Only 43lbs!!!! Amazing. Thanks to you and your uncle! Great job y’all!
This is art, I amaze by the detail and the wood crafting skills involve in this build.... super awesome :D
This is probably the single most satisfying video I've seen... Well paced and informative. Congratulations on a beautiful work of art - and best of all, done with family!
I enjoyed watching this young lady's enthusiasm as much as I enjoyed the construction of the canoe. She is a treasure.
What a stunning build. Evokes memories of watching Ray Mears building a birchbark canoe. Plus I loved the music throughout - what a fabulously creative family.
I just realized, in every shot of your uncle he had a smile on his face.
Because he’s lived a happy life. And probably a lot of that has to do with his craftsmanship and the joy he gets from that and rural living, not to mention a wonderful family. And to think that the world of most people will never get to experience rural living! I am as lucky as uncle, my situation looks just like his, and I am so thankful.
Building my first canoe now. This video was one of my main resources, very helpful. One thing I will say to anyone else planning a build if you're using multiple sources of information make sure the techniques are compatible. With the product I wanted I would have saved myself a lot of grief had I been consistent with the methods in this video. Also if you play it at half speed Xyla sounds drunk, but the music always sounds good, might have to buy a cd.
LOL on the half speed thing! I had to try that myself! 🤣
Xyla, I have watch many build videos building all kind of things. But this is hands down the best build video I have ever seen. I've never seen a canoe made from strips before. So cool that I want one. And your video and voice over are perfectly done. I can't wait to see more of your videos.
I've been told I put the fun in funcle but this man set the bar where it truly needs to be.
I can't wait until my nieces and nephews ate older
no clue why youtube put this in recommended but i could not stop watching :P
Two of my friends and I made one of my senior year of high school. To this day, it is one of the coolest projects I have done. Good nostalgia watching you go through this process. Great job, the canoe looks amazing!!!
I love the recurve on the ends. That is a really beautiful design.
Great canoe, but your relationship with your uncle is much better. It was not only gift of canoe, but also time spent together.
Was just planning on enjoying this video that popped up in my feed, but when she mentioned flying an airplane solo for the first time I thought this is a very interesting person and clicked subscribe.
she is an interesting person, for sure
I love when TH-cam recommends fascinating people to me! I don't know how you're not famous yet.
So beautiful. All of it. The build, the lake, and mostly, the lady. great video.
So beautiful! And I mean, the canoe, the lake, the story, the process, the music, your Uncle, and especially You!
Such an excellent "J-Stroke". Awesome video!
I was gonna watch for a few seconds, ended up watching the whole 20 min..great craft!
im so glad ive stumbled across your channel. you are a very lucky girl, your aunty and uncle are special people.
Very rare special person you are.
I saw this vid a while back ( a couple of years I think). Today, somehow your vid making your own camper popped up into my vid to watch. Perhaps because I watched Ame-in-a-van vid - she also made her van. So I watched it, to the very end. Got interested then watched another one: moving to your new workshop. Then saw your vid regarding pageantry 😮! Then, you made a one of a kind base guitar, got your own plane ✈️.
Back to this canoe- which you made which made me come back to after seeing it years back. I appreciate ❤ people who are creative.
I can think it but my hands can’t build it.
Well damn. I read books on canoe building and could never really grasp what goes into building one. This video explained the process a lot clearer and it wasn't even the technical version of the video. I'm still not ready to build one myself but watching this helped a lot.
After doing this once. And then twice more - I can tell you one thing.
You CAN build it. But not alone. Extra pair of hands is very important and when epoxying even third pair to mix the stuff will be welcome.
@@w.loczykij5354 Yeah that sounds very reasonable. A lot of the things needing to get done seems difficult to pull off alone.
The build was amazing but the video and editing is off the charts ! That must have taken forever . Well done
The boat was amazing but her legs are off the charts!
@@rocifier Everything about her is off the charts! Instant love...
Xyla Foxlin is truly talented in many ways. i love to watch her vids, i really enjoyed a lot. i love her already❤️❤️❤️
Amazing what a great relationship you have with your uncle and aunt, and how good you are with wood, thanks from Denmark.
So cool to watch the building process! Also LOVED the editing on this video
THANK YOU!!! Lol that moment when it takes 30 days to build the canoe, then 3 months to edit...
Awesome! I know you say “simple” mortis and tenon, they have never been simple for me. True craftsmanship right there.
I've always been envious of the canoe my uncle built in his garage. It took him awhile, I was young, but whenever we would go to visit, I had to check on that canoes progress. That was 35+ years ago, and he still has that beautiful piece of craftsmanship
As an engineer, I can appreciate the Complexity that it took to make this Canoe !! You're lucky to have an Uncle like the one you have. Happy Rowing.....
Who else thought it was cute how she kept saying "and then we just..." Uhhh you just did some damn complex woodworking is what you did. Great video, amazing job!
Another curious video stuck on my homepage 2021, I bet it's on yours as well
Weird how I'm now subscribed to both of you
@Xyla Foxlin this is really impressive. What a beautiful canoe you have made with your uncle. I am new to your channel but now subscribed. Your vids are light and easy to watch and your lovely, down to earth personality makes it an absolute pleasure. Wonderful layout and editing- pro level. Amazing work. Best wishes.
What a beautiful thing it is to have fun building a thing you love with great friends! I'm working on all that; I tend to pick projects which are a bit too hard, and I could use a few more friends, too.