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Count me in. Thanks for coordinating!

Four more had their first float last night, as always I'm excited to make the next batch even better. Been a good first two weeks of the season and am loving hunting over my own rig. Have another out of dimensional lumber getting closer as well as a few bigger workbench projects on the go.

Thank you all for the input. I'd love new tools - but would rather save the funds for other projects. I have an angle grinder, standard 4.5" I believe, and a hand sander/sheet sander. I will try and knock down the high spots with those. I had seen a post elsewhere online recently, by a...

Hi Dave, I'm working on Canada goose decoys, laminating for thickness. They will be sealed, painted and hopefully shot over. Meant to attach this photo initially.

I recently purchased some kiln dried lumber from a local live edge table maker. Laying out the top view patterns the boards seemed flat/planed - but now with the boards stack for lamination there are some gaps I'm worried will be too large. My general plan was 1. temporarily screw together to...

Does anyone have a cormorant pattern they would be willing to share?

I wrapped up the other 3 swing weight mallards and have started on a couple more heads. Will be going back to a wooden keel on the next set, I didn't get the weight savings I was hoping for and want to see how the swing weights hold up through a season of hunting before committing to more. And...

There?s one for sale on kijiji now too out that way.

Welcome Sean, exciting to have another Southern Ontarian. I used tremclad flat gray paint on the arms/frames of v board sets and they blend in nicely.

Great start all. After a few attempts I ended up with a starting point for swing weights, it is a good thing I have a lot of scrap wood to play with. I'm going to try and make it a bit smaller, currently weighing 2.5oz there is already a big improvement over the first mold that came out to over...

Roy and Steve, Yes my vision has me shooting over the stern with the dog behind me. I build my permanent duck blinds so the dog can mark the fall and want that to be the norm for hunting out of a boat as well. Secondarily I would like the option of flapper boards but we'll see how that...

Eric, no I can't tig (or any kind) of weld but know a few people with those skills. Thanks for the link I will take a look. There seems to be a strong online community at tinboats.net with good resources, and a few popular youtube channels I have been trying to review.

Thank you all for the input, I cleaned out some more space in the garage and will be picking up some cardboard tomorrow. The biggest piece for me will be getting a layout/design that makes sense and then making sure I do it all in the correct order. More research to follow on what kind of...

I have a 12 foot aluminium car topper that I am considering modifying into a sneakbox and am hoping for some advice/direction. I've wanted to build a boat for some time and have purchased Devlin plans and the Zack Taylor book but don't think I have time for a full build. Reading back through...

I'm in for an order, not sure about the currently rules on shipping to Canada though.

We're still sitting at four cases here in Niagara Region - Ontario, and people are thankfully taking it seriously. The border, casinos, schools, restaurants, bars, etc. are closed. My fiance works at a local college and has been working from home since Monday, originally scheduled for 2 weeks...

Lots of great work this month, good work all. Was planning on attending the ODCCA show but instead spent a lot of the weekend working in the shop. My fiance got me a boat shelf I've been eyeing for quite some time. A member of my duck club, who also carves his own blocks, makes them. These...

I will be attending for the first time, driving down Saturday morning and staying the night. What should I expect? Is there a list of vendors put out ahead of time? I would love to pick up some glass eyes, maybe some boat paint, and ideally some wood. Really looking forward to it!

Here's some photos from my side of the lake: https://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/news-story/9871223-photos-wainfleet-homes-shoreline-encased-in-ice/ We're already higher than last year and lost a fair amount of shoreline protection in storms in the Fall - should be an interesting year.

With a few days off for Christmas I started working on two mallard hens that I reduced the pattern scale down to about 40%. I really enjoyed doing the mini decoys for the swap this year, the smaller scale allowed me to complete the projects faster and see the changes/improvements on each bird...