Planing (by machine) rough or undressed boards on both sides will usually reduce the thickness of an inch board to about seven eighths of an inch.
Bear this in mind: If you take an inch board to the mill to be planed down to three eighths of an inch, for instance, have it planed equally, as nearly as may be, from both sides.
Now take a square piece of half-inch board, five inches across, cut a circular hole two inches in diameter in the middle, and fit into this hole a pasteboard tube four inches long, which is painted black on the inside.
Cut out of a seven-eighths of an inch board a hull like that seen in the illustration, and make the hole for the pivot at the middle point between bow and stern; bore another hole just aft of this for the axle of the paddle-wheels.
Now cut two supports or braces out of 7/8-inch board, which will just fit into the body of the boat, across it from side to side.
The second piece is made of a half-inch board, and is nineteen inches long, by five and one-half inches wide opposite the slits for the wheels.
Out of a 1-inch board we cut a base 15 inches long and 4 inches wide.
The canoe was now complete except for the rudder, which was cut from a 1/2-inch board to about the shape shown in Fig.
At this point measure the exact distance between the gunwales, and lay it off upon a four-inch board (see Fig.
Bevel the edges of the eighteen-inch board, and then nail it to the arms, driving the nails through this piece into the arms.
Then cut a ten-inch board, six feet long, for an apron, and, after cutting the ends as shown in Fig.
Take a quarter-inch board, 4 inches wide, and cut from it two pieces 3-3/4 feet long.
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