Clear Stream Fine Woodworking (CSFW)

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Now taking orders on custom canoes and kayaks for delivery through 2010 and beyond.

About CSFW: We are a small, part-time studio dedicated to one of a kind wood strip kayaks, canoes and small boats, fine cabinetry, furniture and antique reproductions.

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Pictures of “Elsie” CT-18 sea kayak now in the portfolio

March 8th, 2010 | Add a Comment

It’s been really tough lately finding the time to update the website. I should have been done weeks ago. Anyway, this is just a quick note to say that “Elsie”, the semi-historical rendering of the LC-148 specimen at the Danish National Museum collected from East Greenland, now has her own page in the portfolio. There’s some project information, construction pictures and computer renderings. Looking back on it, I really wish I had the time last … Read entire article »

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Update – Canoe and Kayak Abrasion Test

I know… I’ve been promising to write an update on the Canoe and Kayak Coating Abrasion Test that I ran back in the Winter/Spring of 2008. In the past month or so there has been a lot of discussion about it on Björn Thomasson’s website. Here it is… finally. This update mostly concerns the “white graphite.” Actually there’s not much more than what I wrote in a comment… At this point we can not recommend using the white graphite (at least our version). We used the “Azure” Njord as a long term testbed for the white graphite. After a year of use in both salt and fresh water we came to the conclusion … Read entire article »

How NOT to bring lumber home…

In a recent eLetter from the magazine Fine Woodworking, Tom McKenna, the senior editor, shares a rather interesting (shocking?) YouTube clip. Have you ever seen the likes of this? Watch how one driver in Russia brought home a carload of lumber, and then thank your lucky stars you didn’t meet him on a highway near you. … Read entire article »

Please excuse the mess…

Just to warn you, I’m in the process of switching the website over to one entirely powered by my WordPress blog. All my static html pages will be transferred over, even the homepage. I’ll remove those pages last and auto-link their addresses to their new ones. It should make the entire site more uniform. Being web-based I’ll be doing the changes live. You’ll get to see all the gory mistakes as I make them. Things could get ugly. I’ll try and make it as unobtrusive as possible. =D … Read entire article »

Quick Update…

First I’d like to wish all my customers and purveyors of my site a happy and prosperous 2010. Sorry if I didn’t post many updates in 2009. I ended getting a bit burned out and needed a break. I WILL resume commissions for boats this winter. I’m going to run the shop a bit differently, mostly keeping my deadlines more … Read entire article »