Hi Men. Do any of us have another hobby???

CarlLaskey · December 2023

In my spare time I like to build Canoes.
They come as a kit so here is what it looks like.

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MitchN · December 2023

Carl that looks like a great hobby. You get to work with wood and end up with a beautiful canoe when you are done. I assume you sell them or build them for someone?

I, unfortunately, play golf in the summer and after hours of hitting the ball and chasing it I end up with a scorecard. Right now I wonder why I do it?

Mitch

sdrees · December 2023

Beautiful Canoe Carl

mikemettelka · December 2023

I've always wanted to do a wood kayak kit. It was going to be one of two projects that I was going to do with my dad before he passed. My hobby is also my profession. I am a sheet metal shaper, or coachbuilder (depending on who you talk to). I make the body parts for rare, old, or custom vehicles. I've built vintage Porsches, Ferraris, Bentleys, Delahaye's, Aston Martin's, various Hot Rods, among many others and will be starting a Duesenburg Boattail (1 of 2 made) in about two weeks.

Karl.A · December 2023

Thats very cool Mike, I've always enjoyed watching metal working restorers, from the panel beating to the 'English wheel' and creating all those curves and forms from a flat piece of metal.
I think the hood on an E Type is 13 pieces welded together and shaped to perfection, it is a beautiful art to watch.

kebmo · December 2023

does playing guityar count as a hobby?
what a beautiful canoe. back in my younger days i did some canoing in quetico provincial park. i would never take a gorgeous canoe like this one up there though. aluminum only up there.

Jerry · December 2023

Carl beautiful woodworking.

Jerry

vietnamseabee · December 2023

WOW Carl, shouldn’t surprise me tho, I’ve seen pix of your woodworking ability in your home construction.

My other “hobby “ is writing (compiling) books….3 on vietnam, 1 on modeling techniques and 2 more regarding the Vietnam War….as you can see, I left Vietnam but Vietnam has never left me.

Terry

TomMich · December 2023

Beautiful canoe Carl! I dabble in gardening.

TravisS · December 2023

Fantastic, Carl! Real fine work shown here. My other hobby is cooking which I find very similar to model building-- the more you do it, the more comfortable you get with techniques and better at hiding your mistakes!

Robert.G · December 2023

Beautiful work on that canoe Carl ! And it seems you've got plenty of help of the big guys there..

EmeryJ · December 2023

I can appreciate all the work that goes into one of these. Nice looking canoe sir.

CarlLaskey · December 2023

I want to Thank everyone for the kind words it has been a good project for me.
his one is the Traveler at 17 foot ...........Here is their web sight.
www.newfound.com.

mikemettelka · December 2023

Karl, e types are one of the prettiest cars out there, but they are very intricate on how they are assembled. I got about half way through one before it got pulled from the customers lack of funds. I think I spent a full day disassembling all the brackets and individual pieces holding that hood together.

Metal working was something that I fell into by chance, discovered I loved it, and haven't looked back once. Every piece is different, challenging, and rewarding. It takes a while to get to the rewarding part though lol.

brownbr · December 2023

Beautiful canoe

Karl.A · December 2023

Mike, as far as I remember they were entirely hand built, piece by piece, one of my dream cars, I almost got one for free once from a customer who was restoring it.
He was adding A/C to it but got stalled, due to his age, and then he passed. I always regret that missed opportunity,
along with many others, haha.
They are beautiful cars.