Building a Lake Skiff

Preparation

Building the Hull

Finishing the Hull

Building the Interior

Final Touches

Building a Pirogue

The instructions provided on this website are not always detailed enough and are "my way" of doing things. Ask 10 different boat builders or woodworkers how to do 1 thing and you'll get 10 different answers. The finishing links will take you to the Lake Skiff finishing pages, the procedures and techniques are basically the same for both of these wood hulled boats.

Preparation

Building the Hull

Finishing the Hull

Handcrafted Projects

All the wood used in these projects was provided by sustainable growers and milled at JK Wood Studio.

Craftsman Table

Geometric Sun 1

Geometric Sun 2

Streak

Mail²

Sparrow

!Website Retirement!

I make no income from this site, in fact it costs me a little to run it! I originally created this website when I built my first wooden boat, the website code is now 13 years old, and will require a complete rewrite to continue funtioning properly. With only 25 average daily page views, I feel that the website would not really be missed. If you wish to see this website continue please send an email to me at jim.kubik@jkwoodstudio.com.

About

Welcome to jkwoodstudio.com! I have been an Information Technology professional for over 20 years. I currently live and work in La Mesa, CA. I do IT work out of my home office, mostly consulting which consists of; systems administration, network design, and websites.

I began working with wood as a hobby when I was in high school. I am very detail oriented and a perfectionist by nature and it is reflected in my woodworking. Each component of each boat was handcrafted to ensure quality.