Canoe 001
Painter Hole
Blackwater River Guitars
Strip Built Cedar Canoe (#001):
Page 5: Painter Hole
A painter is a rope attached to the bow or stern of a boat for tying it up.
To attach a painter, I created some holes through the hull.
Some of the books suggested using PVC pipe for the painter hole but I thought PVC was a disservice to the wooden hull. I used piece of oak from a paint roller handle instead. (The "paint" in painter hole and paint roller are unrelated and coincidental.)
First, I used some scrap wood to support the inside of the hull where the hole would be drilled, then drilled the hole using a spade bit.
Then cut a piece of the paint roller handle and drilled a hole lengthwise through the center using a brad point bit.
I used a mixture of epoxy and sawdust to glue in the piece of oak, then sanded everything smooth.
