1 strip 8 feet long, 2 inches wide, and 1 inch thick for keelson.
2 strips 4 feet long, 2 inches wide, and ⅝-inch thick for deck ridge pieces.
2 strips 8 feet long, 4 inches wide, and ¼-inch thick for cockpit frame and coaming.
Several 6-inch and 8-inch boards from which to cut deck beams, patterns, etc.
Copper nails and brass screws should be purchased for fastening the framework together, and copper tacks for putting on the canvas. Iron nails will rust and break off, and therefore should not be used in any part of the canoe's construction. Use nails only where their ends can be clinched, and screws in all cases where this cannot be done. For covering the framework, three and one-half yards of canvas forty inches wide will be required for the lower portion, and the same amount thirty inches wide will be required for the deck. Boiled linseed-oil should be purchased for filling the canvas and the best grade of mixed paint for painting it. A drab, or cream color and white trimmings, are both suitable for a canoe. If the latter is used, buy white paint, and, after pouring out enough to cover the finishing strips, mix the rest with enough yellow ochre to make a pretty shade of cream.
Below will be found a bill of the material required to build a canoe such as this chapter describes, and although the prices of canvas and a few of the fittings are likely to fluctuate somewhat, the price of the canoe should not exceed this amount, and there are locations where it may be less.
BILL OF MATERIAL
| 3-½ yards No. 10 Duck, 30 inches wide, 27 cents | $0.95 |
| 3-½ yards No. 10 Duck, 40 inches wide, 36 cents | 1.26 |
| 1-½ pounds 1-inch Copper Nails, 30 cents | .45 |
| 2 pounds ⅜-inch Copper Tacks, 35 cents | .70 |
| 2 dozen ¾-inch Brass Screws (Flat Heads), 7 cents | .14 |
| 6 dozen ⅝-inch Brass Screws (Flat Heads), 6 cents | .36 |
| 3 dozen ⅝-inch Brass Screws (Round Heads), 6 cents | .18 |
| ½ gallon Boiled Linseed-oil | .25 |
| ½ gallon Best Quality Mixed Paint | .75 |
| 15 Lattice-strips, 12 feet long | .90 |
| 1 Piece of 2-inch by 8-inch Plank 6 feet long | .20 |
| Miscellaneous Strips and Pieces (see page [202)] | .50 |
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| Total cost | $6.64 |
Having procured the necessary material for the canoe, the first things to make are