Jonah Koplik’s 10-foot folding kayak stacks into a compact stack of plastic and structural pieces made of metal rods, wooden dowels and PVC pipes. Jonah Koplik holds the gear he loaded in a backpack ...

Rob Sanders uses a small piece of sandpaper to remove the black Magic Marker ink that covers the top and sides of a wooden kayak he is building at Custom Kayaks in North Topeka. Sanders sands the boat ...

DIYer and woodworker April Wilkerson builds a kayak trailer capable of hauling four kayaks.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Adventures just aren’t as fun without your fur babies. David Bahnson decided to figure out a way to bring his pets out on the open ...

The bones of the kayak span the garage; the easternmost end extends beyond, into an annex created by 2x4s and a tarp. Symmetrical ribs run down the length, and parts with names like “chines,” “thwarts ...

Before 2013, the last time that Richard Purgason had done any woodworking was in his seventh-grade shop class, where he had built a napkin holder that “is not among the family heirlooms.” In the past ...

DIYer and woodworker April Wilkerson builds a kayak rack for organized storage of outdoor gear.

PUTNAM TOWNSHIP (AP) --To some, kayaks are a dime a dozen, available at a slew of sporting goods stores almost everywhere. Not to Putnam Township's Gerry Neumeier. Neumeier builds skin-on-frame kayaks ...