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Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 126 – Building The Breasthooks, Working Solo
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Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 126 – Building The Breasthooks, Working Solo
With the sheer clamp bolted into place the next piece of the deck puzzle is the breasthooks. The breashooks join the clamp with the stem and stern posts and provide a lot of structural stability. In this episode we take a look at Victoria's breasthooks an...
  • Aug 28, 2020
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:29:02
Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 125 – Installing the Clamp
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Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 125 – Installing the Clamp
Welcome back! This episode Steve gets the sheer clamp bolted together and fastened to the steam bent frames of Arabella. The clamp is the first piece of deck framing and the beginning of the visible timbers inside Arabella. Joe gives us a hand and we ge...
  • Aug 21, 2020
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:26:02
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 124: Varnish and a Visit to Rosalind
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Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 124: Varnish and a Visit to Rosalind
In this episode we varnish the white oak clamp and start working on cleaning up Victoria's hackmatack knees. The knees were likely harvested from the roots of a hackmatack tree growing in a bog in the North East sometime around 1925. It's amazing to be a...
  • Aug 14, 2020
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:24:55
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 123: Building the Clamp
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Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 123: Building the Clamp
In this installment we make progress on the big planer set-up and we launch into building the sheer clamp. The sheer clamp is the first piece of the deck structure as well as the first piece of the visible interior. Time to step up our game and make it lo...
  • Aug 07, 2020
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:18:50
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 122: Moving Up to the Deck
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Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 122: Moving Up to the Deck
In this episode we fasten all the recently bent frames and Arabella becomes 100% framed! After that big milestone we launch into the deck structure which is a whole new set of challenges and fun. Thanks for following the journey! We could not be makin...
  • Jul 31, 2020
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:23:01
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 121: Bending In the Last Frames
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Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 121: Bending In the Last Frames
Now that the molds are out we can bend in the remaining 14 frames and finish framing Arabella! Big thanks to everyone who is following and supporting our crazy journey! Without you we would not be able to produce these weekly videos. Hope you enjoy thi...
  • Jul 24, 2020
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:22:21
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 120: Taking Out the Molds
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Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 120: Taking Out the Molds
We've all been waiting to see this one. Arabella's molds finally get removed and we can see from stem to stern with nothing in the way! Big thanks to everyone who has donated or otherwise contributed to the project. We would not be sharing this video se...
  • Jul 17, 2020
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:20:07
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Bonus Content: Where’s Alix?
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Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Bonus Content: Where’s Alix?
For all those wondering where Alix has been and when he is coming back here are some answers for you! Spoiler alert: He is alive and well and enjoying some well deserved R+R with Keira.
  • Jul 17, 2020
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:02:52
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 119: Getting Ready for a Big Change
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Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 119: Getting Ready for a Big Change
This round we tackle the remainder of the planking rabbet, make and hang some cedar and start prepping framing stock. It won't be long until the molds come out and the remaining 14 frames get bent in! Thanks for watching and following our crazy journey! ...
  • Jul 10, 2020
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:33:24
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 118: Steaming Frames and Lining Off
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Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 118: Steaming Frames and Lining Off
We get all steamed up and tweak some steam bent white oak frames so they lay more fair with the planking. Measurements are taken off the hull and the shape/location of the cedar planks get determined. It's a whole bunch of hot oak and middle school mathe...
  • Jul 03, 2020
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:23:09
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 117: We Ran Out of Dry Oak, Now What?
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Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 117: We Ran Out of Dry Oak, Now What?
In this episode we install some more oak planks, remove the stairs to the second floor so we can keep planking and run out of dry oak for planking stock. Don't worry though, there are many ways to keep moving forward while the recently milled oak cures. ...
  • Jun 26, 2020
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:20:28
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 116: Steve Launches His First Boat
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Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 116: Steve Launches His First Boat
This round we re-stock the lumber pile with some glorious white oak, ash and some hickory. Steve designs, builds and launches a quick and dirty pram for fishing adventures on the local brook and Arabella gets some more oak planks added to her hull. It's a...
  • Jun 19, 2020
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:22:21
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 115: Picking Up the Pace
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Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 115: Picking Up the Pace
In this installment we get some much appreciated assistance and really motor along with the oak planking. With three of us in the shop two could work on Arabella while the third picked timber and made planks. We procure some big ole logs that we were told...
  • Jun 12, 2020
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:22:33
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 114: Getting Back on Track
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Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 114: Getting Back on Track
After numerous challenges and setbacks we are finally picking up the pace and getting into a solid groove! The replacement planks all go onto the hull quickly and smoothly compared to the other planks. We also have to get a bit inventive so we can hit the...
  • Jun 05, 2020
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:20:59
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 113: Deadeyes and Hanging Planks
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Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 113: Deadeyes and Hanging Planks
This round we look to the future and start doing a little rigging preparation by roughing out some deadeye blanks. We also keep chugging along with planking, the Alaskan sawmill rig gets some good use as does the 27" thickness planer. The culled cedar pl...
  • May 29, 2020
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:23:44
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 112: Back to Oak and Other Odd Jobs
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Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 112: Back to Oak and Other Odd Jobs
In this episode we hit the lowest point yet on the build and remove the cedar planks we worked so hard to install onto Arabella. The oak pile got sorted and inventoried to see if we even have enough oak to plank Arabella with it. The replacement planks ...
  • May 22, 2020
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:22:05
A2A- Journey of a Wooden Boat – Bonus Content: Exploring in the Canoe, No Boat Building!
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A2A- Journey of a Wooden Boat – Bonus Content: Exploring in the Canoe, No Boat Building!
No boat building in this video! Since the Open House got canceled and a birthday party could not occur, Steve spent his 35th birthday doing a little exploring via canoe. There is not even a glimpse of the boatyard or Arabella, just a quiet ride down a tiny...
  • May 22, 2020
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:36:43
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 111: Putting Cedar to the Test
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Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 111: Putting Cedar to the Test
This round we dive into some plank repair on the hull and fix the cedar that exploded on us. Talk briefly about a new plank fastener we are using in preparation for installing what Atkin calls the bilge ceiling. We steam in the cedar plank after repair ...
  • May 15, 2020
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:24:09
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 110: Will Our Boat be Water Tight?
Acorn To Arabella
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 110: Will Our Boat be Water Tight?
In this installment we continue fitting and hanging some cedar, we discuss why we are planking from the keel to the sheer as well as what we expect the oak to do as it swells after launch. We wrap up with extending the planking rabbet and fastening anothe...
  • May 08, 2020
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:23:17
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 109: Cedar Planks and Butt Blocks
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Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 109: Cedar Planks and Butt Blocks
In this installment we have a riveting good time attaching a cedar plank to the hull. We then install a pair of black locust butt blocks in Arabella to support the nib ends of the oak stealers. Another cedar plank gets sliced out of the raw board and it...
  • May 01, 2020
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:23:53
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 108: The First Cedar on the Boat
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Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 108: The First Cedar on the Boat
In this installment we continue the battle with the brittle cedar planking and finally manage to get one fastened to the hull. Aaron tries his hand at fitting the stern of a cedar plank while Steve tackles the stem end and preps some black locust for butt...
  • Apr 24, 2020
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:22:55
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 107: Trouble with Cedar Planking
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Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 107: Trouble with Cedar Planking
The best laid schemes o' mice an' men... Well, we had quite the plans for the planking party and though we did get some accomplished, in the end they did go 'awry'. Our plan was to continue planking as we were and hoped that we could have a team scarfing ...
  • Apr 17, 2020
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:28:46
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 106: Stealers and Planking Crew
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Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 106: Stealers and Planking Crew
As many of you may have deduced, our planned planking party did not go as planned at all. This was for many reasons but mainly due to the outbreak of COVID19 right as people were on their way here. We had planned to take three weeks and get this great cr...
  • Apr 10, 2020
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:31:54
A2A – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 105: A Visit From Louis Sauzedde (Tips From a Shipwright)
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A2A – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 105: A Visit From Louis Sauzedde (Tips From a Shipwright)
One of the things we appreciate so much about boatbuilding is that there are so many different ways to do things and so many things to learn. We have worked really hard to teach ourselves what we need to know in order to build Arabella. From studying in ...
  • Apr 03, 2020
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:21:55

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