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Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 47: Steaming Frames: In Depth
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Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 47: Steaming Frames: In Depth

In the last video we showed a bit of the process for steaming in Arabella's frames but it's such an important part of the build that we wanted to do a full video talking about the intricacies of this part of the build. From selecting lumber to our steam b...
  • Nov 09, 2018
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:30:18
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Bonus Content: Winter is Coming!
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Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Bonus Content: Winter is Coming!

Winter is coming and we need to get ready for it! We are planning on working through the winter, therefore it is important for us to be prepared with all the necessities we will need to get through it. We heat primarily with wood, so that is a priority a...
  • Nov 02, 2018
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:04:35
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 46: Steaming Frames
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Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 46: Steaming Frames

We had a lot to do in order to get ready for the steaming of the frames. We cut the frame sockets as well as milled up all the framing stock, and just in time. By the end of the weekend we had 26 of the 74 frames steamed in place. ----------------------...
  • Oct 19, 2018
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:13:21
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 45: The Rabbet and the Bearding Lines
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Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 45: The Rabbet and the Bearding Lines

The build has been coming along nicely so far. There is only one thing that has really stymied us... The rabbet and bearding lines. Being such an important cut, we have been anxious about not being absolutely sure we are doing it right. So.... we called ...
  • Oct 05, 2018
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:20:45
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 44: Putting Up the Molds
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Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 44: Putting Up the Molds

Need an explanation of bent frame construction? Here's the first part. We've been working fast now and after assembling the backbone, it was time to install the molds. Which proved to be a bit more challenging than expected in our boathouse. We will be ...
  • Sep 21, 2018
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:20:15
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 43: Bolting the Backbone Together
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Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 43: Bolting the Backbone Together

The backbone is bolted together! We finally have some timbers bolted together and what a great feeling. It has been a long journey up to this point, with a lot more to come, but we can finally start seeing some of Arabella's shape coming together. We ha...
  • Sep 07, 2018
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:30:35
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 42: Backbone Assembly Prep
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Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 42: Backbone Assembly Prep

We're getting the backbone assembly up... but there is so much to do before we can actually put it all together. We go through all of that in this video, along with a quick run through of the backbone actually going up! We'll go over everything in deta...
  • Aug 24, 2018
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:18:54
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Bonus Content: Commemorative T-shirts
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Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Bonus Content: Commemorative T-shirts

It's taken two years of prep before getting to the point of being able to start bolting things together but we are finally there! The stern assembly is up and the bow will be up by next week. In celebration of this moment, we are doing a limited run of c...
  • Aug 17, 2018
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:02:04
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 41: The Mind of a Boatbuilder
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Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 41: The Mind of a Boatbuilder

Ever wondered who we really are? Well here we go! (at least a little bit of an insight...) Doug from SV Seeker has been kind enough to have interviewed us for his new video series, The Mind of a Boat Builder and has passed on the video for us to share he...
  • Aug 13, 2018
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:46:23
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 40: Starting on the Bow Assembly!
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Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 40: Starting on the Bow Assembly!

Yes, we are starting to finally put her together. It's been a long time coming and we have many pieces ready, but we are steps away from bolting things together. That means, we need to drill holes and make sure the bow assembly fits perfectly together. S...
  • Aug 10, 2018
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:21:13
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Bonus Content: Wooden Boat Show Mystic Seaport 2018
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Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Bonus Content: Wooden Boat Show Mystic Seaport 2018

We love going to the wooden boat show at Mystic Seaport and wanted to share some of that with you all but it didn't really fit well in one of our longer videos so we thought we'd share that with you along with a code to save at Jamestown Distributors. They...
  • Aug 03, 2018
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:02:30
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 39: Aft Deadwood and Moving Lumber
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Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 39: Aft Deadwood and Moving Lumber

After seeing the fore deadwood and the milling in detail, we thought it would be interesting to see another side of these two processes. In this video we show how, where and why we stacked all the lumber from milling. We also get into making the Aft dead...
  • Jul 27, 2018
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:22:17
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Bonus Content: Explanation of Nib for Wormshoe
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Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Bonus Content: Explanation of Nib for Wormshoe

In the last episode we shaped the wormshoe to fit into the keel timber. We had many requests for an explanation on how we found those lines to cut to. This video is simply that explanation. Skip this video if you aren't interested in that. ------------...
  • Jul 20, 2018
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:04:50
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 38: Fore Wormshoe and Milling
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Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 38: Fore Wormshoe and Milling

The deadwood shaped in the last episode is capped with a wormshoe. The wormshoe is a protective sacrificial piece that can be replaced if it is ever damaged from running aground or any similar mishap. We have help from Michael, who drove all the way from...
  • Jul 13, 2018
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:19:08
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 37: Shaping the Forward Deadwood
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Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 37: Shaping the Forward Deadwood

With the ballast keel poured, faired and painted, it is now time to start building out fore and aft of it. Due to the naturally dense aspect of the ballast keel requiring such a condensed shape, deadwood pieces are necessary to fair it out into the wood k...
  • Jun 29, 2018
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:13:09
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 36: Flip it all (Faired Ballast Keel)
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Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 36: Flip it all (Faired Ballast Keel)

Sometimes, you just have to flip things on their heads to work on them. As we finished fairing our the ballast keel, we flipped it and the wood keel in order to be able to work on the underside. With everything upside down, we will then be able to work o...
  • Jun 15, 2018
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:15:01
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 35: Final Cut of the Keel Timber
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Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 35: Final Cut of the Keel Timber

This is one expensive piece of lumber! We wanted to make sure that we accurately cut the keel timber to shape so our initial cut was only getting us close to the final shape, so that we could see whether it warped/checked/shrank etc. afterwards. Now that...
  • Jun 01, 2018
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:18:24
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 34: Help from Colorado!
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Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 34: Help from Colorado!

Ryan bought a plane ticket, rented a car, and took a one week visit to come from Colorado to Massachusetts to help us on our project... for free! Thank you Ryan. We were curious as to what he thought of his week here and everything we accomplished. Also!...
  • May 18, 2018
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:14:50
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 33: Getting Help with Bow and Stern Timbers
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Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 33: Getting Help with Bow and Stern Timbers

Despite the arrival of Spring, weather just doesn't seem to want to let up. We've been struggling with the weather so as to start painting the keel timber and the ballast keel. With temps too cold to work on that, we switch gears and start working on the...
  • May 11, 2018
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:17:40
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 32: Sharpening Edge Tools
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Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 32: Sharpening Edge Tools

Having sharp tools is important. As temps are warming up and we are getting back into the thick of boatbuilding work, we felt this would be an appropriate video. Well kept tools lead to fun, productive and safe work. There is nothing worse than trying to...
  • May 04, 2018
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:14:29
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 31: Final Thickness
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Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 31: Final Thickness

We are clawing our way out of winter! Work is getting back on track and what better way to start finalizing our keel timber. We spent the first tentatively "warm" days finishing getting the keel timber to its final thickness along with a couple of outing...
  • Apr 27, 2018
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:13:19
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Bonus Content: Dissimilar Metals Part 2
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Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Bonus Content: Dissimilar Metals Part 2

What a winter!.... We felt that this would be a good time to put out our dissimilar metals experiment back to back and then hit it hard next week with a full length video. When mixing metals in a build, there are a lot of things to consider. Not only do t...
  • Apr 20, 2018
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:07:33
A2A – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Bonus Content: Dissimilar Metals and Galvanic action Part 1
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A2A – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Bonus Content: Dissimilar Metals and Galvanic action Part 1

Over the winter we decided to try out a little experiment we would share with everyone. While doing our research we heard a lot about the effects of different metals on one another. The nobility of a metal will determine how it reacts to others with diff...
  • Apr 13, 2018
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:07:46
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 30: Deadwood and Some Lead
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Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 30: Deadwood and Some Lead

We're still waiting on the weather to start warming up but we can still get ourselves as ready as possible for when it does. We start to work with the lumber that will become our deadwood and we shoot a propane tank to help us melt lead into the major div...
  • Apr 06, 2018
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:20:59
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