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Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 49: Bedding the Frames
Winter is coming and there is always something to do. We worked on getting Victoria buttoned up for the winter and hosted a middle school class for a field trip. With all that out of the way and frames well sanded and oiled, it was time to bed and screw ...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 48: Finishing the Frames
Before the bent frames can be permanently fastened in place they need a final inspection, a coat of oil and their respective socket cleaned up and sealed. We show you how we are going through this process in this video. Also, we are launching another com...
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...
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...
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. ----------------------...
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 ...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...