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Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 66: Installing Pocket Keel Bolts
Now that we have all the floors fabricated and the majority installed, there are 4 more very important ones to focus on. The ones that tie the ballast keel to the keel timber. These four floors in the middle of the vessel will hold the bolts that capture...
Pouring a 4.5-Ton Lead Keel | Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat (Episode 24)
We finally poured it! Watching 100 gallons of molten lead drop into a wooden mold is not something you experience every day. In this video we focused more on the pour itself and not on the details of our setup. We will go into that in our next video. If y...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 16: Melting Lead
The lead keel is one of the most exciting parts of this build at the moment but it is also the scariest, by far! We have melted down some of the wheel weights and loose lead in order to weigh it, while talking about that, we weigh in on the actual pour. ...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 12: Smelter Tank
We're building a smelter tank! We are getting closer and closer to melting the 10,000 lbs of lead that we need to pour the ballast keel. If you liked this video, please click the like button and subscribe to our channel. The lead pour should be exciting!...
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