YouTube Videos tagged “Oak”
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Arabella Gets a Makeover – Episode 169 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
As we've been finishing the rest of the planking on the port side, we have had groups of helpers lend a hand to clean up Arabella's interior. Most recently, David and his son, Grant, card-scraped the interior and applied Danish Teak Sealer to planks and fr...
Bracing for the Sheer Plank – Episode 167 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
Getting the nib-ends of these full-length planks fitted into the rabbet fore and aft is one of the hardest tasks of planking Arabella. Since we don't have any wiggle room to move fore or aft, the cuts need to be dead-on for the planks to sit correctly. Add...
Installing the Oak Shutter Planks – Episode 166 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
It's a big moment here in the Acorn to Arabella boathouse. We have been steadily working on closing up the hull and now the oak shutters are going in. After these are installed, we will only have six more planks to go. Two cedar strakes will lead up to th...
Closing in on the Shutter Planks – Episode 164 – Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
The gaps in Arabella's planking are getting much smaller... and soon they will be no more. We are pushing hard to close up the hull with Carolyn's help before she moves on. The shutter planks are a pretty exciting part of the build. There are only two o...
Cutting for Propeller / Boring for Prop-Tube ( Wooden Boat Rebuild / EP80)
Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht - Cutting for Propeller / Boring for Prop-Tube (EP80) Support; http://www.sampsonboat.co.uk/support Become a Patron; http://www.patreon.com/sampsonboatco ---- EPISODE 80. Cutting the Prop aperture and boring out the h...
BoatBuilding – Casting Bronze Floors (EP75)
Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht - Casting Bronze Floors (EP75) Support; http://www.sampsonboat.co.uk/support Become a Patron; http://www.patreon.com/sampsonboatco ---- EPISODE 75. In this extra-length episode, Pete and Clark show the process of maki...
BoatBuilding – Restoring the Transom (EP74)
Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht - Restoring the Transom (EP74) Support; http://www.sampsonboat.co.uk/support Become a Patron; http://www.patreon.com/sampsonboatco ---- EPISODE 74. In this episode I work on repairing and reinstalling Tally Ho’s ori...
BoatBuilding – Finishing the Deck Structure! (EP73)
Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht - Finishing the Deck Structure! (EP73) Support; http://www.sampsonboat.co.uk/support Become a Patron; http://www.patreon.com/sampsonboatco ---- EPISODE 73. This is the day - the big reveal! With the deck structure fas...
BoatBuilding – Bilge Stringers / Oak problems! (EP72)
Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht - Bilge Stringers / Oak problems! (EP72) Support; http://www.sampsonboat.co.uk/support Become a Patron; http://www.patreon.com/sampsonboatco ---- EPISODE 72. In this episode we face a major dilemma - having found tha...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 104: The Last Oak Plank!
Steve made the last oak plank! Yes, we know, we've said it before (and might say it again... haha). But we are planning for this to be the last full length oak plank we put on the hull. After setting up our new planer with Joe and Grandpa, while I was...
East Coast Oak and a Pink Fireman (EP66)
Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht - East Coast Oak and a Pink Fireman (EP66) Support; http://www.sampsonboat.co.uk/support Become a Patron; http://www.patreon.com/sampsonboatco ---- EPISODE 66. Back to work on Tally Ho! After returning to the West Coa...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 88: Setting our First Homemade Rivets!
We made our own 1/4 inch square copper rivets to hang Arabella's planks and we are now to the point where we actually get to use them! This is such an exciting time for us as we have planned and worked so hard to make these. We finally get to see the fru...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 87: Epoxy Tests
After our glue failure on the scarf joints for the planks, we also had some glue failure on the graving pieces. This time though, it was with a new and good batch of Resorcinol. So, we were not quite sure what the problem was at first. We later realized ...
WOODEN BOAT REBUILD – Shaping the Cutwater / More Timber! (EP57)
Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht – Shaping the Cutwater / More Timber! Support; http://www.sampsonboat.co.uk/support Become a Patron; http://www.patreon.com/sampsonboatco ----- EPISODE 57. In this episode, I cut the rest of the shape of the Cutwate...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 78: The Last Oak Broad Strakes
Planking has been a very fun challenge though a bit of a challenge it has been. Learning to fit the oak planks to each other has its intricacies. We need to make sure the plank fits well fore and aft but also that the bevels match so that we can put in a...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 74: Installing the Port side Garboard
It's on to the port side Garboard! We wanted to show a little bit more detail on what goes into installing these big planks. It can be a little bit of a fight to get them to fit just right. This one also had a little imperfection that needed to be dealt...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 52: Cutting the Aft Rabbet
As we steam in Arabella's frames we have now reached the aft section of the build and need to cut the rabbet up the sides of the stern posts to determine where our frame sockets should land. Once cut we spend a day steaming in frames with a couple snags a...
Chopping off the end of a finger! – Boatbuilding & Woodwork (TH EP38)
Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht – Losing a Finger / Framing Progress - Support; http://www.sampsonboat.co.uk/support Become a Patron; http://www.patreon.com/sampsonboatco ----- EPISODE 38. Well, I’ve done something very silly and cut the end of...
64. Fiberglassing Upside-Down Over Plywood | Learning the Lines – DIY Sailing
"I'd rather not do that again." Laying up fiberglass upside-down is definitely a tricky, messy process. The stringers we laid up in this episode will serve as a mounting point for the new headliner. We're super excited to cover up all this bare fiberglass ...
Installing New Oak Frames into a 1910 Wooden Boat – Rebuilding Tally Ho EP29
Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht – Installing Frames / Calculating Bevels. Support; http://www.sampsonboat.co.uk/support Become a Patron; http://www.patreon.com/sampsonboatco ------ EPISODE 29. This episode I install the first pair of Frames into T...
Building Boat Frames using Traditional Tree-Nails – Rebuilding Tally Ho EP28
Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht – Assembling Frames with Treenails. Support; http://www.sampsonboat.co.uk/support-tally-ho Become a Patron; http://www.patreon.com/sampsonboatco ----- This episode, I work with some volunteers to cut out more futtoc...
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...
Restoring a HUGE vintage Ship Saw / Bandsaw – Rebuilding TALLY HO EP22
Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht – Restoring the Ship Saw. Support; http://www.sampsonboat.co.uk/support-tally-ho Become a Patron; http://www.patreon.com/sampsonboatco ----- This episode, I take some measurements and consider the hogging of the hul...
Milling Live Oak in the Deep South – Rebuilding Tally Ho EP19
Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht – Milling Live Oak timbers on Cross Sawmill’s massive homemade bandsaw, in the Deep South. Support; http://www.sampsonboat.co.uk/support-tally-ho Become a Patron; http://www.patreon.com/sampsonboatco THIS episode, ...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 28: Logging Round 2
There are differing ideas out there on what time of year is best to harvest trees for lumber. In our case, winter was ideal. Due to the cold and the lack of heating in the boathouse, we aren't able to work with certain materials such as paint, epoxy, fai...
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