Framing Work in the Stern - Episode 145 - Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
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- Опубликовано: 14 янв 2021
- We working on wrapping up the last of the deck framing before we can get to a house top mockup. While Alix continues with fairing around the house top opening, Steve works on getting more short beams and knees installed in the stern. There are two more knees back there that need to go in and a few last short beams. Steve also explains in detail his technique for cutting his carlin joints.
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Acorn to Arabella is a boat building project taking place in Granby, Massachusetts. Steve and Alix started as amateur boat builders building their own 38' wooden boat in their backyard: designer William Atkin's Ingrid with a Stormy Petrel's gaff rig. These videos follow the journey from tree felling, to lumber milling, to lofting, to the lead keel pour and beyond-sharing details of the woodworking, carpentry, metal smithing, tool building, and tool maintenance that wooden boats command. This ultimate DIY project will continue well past launch, when they will travel and learn to cruise aboard the boat that they've built. Just kidding about all that, this channel is about a Siberian Laika named Akiva.
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The first few seconds of the video with the hanging knee is beautiful. Glad to have Alix back one of the main characters of Arabella. Man she's looking awesome.
I am glad we are again seeing Steve and Alex together and now hearing them speak to each other on camera!
There's just so much to love about this project. The personalities, the project, the technical detail, the cinematography, the music, the community ... the list goes on. Brilliant stuff.
Shucks, thanks so much.
He's right you know. Keep up the good work.
Good morning everyone! Time for some Acorn to Arabella therapy. Sit back, relax, and enjoy.
Gosh, I can't believe it, before I knew it the video felt it was over in five minutes that just shows how much I enjoy your clips guys. That deck sure is looking good. Lots of labor.
Some of Steve’s expressions are really funny “I won’t fit the knee in case I hose myself” 😂😂
My favorite part of any Friday. Thanks guys for contributing to my sanity. We are in lock down in Africa again. Stay safe
Good morning you 2 above , from Montreal Canada where we are also in another lockdown :( as you enjoy this channel I will suggest 3 others
here on You Tube if you find yourselves looking for more of the same kind of shipbuilding content to watch ( if your short of things to watch )
Sampson Boat Co , The Tally Ho project / Salt & Tar : Building Rediviva / The Western Flyer Foundation ; restoring the Western Flyer project .
I've watched everything on these 3 channels , really good work being done ( imho ) Stay safe ;-)
Thanks to all of you-wishing you safety and wellness.
@@AcornToArabella / Thanks Boys ! you guys and your family's too , pattings and tummy rubs for Akiva from me please ;-)
Find a challenge. Solve a challenge. Move on to the next! Great work lads!
Fastest 23 minutes of my Friday. Always enjoy these Friday updates.
Awesome work and team in the building.
Oh boy she is coming on leaps and bounds. Can't wait to see the sills going in.
It will be a good ship! Good luck to you!
Beautiful work in progress. The symmetry of you guys working together is priceless. The look of the wood that’s planed and finished is a thing of beauty. Thanks Ben
I will never cease to be amazed with how far you've come over the years.
I've been watching since you poured the lead and can still remember those early days vividly. Seeing this boat come together week by week has been truly inspirational and I hope that we'll be able to see this thing sea worthy by the end of the year.
Thanks for all you've done.
Your loyal subscriber and occasional donator.
Thanks for your support!
instablaster...
Rossco, Tapatya and A2A: Friday is the best day of the week!
SY Mistress is another, if one has the time !!
You're making great progress. Looking good. Thanks for the video
My Friday mornings are always enjoyed by watching the progress. Both of you guys have really become very skilled woodworking shipwrights. I'd love to hear more about the decision to keel step the mizzen. Make sure you keep good clear access to your engine.
great video. It’s going to be amazing to see the house take shape. 👍👍
Man, I am ALWAYS awake when you post, and keep HOPING beyond hope that I will be first to post. This thing has been up a full min, and 5 comments already!
Hey guys, it is a joy to watch your videos. I have 5 videos i watch weekly and everyone knows that is my free time and leave me alone. They range rrom you, bad chad, the art of boatbuilding and alfaferrari. I received my pin yesterday and will put it on my new woodworking vest. I grew up very close to the herreshoff museum ans was always around wooden boats. Living on the eastern shore of maryland you dont see many wooden boats. When i hit 70 in 4 years and retire my plan is to build either a herreshoff 20 or alerion or possibly a mid 20 herreshoff launch. Keep up the good work and i want you to know you make a 66 year gent happy every week
Thank you very much for that kind comment. We are glad you enjoy our videos!
Another great episode! You guys work in such harmony that watching your videos have a peaceful and calming effect on me as I watch your progress and marvel at the beauty of Arabella's shape. The graceful elegance of her lines and of the individual pieces - the knees, the arc and sweep of the deck... ahh, I could sit back and gaze at her for hours. Thanks guys for sharing with us. Have a great, peaceful, and blessed week. Cheers!
Kind of you to say, Todd. Thanks!
Looking great guys!
We live almost directly under one of the major flyways in northern Europe, in Poland. During the migration I have seen flocks of geese with hundreds of birds. They fly quite high, several hundred feet, so they aren't as loud as yours. Over our place they are coming from the east, north east but shortly past our house the make the turn over Germany to go due south. I look forward to it every year.
Thanks for painting that picture, Ed.
I hope that for many years to come, this boat gives you both 1st order, and 2nd order fun. Always puts a smile on my face, when your video drops.
Had a giant flock of Canadian Geese hanging out at the head of the river in Westport, MA about 100 miles south east of you, had to be over a hundred of them. Love hearing them flying overhead this time of year, One of the great benefits of working outside all year round!! Love seeing the cabin develop before our eyes, so nice.
closer and closer to sailing time, Arabella getting more beautiful every day
Yet another great video. Waiting for the next episode.
Every Friday morning I have coffee and watch the video. After that I go out to my workshop and get with it. So motivating to see the progress you are all making! I have been watching since very near the start and it is amazing. CHEERS!!!
Whatcha building?
@@AcornToArabella I work as a Woodwright for a local shop that builds a lot of children’s toys and I am prototyping some game boards for them. I am also working on a giant barbecue smoker that has been a long-term project. Getting some electrical work done so I can run my welder and plasma cutter. Other than that I turn wooden cups and bowls. I really love what you guys are doing and honestly If there were no Covid I would come up and volunteer for a week. Cheers!
A certain Zen or mindfulness atmosphere this week. Brilliant.
The decks are coming along great. Cannot wait to see the cabin sides in place.
With both of you there working the progress is amazing. The episodes just keep getting better. Fantastic!
Thanks!
Good morning - As Alix said at the beginning it really looks and feels like a boat with ribs, beams, knees, and planks all coming together. I am always amazed at your trips to the wood pile, pick up a piece of crappy looking wood with knots and bark and whatever; trimming, rough cut, planing and presto a beautiful boat component awaiting install and final finishing. I think the satisfaction of that happening must impress even yourselves when you stand back and look at it. I can almost smell the wood in that boathouse. This is a wonderful experience for all of us. Thanks. (and great music Ben)
Just like with people, the good stuff's in the middle, eh? Thanks for watching.
Great work Guy's, Stay Safe !!!.
Im really glad you decided to "Mock up" the Cabin Top. You should think about making cardboard mockups of the bulkheads and some important cabinetry. Mostly for ergonomic reasons but also esthetic. Fair winds.
The shot of the entry into the boathouse from outside (19:53) with the sun coming through the window was great
At the start of the video: Whole squadreen of geese coming over! Love that!
I apologize if they were Canada Geese. They carpet bomb our docks in Ottawa!
It’s really coming together nicely, Alix and Stephen. And, Ben, nice use of split screen and cutaways. 👍👍👍
It is surreal to see how far this boat has gotten. Someday I can see you guys mounting the bronze works or even a galley stove!
Great sound track you guys, big props to your sound man. I hope he sees these posts. Good job on the boat too.
Well done guys, loving watching this build! And learning stuff for mine along the way!
On point as always. A pleasure. The progress is fantastic.
Thank you! Cheers!
Thank you gentlemen for a wonderful dinner video. Always look forward to seeing the progress on Arabella. Beautiful wood and excellent workmanship. Take care and stay well.
Looking great!
Excellent good job 👏🏻
Thank you! Cheers!
until last week I only watched a few key videos, mostly your metal work, restorations and wood harvesting.
Until last week I was really, positively, impressed by your health and safety precautions.
Then I did an archive binge.
Ooh, boy...
you are breathing in (pun unavoidable) that carcinogenic hard wood saw dust like real champions.
12:21 I wanted to catch it so much, I was almost out of my chair!!
:D
excellently shot episode, really enjoyed it
Fun to hear your air force flying over I live close to one of their routes out here in Utah. In these times it is one of those few things i can take true uncensored pleasure in.
Whoa! That's the first time I've ever seen you guys turn the lights off in the boathouse!
Can anyone explain to me what could prompt almost 40 people to give this a thumbs down.?
The boat is really starting to come together and people just can't stop themselves from a hating.
I've been watching since you poured the keel.
And every video since then has been great. This one included.
Thank you sirs.!
Every party's got a pooper. **shrug**
Seriously though, barring some actual grievance, which a thumbs down on RUclips definitely hasn't come to mean (people to to comments for that), it's more like a seagull poopin' on your windshield. A flyby and they forget about it 2 minutes later. Smash that lil downward thumb, .5 seconds of serotonin, and on to the next windshield.
@@AcornToArabella 🤣 That seems like a perfect analogy.!
@@AcornToArabella You are absolutely correct, they don't even watch the video, they just poop and run in hopes you will get as depressed as they are. Sick trolls.
Thank you so much just for sharing all this. So happy to hear about the keel-stepped mizzen!
Cheers!
*Nice progress.*
Looking amazing guys!!
Arabella is coming along well chaps, some lovely joinery in there and those massive knees are very impressive - they would not be out of place in a very much larger boat! I very much like your use of local timbers. One thing I am curious about is why you are planning to build the 'house' already? I would think having a large open hatch would be very useful for when you come to fit out the interior - shifting timber (and large sheets of plywood) in and out would be so much easier without a cabin top there. Anyway, keep it up and thanks for all the high quality footage.
hi the boat is lookingvery good guys
Great video ...
Its boating up nicely
Great video again lads 👍
I don't know what you did different or even it was a conscious decision but this weeks video had a different feel to. Maybe it felt a bit like the old style, I cant put my finger on it, in any case I really enjoyed it another fantastic episode, things are really taking shape.
This is the first video in quite a while (that I can recall at least) that both Alix and Steve are both on camera at the same time, that might be it.
@@danno1111 Yes both working at the same time together by themselves ...you beat me to it!
@@danno1111 That combined with the fact that there are no volunteers or big milestones this week. It's just the two guys and their hard work and progress. Good stuff.
I'm just glad they both understand that there is a such thing as too much time together, and made sure to take the time to just relax before the burnout MAKES you relax.
Steve went into quite a bit of detail this time about the mortising of the short beams: how he avoids the mistake of cutting too deep, and how he simplified the bronze pattern to speed up the job. Made for a calmer pace.
It's nice to have a balance between rapid time-lapse progress & higher-level planning vs. these more elementary points of woodworking technique.
Nice job fellas! Keep on keeping on!
Coming along beautifully. Taking shape and getting some varnished pieces in (previous video). Won't be long and you guys will be back on finishing up the planking, unless you're planning on decking first. All depends on if the rest of the decking materials have dried sufficiently, I'm guessing?
It's going well, guys. Keep up the great work. I look forward to each new installment. Thanks for sharing your journey with the world.
Thanks for watching so faithfully, Thomas! We appreciate your support.
Another great video, guys!
And I'm always waiting for Friday Lunch! We had wild geese flying over us this morning too...cheers...rr Normandy, Fra.
I'll bet those geese aren't as vicious as these Canadian Snow Geese...
@@nnelg8139 Geese are geese, you know. Canadian or else ! Beautiful birds but all bad tempered !
@@nnelg8139 We have a couple who stop every year and hang out at our farm pond on the route back; pretty tame actually...but don't approach closer than 20 ft, not to bother them...
Wow great progress guys.
Thanks, and thanks for watching!
Great Job
Very cool view through the center of the hull.
One thing to think about that I can say from experience is engine access is a great thing. I'd make sure there's a lot of clearance for the mizzen mast in there. But it's true, stepping it on the keel is much better.
True story.
Hey, it's looking like a boat!
Speaking of hardware I've been in the antique business since the early seventies and I know somewhere in my collection I've got some beautiful round windows somewhere white brass some are just regular brass but if I find these windows I would donate them to go into this boat for sure if anyone wants them let me know and I'll dig them out
I loved seeing you two working together.
Thanks! That's the optimum way to be in the shop. It's motivating to have a friend to work alongside.
Use a lumber crayon and rub it on the short beam end. When you tap down the crayon will transfer onto the joint and you will know exactly where to chisel of the high spots to get a perfect fit. (licences Tool Pattern Maker)
Proud notification bell user here, highly recommend 😁
ps: I really wish there was more than a video per week 😭 I would gladly watch more!
It looks to me like one of the challenges going forward is to find a comfortable place to position yourselves to access your work! With the boat taking shape, you have less options, it seems. Good luck!
Good point, also wonder how many times they might have caught a knee, hand , or whatever on all those bolts sticking up.
Those arm muscles got a good work out especially with Alix.
"A future Alix problem"! I love it! I relate.
Yes, those versions of ourselves who have to deal with the problems left for them. Future Alix, Future Steve. Bless them.
looking good!
Thanks!
Hi guys, I watch every week. Really great seeing your progress.
Thanks for following, Jim!
I'm going to watch this video again ; the amazing woodworking and great sound track just made the day a whole lot better . Thanks from San Diego with a Santa Ana wind blowing off the mountains it's already 75 degrees and heating up.
Kind of you to say, Gregg. Glad you're watching!
That goes together like clockwork! Orange.
The knees are looking great and she's really starting to look "together".
Starting to feel like a boat!!!!
IT IS!! :)
Thank you.
I can't believe how far you have gotten since I watched you cut down the trees. As my grandfather used to say, "It's like eating an elephant. One bite at a time."
That's an apt way of putting it, David. Thanks for watching.
I watched a video on "modern" wooden boat construction. It was basically a laminate boat. None of this finding the right species, or evaluating the knees for the proper grain direction. The knees, in fact, were laminated right into the deck and rib structure. The hull was laminate, and finally skinned with two layers of fiberglass. It came out beautifully, but it felt more like a fiberglass boat than a wooden boat.
I really appreciate the craftsmanship of this boat. Especially this episode, where each joint is custom made to fit. Thanks for the effort!
Thanks for saying so! Of course, laminates are necessary when that's what's available for material, and they're totally strong and get the job done. If the choice were between being able to get this experience through building a boat, or foregoing the build because of a religious adherence to a mandate on materials, I think we'd have gone ahead and done laminations, too, if we're honest. We're thankful to have these materials, and there are many paths to the water.
great video
Thanks!
Awesome
With all this covid bs going on thanks for something nice to watch most appreciate
The way you put us right into the work is amazing. Great cinematography guys. Who's doing it? All of you?
Fantastic it looks like we're a couple days away from carpet installation no but seriously I'm really fantasizing on some of the finishes and some hardware and damn I'm loving this boat it looks like this thing would Bob and bounce in any type of sea condition and stay as tight as a drum!
i've been watching this for so long, the thought of the day when they launch her is really something
Imagine, if you can, the supervisor in a piano factory scolding an employee for being overly fastidious in their joinery: " You're not making a boat, ya' know!!" 8^D
Noticed that Magswitch resaw guide on the underside of the bandsaw table... I have some finger boards from them for the table saw and think they are really excellent products. I expect many years of service from them.
Great
In and out in and out in and out hahah
Lay your spur beams all out at once, then take them and your carlin to the workbench and cut them all at once. You'd save a ton of time. I'd also mill my beams to thickness and leave off all the extra fairing.
Even if these videos were 3 hours long I would say they were over too soon! I can, and have, watched you guys all day. Who would have thought so much goes into building a sea worthy vessel?. She will be unspeakably beautiful when you are finished. How far will she have to travel to reach the water you will launch her maiden voyage? Where do you figure you will go on that voyage?
Aw thanks, Kathy. She'll be trucked a couple of hours to the waterfront, probably in Massachusetts but we're still thinking about it. Shakedown will be on the east coast of the US. Boats aren't totally done when they splash. There will be lots to do still.
So by now we need Arabella, The Western Flyer and Tally Ho to all meet each other.
Three of my favorite channels!
@@tjshamong8429 Mine too
Some of them have, Alix has gone to see Leo and Leo has had folks from Western Flyer on his channel.
Tally Ho and Arabella are going to be dropped into entirely different oceans, and likely at quite different times. I suspect a meeting afloat is somewhat unlikely.
A RUclipsr Wendee Globe!
A piece of old school carbon paper would help print the beam sockets in once you get close so you can see exactly where it hits. It would be similar to fitting a neck on a mandolin or guitar. Jerry at Rosa String Works has videos on how he uses it.
Kind of a hassle to have Fire Dept(I think) force you into that new roof(Gothic arch)... but it sure looks like its a nice atmosphere to work in... and that goes for the entire shop you guys built... Beauty!!! Excellent Craftsmanship on the boat too... a Joy to watch all of you work!!!
I thought the new roof was to have more work height?
It is a lovely space to work in.
You guys have done a fantastic job getting the boat to this point and she looks better everyday. Around 17:15 Alex said this seal plate mating to the deck beam will never see water. Clearly he has never been to sea. Every part of that boat will be drenched at some point and more often than could be imagined. I'm sure it was just a bad choice in words.
Not first but I'm not last. All ways good to watch.