Again nice stuff! You should put a sign at the door of your steam box saying "Prepare the site first!" because though it's amusing to see you look around for the tools you need once you've pulled the plank, it's got to be be frustrating ;)
Always looking forward to your uploads! Hoping someday to throw myself at building models and a workspace for the real deal! Thanks for sharing your work!
You’re welcome. Don’t pull it off forever. You need very little to get started on model building and a simple skiff could get knocked out in the driveway over a summers worth of weekends.
As I understand it the tuck (aka as the bustle) is there to reduce wave resistance. It increases wetted surface for the same displacement. So it improves performance in stronger winds at the cost of poorer performance in light winds.
When you consider the bends instrument makers put into their instruments, I would have thought that bending spell would not be too difficult. Figured wood is a different thing. Fascinating series
Well this planking is double the thickness of most instrument sides plus I don’t have the luxury of being able to put them in a two part mould or use electric heat pads like most instrument builders do. Lastly, it isn’t the bends so much as the conflicting twists that are the big challenge.
The process you’re showing is similar to that used to bend the sides of an acoustic guitar. The bending iron is a great tool but as you point out it’s a balance between moisture and heat. Wood can be incredibly pliable, with lots of patience.
Well for several reasons. First, it's often really boring because I can't do much with the camera and often the battery dies or the card fills up or something screws up the footage. Also, I don't like handing the camera when my hands are covered in epoxy. Lastly, because when I'm gluing up, the clock is running so I don't want to loose working time screwing with a camera. That said, there will be some gluing up footage in the next video.
@@Nomadboatbuilding Allright. Glad that will be some gluing on camera. I have getting some troubles gluing veneers and was curious about your solutions.
Again nice stuff! You should put a sign at the door of your steam box saying "Prepare the site first!" because though it's amusing to see you look around for the tools you need once you've pulled the plank, it's got to be be frustrating ;)
Not a bad idea but I will probably screw that up. Bad habits die hard.
Always looking forward to your uploads! Hoping someday to throw myself at building models and a workspace for the real deal! Thanks for sharing your work!
You’re welcome. Don’t pull it off forever. You need very little to get started on model building and a simple skiff could get knocked out in the driveway over a summers worth of weekends.
As I understand it the tuck (aka as the bustle) is there to reduce wave resistance. It increases wetted surface for the same displacement. So it improves performance in stronger winds at the cost of poorer performance in light winds.
I'll give you that. I was referring to the hollow forms specifically rather than the presence of the protrusion as a whole.
When you consider the bends instrument makers put into their instruments, I would have thought that bending spell would not be too difficult. Figured wood is a different thing. Fascinating series
Well this planking is double the thickness of most instrument sides plus I don’t have the luxury of being able to put them in a two part mould or use electric heat pads like most instrument builders do. Lastly, it isn’t the bends so much as the conflicting twists that are the big challenge.
The process you’re showing is similar to that used to bend the sides of an acoustic guitar. The bending iron is a great tool but as you point out it’s a balance between moisture and heat. Wood can be incredibly pliable, with lots of patience.
And sapelle is a pretty good tone wood too. I built a uke with it some year’s back.
First :) another brilliant video, thanks for going into such detail!
Glad you enjoyed it.
Why don't you show the gluing process?
Well for several reasons. First, it's often really boring because I can't do much with the camera and often the battery dies or the card fills up or something screws up the footage. Also, I don't like handing the camera when my hands are covered in epoxy. Lastly, because when I'm gluing up, the clock is running so I don't want to loose working time screwing with a camera. That said, there will be some gluing up footage in the next video.
@@Nomadboatbuilding Allright. Glad that will be some gluing on camera. I have getting some troubles gluing veneers and was curious about your solutions.
Well this is a little different that the usual gluing of veneers because they are on the heavier side. This is more like veneers circa 1750’s.