A Grizzly in the Boathouse - Episode 186 - Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
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- Опубликовано: 4 ноя 2021
- Steve is the 5th generation of his family to live at Pinetum Farm, and many of his tools are lovely hand-me-downs, but some are workhorses he bought at the start of the project for as much bang as he could get for the buck. Unfortunately, the Delta thickness planer has been complaining loudly lately, and boards take longer and longer to mill.
Enter the new thickness planer, which we race for time against the old Delta to get a rough calculation of how many hours we'll be saving for the rest of the milling that needs to get done. Spoiler alert: IT'S A LOT.
We need your help! Do you or does someone you know have the ability to work with stainless steel? We need a fabricator in New England to help. Steve outlines many of the details of that work starting at 13:12. Spread the word, ask around, let us know through the contact section of our website: acorntoarabella.com.
And finally, we get the navigation table and the quarter berth mocked up, meaning that we've rounded the corner of having the footprints of all the interior furniture decided. Our parting shots are of the glue-up for the navigation table, constructed of mahogany from Victoria.
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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 a 38' wooden boat in Steve's 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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As I watched the contortions required to get in and out of the mocked up quarter berth, I thought of my experience and the resulting bruises getting in and out of more accessible spaces at night, in 20+ knots, heeled to 20 degrees or more, with the boat rocking, pitching and rolling. That’s how and why quarter berths become storage rather than sleeping compartments.
20:00 you should put all the mattress & bedding on the bunk base & try to get in. It will be a lot harder most likely & will inform your choices.
Excellent point. A lot harder to slide your butt along 6 feet of bedding than bare wood.
I somehow foresee some future sailor writing in Arabella's log...
"He had somehow managed to worm his way back, and was sleeping on the Pilot's Berth, a feat so far unprecedented in the boat's history."
Steve’s mad rock climbing gymnastics skills in action with the pilot berth!
I couldn’t agree more about the way things are built today, compared to a hundred years ago.
It’s hard to find new ways to say the same things: I appreciate what you do. I enjoy your delivery method. Your team seems to work perfectly together. You teach me about woodworking and finally, you seem like honest folks, a real gift. All I have is “Thank you!”
Thanks, Lory!
Watching Steve slide into that quarter berth reminded me of sliding those boards down the rollers!
1) As I have for years, I love what you are doing, and in design in particular. 2) I sailed alot. I've used quarter berths. As little as possible. Yes, that would be a quarter berth. 3) When I've used them, virtually always, I/we have had to unload all the stuff that's been stored/shoved into it. That's just how they are. 4) Based on all this, I hate quarter berths. I would like to respectfully suggest scrapping that idea of a quarter berth (I honestly would rather sleep on the main saloon floor, really) and simply design the space for the function you will need and use it for most: stowage. Build it so the stowage function is easy and accessible. This is all particularly true in the canoe stern you are building.You'll most likely be glad you did as the miles and days pile up. Every time someone has to slither into that space, they'll be silently cursing the very idea, and thinking of ripping it out and rebuilding it as stowage. 5) Rant done. Love you guys! thanks.
I like the idea of extra storage but I also like the idea of an extra berth if required.
This should give them both options.....
Interesting view on that.
@@kiwi_welltraveled4375 my views are based on experience. The saloon berths are dramatically more conducive to rest underway. And that boat is not ok with more than four adult humans on a cruise.
Sounds like, since you’ve moved things stowed in a quarter berth before, that we’re already making an A+ stowage space.
I was watching that thinking, "Well, no one over 40 is getting in and out of there!"
On your planer table. Make a switched outlet and place it in a convenient spot and plug your planer into it and leave the planer switch on and you won’t have to cut holes or change your planer.
Doable, but switching a 3 horse motor by leaving the switch on and cutting power requires a bit more complicated switch than just your standard 15a lightswitch
@@daveb8598 isn’t the planer 240V ? Switching those 2.2kW is no big deal then.
There'll be a contactor and no-volt release, so that won't work.
That was the quickest 27 minutes on the internet. Great progress! My Fri. AM coffee was just fine shared with Arabella.
Happy Friday, Bill!
21:09
I would suggest you now grab the required tools and swap out the alternator, the oil filter and inspect the impeller on the water pump just to see what will have to move.
I love the mindset you talked about you in the beginning. For that exact reason I recently bought a 1929 Ford Model A as my first car. (I'm only 29)
I'm really enjoying driving it as well as repairing it. It's made to be repaired instead of replaced, and you see that in every detail and made to be driven for the joy of it, not just to get from A to B the fastest.
I often find myself taking detours just to spend more time driving it. And it does happily so even after 90 years.
What a sweet story, thanks for sharing it.
Currently repairing a pair of vintage pantalons btw, while watching this
This is not an urban legend, it actually happened to me. I was driving my ‘30 Model A, 5 window coupe around the lake on a moon lit night back in 1963 as a19 year old college freshman when the engine sputtered and quit. The first thing I did was pop off the distributor top and everything looked ok until I looked closer at the rotor and discovered that the thin copper contact strip had a hole worn completely through by the contact nipple on the cap. i will add now that no tools were required for this inspection. I was able to split the aluminum foil off of a gum wrapper and wind it around that rotor tab where the hole was and travel on for a couple,weeks until Warshawsky of Chicago could send me a new one. A drop of solder would have saved me a dollar but I was ordering a seat cover and floor mats too. They’re still in business if you don’t already know that. Thanks for the memory.
The Model A ushered in the modern day car. The basic engineering hasn’t really changed a lot. The vanadium steel engine blocks are indestructible and replacement parts are readily available, and for the most part cheap.
I had one take me to prom back in 2001. Great car; great looks.
"You'll be sleeping in the rock climber bunk" It'd be cool to have bolt on "rocks" as holds to climb in and out of that one 🤙
I recently saw a stealth camper the the rock climbing hold used to get into the overcab bunk.
@@lbh002 that's super cool 😎
It will be cool until your hands are sore from a rough week of sailing.
Climbing skills on display getting out of that bunk mockup!
I was patiently waiting for the bear 🐻 to show up until it clicked with thickener swap. Great work guys
I never thought I could get so into boat building, what have you and Leo done to me! I look forward to you both releasing videos and now you are both working out the inside it's even more awesome. Why did I do metalwork at school and not woodwork?
Metal work is very handy in boats!
Funny you say that. I'm an Auto Mechanic and always always have thought of myself as more of a metal guy. I'm no good at carpentry, not that I'm great with metal, and never really had much interest in wood. Though the past few years I do have a new found appreciation for the beauty of wood and think I want to try and start working with it in someway. Part of it is definitely because of Leo and channels like this. Also the channel essential craftsman.
That Grizzly is amazing, great tool. Arabella is coming along nicely. Thanks Ben.
Its not often that you get a eulogy for a tool! Quirky and kind of nice.
Don't forget to account for the thickness of mattress/bedding when placing the framework for beds
rock climbing experience will be really useful to get in 'n out of that bunk. hey, you could even fix some boulder holds in the walls and under the deck, you'd be doing yor training first thing in the morning and last at night! 😁
I came to the comments to say this exactly!
@@FiferSkipper Me too. Dammit, I thought I'd be so clever...
What the others said.
LOL using every bit of those climbing skills to get in your bunk
Been following Arabella for a few years- started about when the lead keel was poured- and no weekend is properly started for me without watching! Something I look forward to every Friday. Can’t wait to see it get finished and Arabella begin her life on the water. Best wishes!
Steve using his mountain climbing skills in the boat 😂
That bunk is where you send a person who is close to walking the plank. Or just someone you hate.
Lol, I see the pilot berth becoming a great storage spot for large gear and guests using the settee and bench. Nothing wrong with that, plenty of berths for a 38 footer.
That was my thoughts too. 🤣
Awesome episode, Steve. I love the process you use to determine placement of the interior. The pilot berth was most interesting. Anyone who sleeps there will need to have your Gumby-like flexibility as well as your superb upper body strength. Well done!
Thank you! Most interesting today. I can't believe I've been a watcher this long... I enjoy every video and continue to learn. Blessings to you all for the great and thoughtful work accomplished!
Thanks so much for being a part of the journey, Randy.
Glad to see that your rock climbing skills helped when getting in and out of that bunk.
Great video. Got to be pleased with the new machinery.
That bunk will be good for heavy sleepers! I’d hate to have to need to go to the bathroom or a night watch in the middle of the night!
I hate when your weekly vids end. How fun.
Looking good, love the new thicknesser.
A couple of suggestions.....
Could the companionway ladder be hinged?
So that you unlatch the top of the ladder and it leans forward to rest on the head bulkhead.
This would give easer access to the pilot berth.
Alternatively, the companionway ladder splits in half.
The bottom is fixed and the top hinges up to give access.
Also the porthole on the forward section of the cockpit looks directly at the mast.
Would not a porthole ether side of the mast give you better light and visibility?
That's my two cents worth.......
Keep up the excellent work.
Massive Respect from New Zealand.
😀👍
Happy Friday!
I was just thinking the same thing!
I saw an awesome wood ladder that was just a... dowel or wood post. Like a 4x4 circular post until you literally just unfolded it and bam, a ladder. The steps were hinged to fold up inside the hollowed out core of the dowel/post. Would be cool there in companionway too. Could fold it up but would always still be a post there. The folding/hinged or sliding ladder is a great idea.
@@jonny-b4954
I've also seen that ladder.
If I recall correctly, they pulled it out from a hole from under a building then it opened out to make a ladder.
The runs must have been made from steel flat with a hinge on both ends.
When it's folded up one leg extends higher than the other.
It was very interesting.
@@kiwi_welltraveled4375 Yes, that sounds familiar. Been trying to think of video I saw it in. Super interesting. Yes, when folder I would assume the legs don't align and 1 is longer. From what I remember. Cool stuff
Might consider making the bunk frame so the mattress and ply can hinge up and the bottom part to fold down so you have more access to the engine.
It’ll be very easy to remove
When you glue boards together like that, remember to put clamps on and under every second one - that way you make sure they don't pull it out of plane either way
Crazy to think I found this channel when y’all were only 4 videos in and been watching since. I don’t want to even think about how many years that is. But, love the videos, love boats and love woodworking so it is a natural fit for me. Thank you so much for allowing us to see this journey.
Thanks for being on the journey with us, Michael!
I’m always so surprised and happy to see how Victoria is being reused and repurposed. You guys are going an absolutely stellar job. See you next weekend.
Love your work... I've been on ALOT of boats and never seen the craper in the center of the boat though. Typically on a sail boat its towards the bow between the main cabin and saloon. That's the benefits of building your own boat though...
P.s. I'm betting that bunk end up being storage. Lol never enough on a boat...
Just a thought, trim the bottom of the cockpit at a 45° to allow more space.
This will facilitate a "headfirst" entry. Crawling feet first sucks. You'll constantly knock your sheets loose and any debris on your feet get tracked all along your sleeping surface.
Cheers!
It’ll be so infrequently used as a berth, and mostly used as stowage, that modifying the cockpit (an area we’ll use more than most other places on the boat) wouldn’t be a practical move.
What a great way to sit, relax, eat breakfast and watch my 186th episode of A2A, my Friday morning ritual for 186 weeks!!! Happy to be a patron and look forward to more merchandise efforts!! Keep up the great work Steve... you and Alix are a credit to your generation!!
Thanks so much for your support, Casey! Cheers!!
In from winter firewood detail(and very hungry); great timing..cheers...rr Normandy, France
Keep up the great work. Fantastic content and a story I’ve been happily following from the start. Makes a great start to the weekend.
Thanks for being here, John! Happy Friday to you.
Just want to take a moment to say the editing has become so fantastic, just alround amazing professional stuff, same with the audio, its sounds fantastic. Ben's fantastic musical score has also become a core part of the experience. Great stuff!
Thanks for the kind words and especially for watching! Happy Friday to you.
Awesome episode!
It’s nice to upgrade your tools, especially if it’s a planer ;D
Steve, have you considered making the stairs detachable? In my ketch from 1957 the set-up is basically the same, but the stairs are detachable. They lock at the bottom of the hatch/opening and are very easy to set aside when climbing in the bunk.
To access that forward berth easier, how about a hinged sliding ladder. It would be on a rail at the top with an integrated hinge. Lift the bottom up, slide it to the right.
Quarter Berth - My favourite berth on any boat. Navigated on a Carter 33 for a couple of seasons, perfect layout, quarter berth forming the nav station seat. Hourly plots without even getting out of the sleeping bag - perfect.
Who'd have guessed that rock-climbing skills would come in handy for gettin in and out of a bunk?
Love the recycling nav table..
Great episode!
Love the music, who would down vote this gorgeous precipitation ?
Have you thought about possibly putting the companion way ladder on a pivot on the starboard side? Have it swing towards the navigation table like a cellar way/fruit cellar entrance. It would open up access to the bunk and engine but still be able to be put back in place from the deck or galley.
It would be a good idea to add an emergency stop button that was more accessible I would say in the UK it would be a health and safety necessity. It looks a good machine I wish I had one to replace mine.
I was thinking maybe have it fold like an attic staircase to get it up into the cabin top and out of the way.
great idea except for the time your rushing down from the deck in the middle of the night and the ladder isnt in position... possibly with a counterweight or spring to keep it in position unless it is needed to be out of the way like fire escape ladders.
Good job you have plenty of climbing experience getting in and out of the new bunk .
One comment about the stainless tankage: Please ensure the welders use an argon purge during the fabrication of the tank and after it's completed they use an acid pickle to restore the metal's corrosion resistance. TIG welding will deposit free iron on the base material alongside the welds and that should be removed by pickling, otherwise you'll get rust streaking (called wagon tracks) over time in the marine environment. Remove all rust staining on the exterior with Barkeeper's Friend or a citric acid based cleaner on a regular basis. As much as possible keep iron tools and grit from your shoes away from the stainless to keep it nice and shiny.
using a rubber/tar coating on the underside, places not accessible, to ensure no moisture/salt air can reach the welded areas.
@@erehwon9371 That "Flex-Seal" stuff works great. It's easy to get, very sticky, and definitely waterproof.
Climbing hobby paid off!
The knees are so beautiful and a joy to look at
Thank you! And thanks for watching.
One tool to always have in a shop is the moving equivalent of a wheelbarrow. Essentially a wheelbarrow with forklift legs at the front. One other difference, best to have a T handle, rather than bars to grab, as it flexes less. A pneumatic wheel is great for this, but it does work with cast rubber/metal types too. Cannot say just how useful this is in a packed shop, moving equipment/loads about where two wheels would be a hindrance. Yes, it's weird to get used to, but it does work.
Worked in a print shop and we had one of those hand trucks for moving paper and plates. Indispensable where a regular hydraulic pallet lift couldn’t maneuver. The AtoA floors might be a tad rough for hard rubber wheels.
It is an indictment of how society has delegated its decisions to the most timid, that no such commercial product seems to be available. (One-wheeled, that is)
Excellent stuff bro
Well, I think the pilot berth looks nice and cozy. I might even volunteer to sleep there and I'm close to twice Steve's size.
The pilot berth is the one berth you need to be able to get out of in a hurry - on a stormy night. If it's not practical, it won't get used and will end up a dumping ground for stuff. And centre-line companionway steps are much more practical than off-centre, particularly as in the arrangement you have, water (rain and water from clothing) will land directly on the chart table at their foot. It would I feel be of considerable help to the project if you had an experienced ocean going yacht skipper come and cast his/her eye over the layout you are considering. Well done for getting this far. It's a big job!
Brilliant work
Really nice nav desk! I love how you reuse the old wood from Victoria. And how you think about Arabella and the one that comes after you as owner.
Glad to see you didn't alter the angled boards for the nav station. should look pretty cool when finished!
We think so too! Thanks!
Always good to have a big bear in the shop .. Congrats on the new tool addition..
I see that your only allowing short skinny crew members to spend the night in the cabin, were as the bigger ones must have to stay on deck ... I just hope you feed them well :-) ...
As Always .. Thanks Ben, Your A Legend !!
Keep Doing What Your Doing .. Because What You Are Doing Is Nothing Short Of Amazing !!
Happy Friday, Jim!
I don’t comment often however I did want to comment on your statement at the beginning of this video about tools and what should be saved and why. Well said and I could not agree with you more! OH & BTW I own several Grizzly metal working machines and I have been very happy with not only the machines but the company as a whole. A great company to work with!
Make Magazine, a wonderful quarterly that every tinkerer should get, one time published the Maker Creed… which included, “if you can’t take it apart, you don’t own it.” Which would follow that modifications, repairs, partial replacement become really hard with the way most things are manufactured now. That being said, the Delta was a real workhorse. It just ran into so many problems, some very time consuming and expensive to fix, that a new tool became necessary.
I have bought and sold numerous cast iron wood stoves, when it comes to saving time and energy as well as the back, I have found that my best friends to move heavy ones are wheels. I have several set ups of larger casters on rather small footprint pallets that work wonders.
Is it just me or have these videos just gotten better and better; quality editing. Tip of the hat guys
Wowie, thanks! That’s very kind. Thanks for watching.
Nice. Those aren't cheap but Grizzly makes some great equipment.
Great news with the Grizzly. Wonderful materials deserve fine handling for sure. I do hope you don't need to be a cave diver just to navigate that pilot berth ;). Great to see the project coming along so well and good luck with finding your man/woman of steel!
I agree with you on the old tools. Serviceability is not even possible with alot of new tools.
nice looking piece of equipment to add to the shop. the old planer was showing its design flaws in non serviceable wear items and inferior materials , its a shame we design for limited and finite service lives instead of trying to do it right once but it makes financial sense unfortunately to produce things that break or wear out and have to be replaced, on that note thanks for taking the time and expending the effort to do a job right in a way that is repairable and serviceable and freely involving us in the process. ;] ps. easy on the glue lol too much is a weaker bond than just enough and a bit more... some squeeze out is what your shooting for not niagra falls ,,,, cheaper is stronger in this case.
Iv just been looking on line and you can get some really small aluminium Constantina loft ladders that would fold away to make more room and easier access to the bunk wish i could add a picture to this conversation to show you they are on amazon 👍🏼
When I saw Grizzly in the boat house I thought you had a new wood stove
Regarding the bunks. I really believe you'll prevent future mold problems by drilling holes in the platforms for ventilation.
Or maybe we’ll get something similar to a Froli… maybe. Good idea though, Patricia!
That 3 minutes of Steve working out how to get into the bunk (and then out of it again) will have to be kept as a highlight!
Hahaha
Perfect as always
Shucks, Jim. Thanks for watching!
My mate Kev is the best guy for welding, shame we live in Australia😔 come on Canadian Kev!
Great job on all of this...
Thanks, Kerry! Happy Friday!
I thought I was going to see a very big bear. Men screaming and running away.
Movement lubricated by sawdust. Perfect.
great stuff
Nice editing Ben love the music as well. Steve that bunk needs to be called plan pee break napper
Oh, I was expecting a visit from a bear!
I think runing along the wall may actually be the best way ever to exit a pilot birth ! Its not a bug, its a feature.
The quarter bunk is a space I would not like to have to get out of in a hurry .Roly 🇬🇧.
Beautiful intro. Almost made me sentimental thinking she will outlive us all, that’s alive atm, ofc 😅
Good morning Akiva and Crew :-)
Gooooood morning! Happy Friday!
On the Grizzly... maybe undo the 4 corner bolts and spin the green base 180... that'll move all your controls to the side you want them.
Just 2cents from a filthy casual that loves watching you work your magic.
Reading the heading, I wondered how you got a grizzly into the boathouse and now I know. They come in a truck.
Love how you used some rock climbing techniques to exit the mock up pilot berth.
Boat looks good man
I suggest making the center section of the stairs (just two steps) fold up to be out of the way for bunk access and nav table use. It could be made easily flexible to flip up and down as opening a door would be. Thanks.
Getting into that berth looked a tad difficult, now imagine a larger person and the boat rocking around in bad weather.
Being a very heavy woman, that was my first thought!
They’ll sleep in a different berth, then.
@@AcornToArabella this guy does not like criticism constructive or otherwise. Ive witnessed it in several well meaning suggestions.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ we’ve built three guest berths and one is smaller than the others… the larger person will get a larger berth. -Annie B
I got the grizzly planer for the very same reason. I do all my furniture building from a wheelchair and needed the table to remain fixed. Keep the table waxed and it will work wonders for you.
Nice, Mike! Thanks for sharing that review! Can you send us pics of your work?
@@AcornToArabella I can if I knew how
Those rock climbing skills came in handy getting into and out of the pilot birth mockup, huh🤔.
Great episode as always, hope to see Alix again soon, I've missed him from the videos.
He gave a an update a few episodes back.
Nice planer. That's a dream peice for me.
Not telling you what you should do, but for my own use I would either lose the quarter berth and just make it engine room. Or I would make the nav station be part of the quarter berth so that just your legs would be beside the engine. And have an insert board to make the nav table wider for berthing. It would be somewhat inconvenient if someone was sleeping there while under way, but you'd have a spare bed with one person on watch. Having said that I likely wouldn't be out with a full occupancy though.
I'm not sure if those four holes in the glued up board for the nav table are going to be exposed or not, but it sure would look nice to have two large hourglass dutchman to cover them and it would have the added benefit of keeping the two boards tight together. Love AtoA, you guys are awesome!
Thanks!
Ok, I have a possible solution to your bunk issue. Think about commercial kitchen cabinetry for a moment, and apply that technology to your bunk. You only need to consider the distance from your hip bone (Greater trochanter) to your shoulder. So basically the bunk is split and the part that is holding most of the weight is a commercial kitchen drawer system. So you come down the ladder, flip up the bottom section and sit on the bunk which has been pulled out over top of the chart table and sit on the rolled out portion of the bunk. Position yourself and pull the two bunk sections back together. When the two bunk sections are joined, a small piece of hardwood drops down, when you have to get out, flip the hardwood lock up and roll the top portion of the bunk back out over the chart table and you're out, I have used this type of shelving many times but it involves hospital morgues and I don't want to talk about that. Cheers from Canada.
That pilot berth is a cool climbing gym.
Grizzly makes good stuff live just down the road from them here in Springfield MO