Cables and Cold Days - Episode 199 - Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
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- Опубликовано: 3 фев 2022
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It's cold. Very cold. But there's plenty of work to do that's not hindered by it. Some days we can't get out to the boat shed until 9 or 10 a.m., for the fact that it's almost dangerous to be outside in the conditions.
We can't reveal yet the special plans for the little bulkhead forward- the one that completes the hanging locker that our friend, Jeff, started a couple of weeks ago. We'll learn more about that soon, but for now, Steve gives it it's final fit, then it's off to the paint room for a few coats of sealer and varnish on the inside surface.
We made a highly detailed pattern for the stainless bulkhead and stove surround that Evan will make. We can't wait to see our beautiful tanks, we know he's done a great job over there at MS Fabrication. / msfabboston
We get electrical conduit run, bundled, and connected to junction boxes, which are then fitted with beefy bus bars. Hooray and huzzah, in go the first few main lines for the electrical system. At this point, 10-gauge wire has been assigned to a few of the first simple circuits: lights and cabin heater on one, charging ports on another, and the main lines that will serve the forward bilge pump (assigned to the chain locker) and the nav lights up the main mast.
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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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When you pull the last wires in a conduit, add a nylon cord. If you find you need another wire in the future, you'll have an already installed messenger cable to pull it with and won't have to try to force a snake through existing wire bundles...
For that plastic peeling on the stove, get a heat gun or hair dryer to warmup the glue - it'll make the job a lot easier.
The A, B, C’s of every Friday morning- Acorn to Arabella, Bagel, Coffee. Sheer bliss.
In addition to all the other wiring suggestions, leave yourself a pull line of some sort in each of the conduits in case of wanting to add future stuff.
As a tradesman who installs a lot of tie wraps, I'd recommend when you are trimming tie wraps, that you twist the ends off with linesman pliers instead of cutting them. Cut tie wraps are very sharp and reaching into a space with them will slice you open eventually. In my field, cut tie wraps are considered very bad practice.
German electronics technician here. Big fan of how your electrical system is layed out. Looks much better then in 99% of private boats ive seen. I believe for some reason most yanks like to run single core wire through tubes, while over here we use multicore cable without tubes for most things. You seem to have gone the extra mile and combined tubes with multicore cable. Plus all the boxes and fittings in plastic, I doubt you could do any better then that, awesome job ;)
Steve, probably a day late and a dollar short, but here's a suggestion from an old wire puller. Using a vacuum cleaner to either suck or blow a string through a conduit is a really fast and efficient way to get a Pulling String in a duct. It eliminates the "snake" portion of the job. Also, it is handy to identify each conduit with color at each end while you have it ID'd.
Enjoyed the winter scenes. They added to the reality of pulling plastic off of metal surfaces, working with gloves on, and the general pace of working in frigid spaces.
Very neat electrical work. Also pretty corrosion proof with heat shrinking.
THANKS ABYC for setting a great standard to make future repairs easier and better for us all. Colors are free and so are ABYC's standards. Someone put a lot of thought to the eventual needs of every boat owner.
I'm amazed about your ability to work with such temperatures.... From a french fan. Thank you.
Thank you for another entertaining video.
Finally I can sleep at night! Removal of the protective film is a must! Use a hair dryer and do t melt the film. NOT a heat gun!!
love the junction box idea!
Thank you for another Friday treat! All the wiring on my boat was well done, but I have no diagram ;-)
Love the atmospheric shots on this one!
Thanks for a really nice episode, once again! I'm quite envious of being able to design an electrical system from scratch - I love doing electric stuff, but it's always been in pre-owned boats with 30 years or more of jerry rigging everything as the starting point :D This system looks so neat!
system looks good. also, kudos for taking the advice to simplify your conduit connections.
As an electrician on ships I'm impressed on what your doing w the electrical and the whole boat, one handy tip when you cut the zip ties take a peice of sand paper and sand the sharp edge, ive been cut many times and seen people cut too many times cuzza a zip tie happens daily where I work I sand all I work near lol
Guys, even with the heater must be damn cold inside the boat house. Wood panels are impressive. Great job