Making and Fitting Lodging Knees - Episode 143 - Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
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- Опубликовано: 15 сен 2024
- Knees and blocking are what keep the deck of the boat from racking or moving in unwanted ways. Ours are made from the stumps we dug out of the ground around this time last year. It's amazing to see the final product from those rough pieces or material to what they are becoming now. A great way to ring in the new year!
Thank you to everyone that has been following, sharing and support this journey. The community that has come together through all this has been one of the best parts of this project. We wish you all a wonderful new year and hope that you all get to (and decide to) chase your dreams in 2021!
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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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Nothing like the expression of thankfulness and appreciation for the good fortune, all those power tools, no injuries, no Covid, health and happiness,,,not even a peep, disappointing.
There are so many things that are making themselves evident about the build now... there suddenly appears to be a boat hull in the background of most shots... the amount of percussive persuasion seems to have increased a deal, too.
I keep thinking that my Dad, who was a coachbuilder, would be glued to the screen every Saturday as I am, to see what progress has been made, as well as having to be physically restrained from sending you his favourite Aussie hardwood, Jarrah (Eucalyptus marginata, djarraly in Noongar language and historically as Swan River mahogany) to work into Arabella somewhere.
Thanks to Steve and Alix, Akiva and Aaron for providing a very important touchstone of normalcy in an abnormal world.
Happy New Year...
nothing feels as liberating and energizing as a clean and neat shop. as if it's the first time you have heard this: amazing craftsmanship, engineering and videography. I love watching your work and the progess.
Aaron is a hard working guy. You can tell that when a person works just as hard on the jobs that are no fun as he dose on the jobs that are. That kind of help is hard to come by. I bet he will accomplish his goals.
Arabella Is the bee’s knee’s. 👍👍👍
Awesome work Steve. She is going to be super rigged. Built tuff as a tank. 👍
Good days work Steve 👍👏👏👏🇬🇧
Great video as usual. I love this channel. I hope that you guys have some fire extinguishers in the shop. The difference between a funny story and a tragic disaster is often a fire extinguisher. Happy 2021.
I think you have moved beyond just building a boat. You are creating a functional work of art.
Shucks Ed, thanks. Happy New Year.
@@AcornToArabella Happy New Year to you guys and all of the Arabellites as well!
The scale of this project never ceases to amaze me. I’m very jealous. The work may be hard but the satisfaction of watching this beast being built by your own two hands must be out of this world.
Received my T-Shirt and it is great! Living here in Colorado long sleeve T-s are perfect to wear under flannels or hoodies. The knee's are looking perfect and I can now see why the tree rots were so invaluable. Some of the wood grain is truly gorgeous and there will be evenings while sitting at anchor you will really enjoy the beauty of the grain and admire the hard work you put into crafting this beautiful boat.
Glad you like the t-shirt! Thanks for the support!
Another excellent video. Keep up the good work gents! Looking forward to seeing the bulkheads.
I'm also loving and fascinated by the differences between Arabella and Tally Ho. Different construction methods, materials, and even labor processes. It's all interesting to watch and both will make incredible final products.
Glad to see the saw dust go. the place was becoming a hamsters paradise. Well done guys. I hope you have a progressive 2021. I really Enjoy Makers such as yourselves.
Thanks for watching and happy new year!
Dear Arabellas Acorns. ;-)
👍👌👏 Very well done again and as always. Thanks a lot for making teaching explaining recording editing uploading and sharing.
Best regards luck and health to all of you (including Akiva of course).
I smashed like after 44 sec!
I love a small boat on a decent size lake and fishing now when I watch this show I see a ship that is being built to deal with much stress and with very little flex as possible which to me is a great thing for a wooden ships. Now I have you tube set to play on auto and saw some sad unskilled videos on boat building which I never knew were out there so I chose to use my You Tube on manual to avoid that trash.
Toujours aussi passionnant de vous suivre ... Bravo 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Knees, knees, and more knees ... I wonder if Steve or Alix can make me some new knees ..
Keep Doing What Your Doing .. Because What Your Doing Is Amazing ..
Hope Your 2021 Is As Productive As 2020 Was !!
You’re = “you are “. Your .........ffs, it’s not that hard to select the correct word when making a 20 word comment.
Thanks, Jim! Happy new year to you and thanks for the kind words!
@@neilhughes3823 and it's not hard to be kind. Be well.
New Years morning, with, Arabella .... thanks
Happy New Year. What a hard working crew. Have a great trip.
That boat is going to be an absolute tank! So much craftsmanship and detail.
Happy New Year from Gold Coast Australia🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺
Thanks for posting and sharing. Really nice to see the locust chunks getting used. It is always a pleasure to hear Ben's voice introducing and closing the videos.
Gotta love CAD (cardboard aided design)
Yay analogue!
@@snowstrobe check out 'project binkey'
Ha! Fantastic.
Enormous thanks to Aaron for enabling you to enjoy your beautiful workspace whose richness of experience can be duly savoured now it is pristine again(at least on starboard!).
Thank you again have a wonderful new year.
Same to you!
impressive sawdust landscape
🇳🇱NL.A very happy and prosperous 2021 greetings from a wet Roosendaal in the Netherlands Hans👍👍👍👍👍👍🍀❤️
I HOPE EVERYONE HAS A BETTER NEW YEAR 2021 🎇🎆🎇🎆 from Victoria Australia 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺
OY OY OY!
Again, YOU ARE AMAZING!! Thanks for your filming so as to share!
Thank you Arabella crew for a year of great videos and fantabulous boat building. Have a Happy New Year. Wishing you all good health, good friends and lots of joyful boatbuilding.
Happy New Year !! From Huntington MA.
Right down the road! Thanks for watching and happy new year.
To be quite honest, I was kind of hoping for a time laspe or something of the cleaning of the boathouse. I bet it would be so satisfying just watching all the sawdust disappear. Happy new years, cheers y'all!!
Oh! ... so satisfying yes :))
Me too!
Merry Christmas Arabella! I hope you enjoy your new knees!
Great way to start the new year. A cup of coffee and A2A.
You have a fantastic work ethic Stephen. Well done champ, and I hope you enjoy a few days off over the holidays. You deserve it.
I'm so happy to see that this generation are working to build this boat with the craftsmanship that excited many years before they were even born. Bless you and peaceful new year to all that work on this project. Please keep sharing your skills .
happy new year to all the Arqbella friends greetz from Antwerp Belguim
Gelukkig nieuwjaar and thank you for watching!
Another great video. Watching your videos I'm always impressed by your craftsmanship and attention to detail but recently I've also been equally impressed by the thought that went into the structural design of this boat. Watching you (and Leo with his project) has made me appreciate the importance of the design when considering longitudinal and torsional bending loads that will be imparted on the hull when at sea. The floors, lodging and hanging knees, and all the rest as they work together to make a sound structure are very critical components that I hadn't fully appreciated until watching your videos. I also enjoy watching Garrett and Ruth (Salt and Tar) build their boat but I sometimes worry that their design and approach may not yield the requisite strength when subjected to high winds and rough seas. Thanks again for sharing your journey with us. Wishing you a great, peaceful, prosperous, and safe new year. Cheers!
Some boats make better near-coastal cruisers and are the result of an equation where cost and time are considered, others are lightly built so they can be great racers... a boat's design is meant to fit the lifestyles, local conditions, or working life that they were intended for. In other words, not all boats should or could be outfitted with the same structural components as Arabella's.
@@AcornToArabella Completely agree. My point was that in all designs, structural loads are calculated and load paths determined to ensure the integrity of the design. They will definitely be different for each design type, for the reasons you mention and others, but they will all be based on calculated loads. About 50 years ago my dad restored an E-Scow which was built around the turn of the last century (1900). Sufficient attention wasn't paid to the shroud attachment during the restoration and one late September the starboard shroud broke free from its attachment to the hull while under load. Over-building a boat is never a bad thing, especially one that will see blue water. In the case of Arabella it's clear that the designer had these things in mind and it's also clear that you guys are mindful of the necessity for adhering to the fundamental elements. Your attention to detail is commendable. Thanks for your reply.
always the highlight of my week
Thanks!
Guess who just got his A2A T-shirt in the mail? This bloke! Love it. Hi from Sydney Australia.
Happy New Year guys.
Happy New Year...richard, Normandy, Fra.(and thanks as always)
Bonne année, Richard!
@@AcornToArabella et meilleur voeux a vous deux...
Happy New Year
Dinner well deserved! All the best for 2021
Heavy snow here in the mountains, just returned from a nice walk, hot fire in the stove, good whisky and Acorn to Arabella..... New year started perfectly. Cheers to everybody!
"Body by Arabella" 😃 Happy 2021 to all at A2A and wish you another successful year of boat building.
New Years day here in Ohio. Sipping coffee while Steve works on Arabella. Peace and love, good people.
Yessir, peace and love. Happy new year!
I can’t believe that year is gone already! Feels like I was just watching Steve getting soaked in the white coveralls!
A VERY HAPPY (and hopefully less complicated!) NEW YEAR to each and everyone involved in your fantastic project! Please extend my greetings to all your families and friends. Best regards.
Oooh, nice sawdust stash. Now you just gotta get the 'green' stuff to mix with it and come spring you'll have ten gardens' worth of compost! LOL, I'm always pestering the local lumberyard for sawdust to help compost my kitchen scraps.
Better times ahead. Happy new year everyone.
Happy yew near!
Thanks. You too!
Ahh nice snowy morning and my favorite channel to watch. Happy New Years Arabella crew!
Happy new year to you, too. Thanks for watching!
Keep up the great work i have enjoyed it!!
Thanks!
I wanna see y'all build a homemade, backyard roller coaster now. Haha
Happy New Years guys
When you do the plywood, if you haven't done any before, be sure to read/watch some videos on it. There's some minor rules governing the way you're supposed to build a piece of plywood, so it doesn't warp/crack/delaminate. One thing i've always had good luck with, was making sure that adjacent/budding pieces of wood and overlapping pieces of wood (the sandwich) have similar grain. EG, if a piece of wood has thin grain on one side, and thick grain on the other, i'd pair it up with thick and thin grain on either side and overlapping, two pieces of thin and thick grained wood.
TLDR: keeping apples with apples and oranges with oranges in your construction makes the plywood happy.
Thanks for the thoughtful tips!
Those lodging knees would suite a bloody destroyer
....l'm enjoying this build way too much....don't really want it to end.....
Its amazing the infrastructure that comes to exist around a project that can last for years. You didnt see that coming i bet. Love the deck Knees.
Going to be a good new year for building Arabella!
The blocks may be simple, but they are still beautiful forms... anyway, they seemed to pass Akiva's quality-assurance inspection.
Got her some merry Christmas knees 👍🏽
I am finally up to only a little less then two years behind. I have not looked at where you are today. Just keep watching one episode after the other. should catch in a another month or so. I have an almost identical big band saw such as the one you have. Took me a while to get it to cut good but it is cutting good now. Just wanted to pass on where I get my blades. The last one I bought I paid about 30.00 for a greenwood 1.25 x 210 inch long blade, plus shipping. If you are interested in the info, let me know
The new year is off to a good start! Happy new year everybody!
Goodness.. Those pieces of locust are gorgeous!
Happy New Year to the gang👍
The music is so relaxing, unlike 99% you hear on RUclips that then totally spoils those videos👍👏
I was thinking the same thing as their intro started. That I love the calmness to the music. That they are consistent with the theme throughout the video. I appreciate that.
Same, and I like the sounds that are included.
@Salazar payne Indeed. Ben does a great job, and we're sure he appreciates your mentioning it. Thanks for watching!
The first morning of 21 starts with Acorn to Arabella. Perfect.
"work off (x mas meal)" yeah right, you better . lol I used to forget about a few meals when I was in the woodshop too.
They need a "Body By Arabella" shirt
If the Starrett square is steel, submerge it in plain vinegar bath for a couple days then clean with carding wheel.
This a work of love!
Joseph also was a carpenter!
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
Best wishes for 2021 guys.
Same to you, Richard!
Happy, safe, New Year to all here (but the 31 thumb down dudes) 🤩
Marc from Québec, Canada
Wishing everyone a happy new year from here in the UK. Thank you for the excellent videos and allowing us to be part of this wonderful project. Lets hope for a better year in 2021 and at least a start of a return to a covid free normality.
Thank you and happy new year!
I am sending my Hopes For The Most Productive, Most Successful, And HAPPIEST of NEW YEARS to Everyone Involved with Acorn To ARABELLA Especially, Steve, Alex, and Akiva from Granby, Connecticut.
Thank you so very much, Steve. All the best to you, too. Happy new year and thanks for the support!
17:31 that was the beginning of a great edit, it really captured the energy of Steve alone with his project.
The shop is looking good, Arabella is looking great! It's like watching a seed grow into a beautiful flower. Best wishes from Canada.
“Got a little bit of snow the other dayy...”
Very nearly a signature Letterkenny moment right there.
For reference ruclips.net/video/BJ8YHkWkAC0/видео.html
Pitter patter...
“Tim’s, McDonald’s, and the beer store are all closed on Christmas Day. And that’s your whole world right there.”
Happy new year guys. Knees are looking good. The plan for your bulkheads sounds interesting you could consider vacuum bagging the laminations if the “veneers” are thin enough. 👍
Happy new year!
Merry Christmas, all the best for 2021 from Palmerston North New Zealand.
All the best to you too, Nigel! Thanks for watching.
Happy New Year! Can't wait to see what 2021 brings!
Same to you! Thanks for your support and partnership.
Wishing you all Good Wishes for the New Year 2021. Very fitting that AtoA is my first video of the new year. Thanks for sharing every week it looks a lot different to 1 Jan. last year ! Enjoy your time in the mountains. Sheffield UK
Happy New Year. Best of luck with the project. Stay healthy.
Nice work. Happy New Year. Looking forward to viewing all the progress in 2021. 👍👍
Those knees are going to be as beautiful as Leo's bronze ones. Loved the shot of "A man, his dog, and his bandsaw on the eve of Christmas"
tHAT IS BEAHTFUL WORK
I can see how solid that boat's gonna be just from seeing those knees in place!
Beautiful work and a great way to to start the new year! Cheers!
Thanks, David. Happy new year!
Thanks for the entertaining videos throughout 2020, at this time we look back and be grateful that we will fulfil our dreams as you are doing.
God bless you and your families
Sean from Ireland
Thanks for the kind words and blessings, Sean. All the best to you and yours in the new year.
Great progress in 2020. Happy new year.
Like assembling a puzzle. All fitting nicely.
Happy new year to all of you!
Happy new year, Arabella gang!
And good (expletives deleted) riddance to 2020.
Ha! Happy new year to you too. Thanks for watching.
Good days progress!!!!
HAPPY 2021 to you too.
She's turning Into a lovely Las
Thanks! And thanks for watching.
happy to see dad's vise is still helping out. :-D happy new years guys!
Friday, a new year, a new A2A video, it's a good way to start. Here's to wishing for the rest of the year to be as good.
Hmmm. Looking at all that untreated sawdust and thinking you might like to add Acorn to Arabella Wood Smoking supplies to your list of merchandise!
Another person recommended material for culturing mushrooms! ;)
@@AcornToArabella Meet them halfway and we can all start smoking mushrooms. Looking forward to your visit to New Zealand (pretty much the only way to get here these days).
Happy New year to everyone. Thanks for the videos and I wish you all the best in 2021 too.