Nettlesome Episode 15: More Planking and More Wood: November - December 2024

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  • Опубликовано: 23 янв 2025

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  • @luckytoastsebastian
    @luckytoastsebastian 29 дней назад +1

    All the world is a stage you can set your plank on.

  • @spring4522
    @spring4522 29 дней назад +1

    Wonderful! I enjoy seeing the progress. You are a very patient man. Planking drove me crazy....ier. I did not enjoy it one bit.

    • @nettlesome-project
      @nettlesome-project  26 дней назад

      That's a bummer, Chris! I think for me it's because I could barely complete many of the tasks leading up (a lot of breakage on steam bending the frames, kind of blundering through cutting the rabbet on the keel) and the second and third chances on the planking gives me a chance to make corrections and adjustments. Maybe it's more correct to say that it forces me to slow down and make those corrections. Maybe also that I am just developing my patience or overcoming my impatience that this whole project has been helping me deal with. But I have to say about your tender that IT LOOKS SO GOOD! So whatever you are doing is coming out pretty well so far.

  • @sleepykittyboatworks
    @sleepykittyboatworks 19 дней назад

    Hi LaDale. I'm in the initial phases of building a Haven 12.5 and I've been watching your videos along with the other references you mention (Art of Boat Building, Jenkins Boat Works, How to Build the Haven 12 1/2 Footer, Tips From a Ship Wright, Bristol Shipwrights, Tally Ho, etc.). Since one of the difficulties with the plans for this boat is the lack of a materials list, which I am working on, I'd be interested in what lumber you purchased from Griffith Saw Mill and the costs. I'm in Rockville MD north of DC and there are several sources of QS White Oak locally but it is mostly kiln dried. From Maynard Bray, kiln dried is OK (preferred?) for floor timbers and probably for laminates and other parts but not for the steam bent frames. There are mills in PA that I will be looking into but I'd appreciate info on your experience with Griffith. Thx in advance and best of luck with your efforts.

    • @nettlesome-project
      @nettlesome-project  19 дней назад

      Hi! Agreed, figuring out what to get (and when) has been a bit of a challenge. I should note, early on I also consulted the digitized plans for the Herreshoff 12 1/2 at MIT quite a bit. They have a bit different detail and so it helps build out what you know about what you need.
      I don't recall how many board feet I bought from Griffith, but it was three timbers, one piece large enough to accommodate the keel with about 10-15 percent waste, so maybe 2.5" x 8" x 16'. Another piece was for the stem pieces, deadwood and sternpost, and some portion of the floor timbers, with a somewhat higher estimate of waste (about 25 %) -- probably 2" thick, 6-8" across, 12-14". The deadwood turned out to be kind of a waste because use Doug Fir and epoxy it. A third piece was all devoted to the frames, anticipating about 25% waste from cutting and breakage, which was a bit low. That was probably 2" x 8" x 12', anticipating getting about 28 frames out of that. All of that was about $400 or so, either $4 a board foot or $5, as almost all of it was quartersawn or nearly so.
      I had to buy another board or two of kiln-dried white oak for more timbers when my waste was higher than anticipated. I got that from Northland Forest Products in Troy, VA.
      Most recently I just used Blue Ridge Lumber in Fishersville, VA for the deck beams, coaming, and sheerstrakes. Both they and Griffith were pretty accommodating, but things were also fairly loosely organized. I got to go on site and say "cut it like this" or "I can't use that piece," which was great and made me very happy. In each case, it was like me talking to a guy running the big saw, and it was clear they did not often get individual buyers and basically never boat builders, so I had some explaining to do in a couple of cases (why I wanted certain shapes or why I could not accept so much sapwood). There was a little bit of waiting for my order to be sawn because they don't always have White Oak on hand or are not in a position to cut it immediately, but in Griffith's case it was like a one- or two-week wait; in Blue Ridge's case, it was like two days.
      For me, it wasn't like Duke at Naval Timbers in CT or Jack at Dara Timbers in ME, who both know boat builders' ideas and priorities. However, I think any mill that you want to work with should be willing to figure out what you need and why you need it, and let you have some say in its cutting.
      I'm excited to hear more about your build! You can email me at lwinling AT gmail. I'd love to talk.