Building a Steam Box and Steam Bending Oak Frames, S2-E8
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- In this episode of The Art of Boat Building we follow along the building a steam box. The box is then tested for steam bending oak frames. The white oak frames are then installed in the Haven 12 1/2. Following a plan by Greg Rossel in his book "Building Small Boats" we see how to build a steam box for bending wood.
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I absolutely love your videos this is always been my dream to build my own sailboat I don't think I could do it like you though I never see you make a mistake LOL but I think you've inspired me to try thank you
I have to be very grateful for there being people like you who are predisposed to teach.
As always a great video. Thank you.
That's a great build indeed. You can also have a small drain pipe from your weep hole feeding back into your boiler to recycle the water.
I did have a weep hole at the back (low end) to collect in a bucket. You’d be surprised how little I collected as the majority of the water evaporated in the steam. The collected water was quite discolored from the wood tannins, not very good for recycling. I just watered some plants with it. Clean water in your steamer keeps the vital parts clean.
Thanks for watching!
That steam box sure did work well with those frames. Great progress Bob. On to the next segment in this binge watch. Thanks for sharing.
Nice workshop --wonderful when you can have all the modern latest tools and equipment at your fingertips! come to Africa --theres bugger all here mate !
The steam bent frames went well and they should last a long time. She is coming along great.
Nicetrick on measuring the water level
Brilliant! Rarely have I seen an instructional video that did such a great job of very clearly explaining a complicated, involved, and extended process with such clarity and effectiveness. Also. your calm, soft-spoken demeanor makes the videos a pleasure to watch. As I told my wife, it's like watching Mister Rogers build a boat, which comment I hope you will take as the compliment is it meant to be. I have long wanted to build a wooden boat myself and when I get around to it, probably when I retire, I hope your videos will still be available. Many thanks for sharing this project with everyone!
Thanks Dan, I do take your Mr. R comment as a huge compliment.
When you are ready to build stay in touch I think you’ll like the online boat building course I’ve developed.
Thanks for watching!
Cheers,
Bob
Very nice Bob.....great comments about not "over-pressurizing" the boiler and box! "They" make all kinds of rubber/foam pads to kneel on...........your knees will appreciate it! I love how a "first-fire" test turned into almost all the frames being done! Nice!!! DD
Superb. Thank you.
Great work and documentation
I do like bending wood. I use a wallpaper stripper and vacuum food bag rolls and found that very effective, albeit slower. A luthier's bending iron can be useful too.
Hi,( roly) brilliant bubble tip,so simple but effective.
Another great video, the boat is coming along and will be a beauty when she is finished. There is just something satisfying about bending wood. When I built my plywood Jon boat I didn't have an steam box for the plywood bottom so I put wet towels in a microwave till they were boiling hot and laid them on the area where I needed the bend to be. Worked like a champ. I used the same technique for bending the bottom runners but it didn't work out as well.
Bob,
That steam box is the nicest one I have seen. "Just threw together some supports" would have taken me 3 days and half a dozen tries. Your sculpting background is really showing itself. Very nice explanations for the different steps you are taking and the video is very well done. Thank you very much for this video of your progress. Have a good week and looking forward to your next video.
if wood splits along the medullary rays wouldnt it be better that you lay the rays parallel to the planking? when your boat gets old and the frames dry out and the frames check, the screw will still hold the now two layer frame rather than the screw pulling through the check. im sure youll counter sink the screws anyway so there shouldnt be a chance youll split the frames while fastening the planks.
Precisely as recommended by Louis Sauzedde (Tips from a Shipwright) for that reason. Coincidentally, using the example of frames in a Herreshoff 12 1/2.
Yes, also saw Louis recommendations and it seemed correct. Fantastic work no matter what.
Thanks !
Thank you so much. Very helpful video. Plus, I really like your work.
So enjoying your series. Keep up the awesome work. Great video quality and production!
When you cut the frames from your slab, you can (should!) follow the grain to help avoid splitting when bending. You might end up with a crooked frame, but it won't matter since you're going to bend it anyway.
Dear Bob! This is a great and remarcably clear video as always. It might be too soon, but we would very much appreciate if you could show in a bit more details as of how the frames are located in keel area and connected to the floors. Thanks a lot!
Great Video, Bob; thanks for the tip on the water level
And thanks to Louis from "Tips From a Shipwright" for providing this information for you to find/use. Great job giving credit where credit is due. Show that you are an honest person, thanks.
Like Norm Abrahms on New Yankee workshop says..." You can neve have too many clamps!"
Norm was great.
Nice going Bob. I wondered whether those ply ribbands would be stiff enough between molds, but those small frames, al dente, don’t appear to offer much resistance. : ) Looking forward to the next step. Your channel is sure making me want to build another boat - stop it, ok! : )
Working with 2 people can go a lot faster. We tried to put the frame approximately in place and get the bulk of the bend done very quickly by hand, then add clamps, to avoid too much cooling.
What a great build series Bob! Thank you very much for the upload and we are all very excited for the next!!
Sure do enjoy your videos
Nice build
However it's not exactly healthy to warm something up which has been galvanized...
"A shipright name Lou" huh? Louis Sauzedde by any chance?
Yeah, I'd like to know what happened to Louis. Why did he fall off the earth?
Obrigado por compartilhar. Abraços do Brasil!
Nice “test” ......16 frames later......awesome work.
I loved the video
You might want to look into steaming frames in a bag. It looks easier than the box.
Great video Bob. One suggestion, you should avoid using iron fittings in the steaming box. It may make Oak wood black.
Very nice and detailed video Bob thanks for all you do.
Really enjoying following along with your build!
Great video Bob. I would suggest you check the gain on your lav mic. Think it might be too high which is why you're getting some audio distortion. All the best
"a shipwright named Lou" ;) ;) ;)
Спасибо, очень интересно смотреть.
Nice build! Did you do a test burn of the pot outside? That galvanized steel is toxic when reaches 392 degrees F. the zinc will burn off creating yellowish fumes. Please be careful when heating Galvy
Yes, I'm fully aware of the hazards of zinc. I was only heating to steam temps. (212ºF) The steam pot was always outside with the large doors open for ventilation.
Cheers,
Bob
"have a little bit of an explosion" apparently this is contraindicated when steaming? great video!
Last time i looked around in my shop, i kind of got confused about which one of my machines is the lathe. Can i borow your method? 😆
Bob looks like Capt. Sarigar!
Is there a reason you didn't rout a small radius on the corners of those frames, prior to installing them ?
best to fair them out when you install planks i think. gets a closer fit, and you don't want places to trap water.
I got that"tip from a shipwright" called lou🙂🙂🙂
Love the show? How much was the kit in season 1?
I purchased my kit as apart of the class I took at the Great Lakes Boat Building School. So the kit was part of the tuition.
Here is a link to the kit by CLC
www.clcboats.com/shop/boats/wooden-sailboat-kits/tenderly-dinghy.html
Thanks for watching!
Also steam is a problem for most glues.
Could you clamp each section up and replace the clamps a station at a time with zip ties to negate not having enough clamps. ?
Yes, one could do that. Best to let them cool first.
That's amazing! What type of wood is it if I may ask?
White Oak
@@TheArtofBoatBuilding nice! Thank you!
Is there any concern about mold building up over time from the moist heat and cooling and heating again on the inside of the pine box?
Been steaming in the same box for over a year. Very clean inside, so no concerns.
@@TheArtofBoatBuilding thanks! Great videos by the way....!
Did yo pre-cut the ends for the frames to meet the stem and bed logs?
PVC steam box looks like a banana after it heats up.
How can I get the book? in Indonesia the book is still rare
What book are you interested in?
outstanding work.....wished you were my neibour
Just trying to help, not troll...
Neighbor is the proper English spelling, not neibour. Hope this helps.
... ditto ... 'American' SP = neighbor ... English SP = neighbour!
I absolutely love the content, but it is really hard to hear you much of the time. Does your editing software have the ability to increase the speaking volume? Thanks for your consideration.
Many woodworkers prefer steambox made of metal because they do not absorb the steam.
Bob, was the stock you used for the frames 'green' or dried?
David H it was Air dried. Not Kiln dried.
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Your nice galvanized container, should give you a good dose of metal flu. :0/ You shouldn't heat up galvanized metals enclosed areas, you literally can die from the fumes.
your steam box should be insulated
you never want to run your steam box in the shop everything made of metal will rust
If run outdoors, the entire forest will spontaneously combust and cause democrats to overheat, which leads to global warming and communism.
There is no free lunch.
Not impressed on the boiler at all, a paper stripper is so much better, safer, smaller and cheaper.
Oh please. The joy is in reuse. Isn't cheaper.