Acorn to Arabella - Journey of a Wooden Boat - Episode 92: Steaming Planks
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 18 ก.ย. 2024
- In the last episode, we broke a plank. No big deal though, as with everything we've come up on in the project, the key is just finding a way forward. So we cut the broken end off of the plank and figured out a way to rig it so that we could steam the ends in and get them close to what they were going to be bending to before we actually fit the plank.
This process, using a pot of water, burner, some tubing and a length of vacuum seal bag worked fantastically well. Once the plank was warm, we just left the bag in place and just started clamping the plank in place. This way, there was no worries about the plank cooling down as we tried to put it in place after taking it out of a steam box.
In this episode, Steve and Joe also head out on a road trip to pick up some of the donations we received for our trip to Costa Rica to help out SAILCARGO in February. Thank you again to everyone that donated items and has helped out with this side project. It has been very much appreciated and we can't wait to see how they react to the amount of tools we managed to gather up for them.
Finally, as promised, we are rounding out our merchandise for the holiday season. We have insulated travel mugs ready (in Black and Silver) as well as some small pins with our logo for smaller dollar item. These are up on our website along with the shirts and the sweatshirts (www.acorntoara.... If you would like your items in time for the holidays, please make sure that you order before December 19th, 2019.
Thank you all for the support!!
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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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I'm blown away by people's generosity, donating all those tools for the #sailcargo project! Congrats
The generosity of these folks that are donating to the Sail Cargo project are beyond belief. There aren't any words that describe how wonderful they all are!
Thanks for sharing this ride.
Yes, we are very thankful and looking forward to seeing the look on their faces when we get it all down there.
I must say you guys are amazing and all of your supporters and donators are wonderful and beautiful people God bless you all safe travels love watching your videos.
Thank you!
I swear I was only partially interested in wood and sail boats till i found the lead casting video. That and the videos following have definitely evoked a huge interest in woodwork and sailboats!
A project like SailCargo is a demonstration of hope that world can be a better place. With the challenges we are about to face as humans we are going to need good will and hope from so many. Cutting our energy abuse in the northern hemisphere is going to be hard. A better place for everyone will mean a good few people will need to come to terms with global reality. Projects like this are addressing an in-balance that should have been corrected long ago and will now have to. Way to go guys. Hurrah.
FANTASTIC EDITING
Almost totally disabled musician,.. Used to be ironworker, Sailor, construction foreman,, you guys keep me alive,, 10 years ago,, i'd be doin' that,, keep on!! Oh,, THNX!
randall conci With the right collarbone fracture, my right arm was paralyzed for two weeks. The trauma docs gave me escitalopram to help regrow the nerves. Still fairly slow with a classical guitar. I did compete in bagpipes. Talk to you doctors.
Good evening from Japan. Enjoying a beer and Arabella.
Abriella is comming together beautifully ... good luck on your tool drive mission .... ❤
Thank you!
I'm super interested in what that guy's doing, following WWII USMC through the south pacific. Sailing, checking out old Japanese and American bases, giving history lessons about whatever happened on that particular island that he's on.
That would make an awesome youtube channel!!
I'd totally subscribe to that channel too.
He’s living my dream. S/F
I was about to write the exact same thing. Wasn't his name Brandon? That is going to be an amazing voyage. I'd like to follow along and hear his story.
He had a lot of Marine Corps stuff in his place. Was he a Marine, or maybe one of his relatives?
love what you guys are doing keep up the good work.
Thank you! Much appreciated
This is fantastic. You are creating an entire industry in that city.
You guys are doing good work and good deeds... a pleasure to watch
Thank you very much! Just working hard and trying to be human :)
About 28 years ago I sailed from Honolulu to the Marshal Islands on a wooden 48' on deck stay'sl scooner. I looked at lots of rarely seen WWII artifacts on some of the isolated atolls. It really brings WWII home to see beached ships, aircraft engines, torpedo bunkers with shell gouges all over them etc.
I saw lots of Japanese stuff on Jaluit atoll. That one we didn't invade but attacked heavily from sea and air. All the wreckage was Japanese.... I've known lots of WWII vets - great guys the ones I knew!
I want to get back out there. My theme for new adventure is following the WWII march up the islands. I think it surprising that Truk (Chuuk) and Ulithi are not that far apart.
God Bless you all and have a wonderful Christmas. Its wonderful that you are giveing others a hand up. I cant wait to see videos of the trip and people learning skills that will make their lives better.
Thank you!
I wait all week, and the video is gone by fast.
Really enjoy watching, Arabella is looking good
Thank you!
Great video, hello from England 🏴. Generous people there donating so much stuff.
Surprised why the 3 thumbs down 👎 people having a bad day, can’t be as bad as some of our politicians.
Great job guys. It shows the world is still full of good folks.
Thank you!
Great show ,great build ,thanks
Happy to see the donations of tools for the big project. Happy!
LOVE YOUR VIDEOS I WENT TO BOAT BUILDING SCHOOL IN NOVA SCOTIA IN THE EARLY 8O AND LOVED IT .BUT WOODEN BOAT BUILDING DRIED UP HERE DUE TO FIBERGLASS BOATS .IT,S SLOWLY COMING BACK WHAT A WONDERFUL TRADE YOU GUYS REALLY NO YOUR STUFF STAY WITH IT ,THE REWARDS ARE BEYOND EXPLAINING GOD BLESS
You guys are an inspiration.
Just working hard and being human :)
hi every one good to see you working hard to help with the other ship good luck to you all.
Thank you!
Dear great Acorns.
👍👍👏 Simply fantastic and very well done (all of it). Especially steaming the end of the plank additionally was ingeniuos.
Can hardly wait to watch your trip to the foreign shipyard. Hope that it will be at least a little bit like a vacation for all of you. And maybe at some point in the future you will sail to this location with Arabella!?
Thanks a lot for making taping editing uploading and sharing.
Best regards luck and health to all involved people, especially the donators this time (and all dogs of course).
Thank you so much for such a kind comment. A lot of work goes into producing the videos and it is really nice to see it acknowledged! :)
It really has been great to be able to do this and share it with such a wonderful community that has come together around the project.
Dear@@AcornToArabella people.
Thanks for replying. You are welcome, it's my pleasure and you definitely deserve(d) it.
What you are doing for sail cargo is an impressive side project as you build your boat.
Great work guys. The world needs more people with this kind of spirit.
Thank you! It has been A LOT more work than we anticipated but are so happy to be able to do it and are so thankful to everyone that has donated and helped. What a great community has come together around our project!
After a really crappy day this Friday pick me up was a gift from above thanks guys for just being who you are doing what you do
Happy to be able to share and do this. Glad people are enjoying all the work that goes into the videos and the build!
Hey Brendan, be sure to get inoculated against the Australian Drop Bear before you arrive. They can cause havoc for unsuspecting tourists 😉
You are right!! They are very elusive, almost invisible but scary AF
Finally caught up to latest episode! Supremely envious of the opportunity you have to do all of this, here in the UK I believe it would be all but impossible to homebuild a boat of this size from your own wood!
A special shout out to all the generous donors for Sail Cargo - you all are awesome! Great video guys! Thanks Ben & Kira as well!
YES! THANK YOU!
To ship that mill safely you need to run the table in, the ram forward and pivot the head down towards the knee.this lowers and centers the weight as well as compacting the overall size and protecting delicate parts.
Already done.
You guys are amazing!
Your projects have knit together people and dreams. Thanks.
Thank you! We were thinking the same thing and are so thankful to the community that has built up around our project!
Just managed to download the video before my flight from El Paso to Dallas, takes off in a few minutes. Heading home to Madison, Wisconsin. My Friday morning routine is always enhanced by watching your updates when I'm up in the air somewhere. Cheers, Simon.
Thanks!
I feel like that backhoe has a small hydraulic leak, the bucket slowly lowering certainly is worth looking at.
If there's no fluid leaking from the system, it's likely a worn O-Ring inside one of the rams.
I agree even in the cold the o ring or low fluid
Thanks, it's something we need to get looked at but likely going to be closer to the spring. The machine was used hard before we got it and there are likely both leaks and worn O-rings.
Considering that the whole rear sags + the boom + the bucket, the leak is likely in the valve heart. It's a daunting operation, to change stuff in there, but as jobs go (DIY format) it's actually the cheapest. A cylinder has a heck of a lot more going on, plus the potential to bugger it up permanently. The valve block is just that, a valve block.
Great stock of donations. Great job guys, and donators. Looks like steam soaking did the trick, nice complex curves, looks right pretty. Congrats on a safe and successful trip.
See y'all next week.
Thank you Thomas!
keep up the good work boys!
Thanks!
yaay.. you finally filled up my Rabbet.. ;)
Can't believe it's already a year since I was there..
I don't know what happened to 2019.. lol
Just received my hat.....excellent....looking forward to wearing it next sailing season!
Thank you!
I love starting my Fridays with you two! I'm inspired by your dedication to a dream. So thoughtful, peaceful and hard working. When I have a complicated task I think to myself, "how would Steve approach this?"
Thank you so much for the kind comment!
So cool to see Arabella take shape like this. Been watching for a couple years now, big fan!
Thank you!
The skil saw angle adjuster is mucho clevero!
The problem solving🤓🤓 is fantastic. Keep it up guys she will be on the water one day
That dude at the first stop seemed like he was flyin high. LOL
If the dude was a member of the unit on his shirt, he is more badass than he will ever tell anyone. As a former marine myself knowing most people aren't going to just wear someone else's unit, i will say that he most likely was a member of the MARSOC Raiders (the unit on his shirt). They are similar to the seals, they operate in teams of like 14 or 15 including a corpsman. Maybe not as hardcore or fantasized about as the seals, but make no mistake, these guys are the last thing you never see if they are looking for you. No better friend, no worse enemy, YUT!
Done many of those long haul heavy equipment pickups back in my letterpress days. I just remember between the driving and the lifting it was equal parts stressfull and exhausting. Great to see it getting a second life for a good cause.
Buying the insulated mug. Keep it up, fellas.
Thank you!
Makin' videos, buildin' boats, flexing the badass muscle...you crew rule!
Haha thanks!
Good on you guys for helping the sail cargo inc guys out so
I’m sure Sail Cargo are going to be blown away! Great job guys.
Great job guys, steaming planks is an art. I'd recommend you try a wallpaper stripper to pour steam via the 3/8" hose to your bag. It is continuous and can be topped up, it's electric and easy to plug and play. It works a treat on my steam box when I steamed oak frames on my classic open day boat, pitch pine on oak, 1965. The class dates 1911- present day. Also another great tip is to use a meat thermometer bi-metallic type to measure temp, it measures at he point and can be put near the wood.
You know, given how much steam you probably should be doing, it might be a good idea to look around for a tool made for the job. Namely, a used industrial carpet steamer or wall paper remover.
You could actually build small, reusable drop down boxes to use on the planks. Staple plastic to the bottom and run the steam in one side and out the other. Use them on the major bend areas fore and aft as you do each one.
Just a suggestion.
I love Friday mornings, a new AtoA video is out!!
I used the bag steamer on the rails for my boat with great success, but I closed of the end instead of venting it to keep the steam pressure up. I used a wallpaper stripper for the steam. The water condensed in the bag at the low point and, I think, helped keep the temp up. Nice load of gear for the Sailcargo project.
It appears that one of the qualifications for building and sailing ships is to have magnificent facial hair.
Alix would have to disagree with that comment... haha
@@AcornToArabella I don't think he is the only one
@@AcornToArabella just hide his razor. I'm still trying to find a pair of bronze hair trimmers✂️
Got my coffee cup today! Ordered it last Friday! Thank You!
Oh yes! I can't wait to see you guys start casting bronze. It didn't even occur to me that you would be doing that. Sweet.
Great work guys. Thanks for sharing
Terrific spirit boys
Good luck
Thank you!
Dude you all scored some great stuff for the "Sail-Cargo" project. I can't wait to see how that's coming along.
Yes, we are so thankful and excited to see the looks on their faces when they get it.
@@AcornToArabella It will be a great trip for you all.
This was a really cool video! Liked seeing you both off and doing your own projects independent of each other.
Glad you liked it! Thanks
Watching from the beginning.
"This is the port side, and this is the starboard side..." of the Boat, the actual freaking Boat! That's satisfying to say!
Right?! It's starting to look like it now.
This was a nice change of pace. Thanks for a nicely done video.
Thanks!
9:30 oh don’t those curves look beautiful 😊😍 I’m so loving following your channel … I started watching that chap called Bob who you met at the Wooden boat building festival around this time… can’t remember his channel name but he’s the sculptor Another great channel to watch… so along with Leo, yourself, Bob and Ship Happens I’m starting to get some inspiration to maybe build a small boat like Bob did. I have just a little Mirror dinghy sitting on my property that’s been waiting about 5 years for me to rebuild lol… you would have done it in a weekend lol 😂 I’m 57 and a bit top old to take on a project like yours but building a small 12 foot wooden boat would give me a very small taste of what it’s like to build a boat in the form of something like you are doing. I love seeing all the wood working skills, the carving the moulding, the fitting it’s amazing. Cheers guys from a very cold central England
Check out Guillemot Kayaks (Nick Schade) here on TH-cam and I also highly recommend a membership (inexpensive!) at smallboatsmonthly.com for your small boat interests. -Anne
Cool that Steve was flew down to where I live now, love the channel and enjoy seeing the progress on Arabella over the past year. Happy Holidays
Looking great guys, keep it up!
Throw some insulation over the plank when steaming, getting the temperature up is important!
mug ordered. not a rich guy but supporting you guys is a no brainer...
Thank you so much! We very much appreciate the support
You guys got enough steel working tools to build a Steel Ship now :)
I have used a wallpaper steamer to bend planks in the past. They are quite cheap.
@Mark Grudt - Because by the time you get a plank out of the box and in position up against the hull, the plank is already cooling down and losing flexibility. By steaming in situ, the plank stays pliable for as long as you need it to.
JAFO's got it... but a wallpaper steamer may be a good idea. We'll look into it. Though our system worked really well.
Awesome upload, y’all! 💜
You might want to check if you need to use certified heat treated wood for your packing material to ship that stuff to Costa Rica. My friend had a crate of machinery stopped at customs and had to pay for it to be repackaged in certified wood. It was expensive.
The champagne of beers
my thoughts exactly!
That's a smart bit of thinking clever idea to take it to the boat
I do loves me a good road tripping video!
Love the Thermal mugs 🙂
Used steam from the bag should return to the boiling pot-replenish water in pot; save fuel, save water = environmentally friendly.
Very cool! I used an automotive heater hose on my steam bag building a Woods catamaran.
Thank you gentlemen for another wonderful video. You're making great progress on Arabella and doing a lot of good works for others. Take care and have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
Thank you!
Those are typically lead pots and ladles for pouring lead for plumbing joints etc.
I just wanna say. You guys are doing a fantastic job. Great content and you guys seem like good dudes too. And also I checked out sail cargo seems very cool. Good luck and great job. Thanks
Thank you very much George!
Great work!
I wish I new you were coming to Raleigh! I would have loved to say hi. oh well. keep it up!
Damn that CnC machine!
Right? Thank you Brandon!
My week begins on _Acorn to Arabella_ day.
Thank you! Most excellent video! Wish I would’ve commented more so you guys could know me like I’ve come to know you.
Merry Christmas y’all
Thank you! Merry Christmas to you too!
I’ve done a lot of casting, you can use the lidl’s for pretty much whatever you want but using the crucible probably isn’t a good idea I’ve had a few crucibles break open on me and or burn through as I would take them out for a poor, I’d go ahead and just buy a clay graphite one off of amazon, you can get pretty good ones for $30-40
the evolution of a steam box, looked like leveling up to technology.
There's nothing like burying your hand in the fur of a big, friendly, fuzzy dog on a cold morning with a cup of coffee in the other hand. It's one of those simple pleasures.
Man that is a handsome doggo @16:45. Makes me sad, miss mine :(
Stephen and Alix 2020 !
Just a suggestion. Try an induction hot plate. I can vegetables using one to heat a large canner. It is a quick boil, and best of all, it isn't an open flame
You have mentioned Kira many times and we have seen her once or twice. But have you ever introduced her to the channel? Who is she? A very helpful neighbour? Girlfriend of one of you?
If I remember correctly, they introduced her in the same Video they introduced the new editor and announced the double time Videos(every week) .... If i remember correctly, she is hired to deal with the merch and stuff
Cristi is our friend we hired to do the merchandise for us. Keira is Alix's girlfriend.
Damn my boy Alix be killin it out there
J Hemphill Me too. I thought we were going to see them sail off into the sunset together.
J Hemphill hahaha, I bet they fight like a married couple at times.
It looks like the steam will do the trick for those tight twisting bends. It might be that the moisture in the wood is frozen and won't allow the boards to bend in the unheated boat house. Planking is looking good.
You guys are stars. :)
Maybe make an Amazon wish list for sail cargo. So we can order and have stuff shipped directly to you. Or directly to them if it’s an option. If you make the wish list then you’ll know the tools and supplies we send applicable and are quality. Safety supplies, tools, consumables... put a link in the video subscription.
Do it for your needs also. Put a link in the video subscription for your needs also.
Guys, I used to ship crates internationally. Many countries require that "Kiln Dried High Temperature" (DKHT) wood is used. Raw wood can contain insect larvae and can cause unwanted infestations like the Chinese originated Emerald Ash Borer Beetle that has devastated forests here in this great nation. Check with your shipper before making your crates as KDHT wood has to be stamped by a designated person (registered with the federal government). Good luck in your shipment and travels.
Hmm, well, hopefully we have no issues!
Early part of the video: Beautiful, calm early Winter day.The sort of weather when, after a short while of hard work, you can be working in jeans & T shirt and enjoying a few rays of Winter sunshine. (We've had so much rain this Autumn - Winter in the UK. Second heaviest recorded November rainfall since records began.)
The weather has been kind of crazy here as well. Lots of snow, then lots of rain. Low temps and mid temps... it's been quite the roller coaster.
Ahhhhhh! I think the steaming will save you a lot of grief in the future. fair winds
Beautiful shape