Homemade Oak Plywood - Episode 156 - Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat
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- We're starting on the interior! At least starting with the pieces of the interior. Steve is milling up the stock that is going to become the bilge bands. These will get installed soon, when we get a new crew in to finish the planking.
In the meantime, he is also making up our very own plywood out of all the oak offcuts from resawing boards for the planking. These pieces of homemade plywood are going to become our bulkheads, and boy are they going to look nice!
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Vacuum bagging your plywood and any multi-layer curved interior parts works fantastic. Anyone in your area have a wide belt sander. They can be a real timesaver and save a lot work sanding. So happy to see all the parts are coming together so beautifully. Great work on your part and wonderful to ride along. Thank you.
A tip for edge gluing the panels (from guitars and model airplanes) - Lay two pieces together and run a strip of masking tape along the joint. Then fold the joint open by folding along the tape, add glue, and fold the joint closed. Extra bonus is that the tape side will have no glue seepage.
Great tip . I love it . Glad I read through a few comments to see yours Dennis .
Yes this trick does work I build large scale rc planes my biggest is a 1/4 scale cub and a 1/8 scale f4u corsair all scratch built from plans and i use that trick all the time
Making your own plywood is the epitome of going the extra mile... Love it.
Woodworking is so relaxing with a good cigar and laphroiag cask strength scotch.
At 17:00 - Once you finish practicing gluing wood together for bulkheads, here's enough wood shavings to glue up a dinghy.
Think about it - make a female mold, slather it with a mixture of epoxy and wood shavings, vacuum bag it til it cures, and (almost) instant boat!
Oak face front1 side oak face back side oak-good. Oak on 1 side cedar on other face ? It's about balance of materials. Love your work. The hardest working crew on you tube
Commercial plywood is a carefully engineered product. Surprised you didn't do a destructive test. Being a furniture maker since the 70's, I would have done it differently. Good Luck !
Very nice build, great presentation, looking forward to THE SPLASH......
I love you guys, I hope one day you will sail across the Atlantic and visit Liverpool you would get such a warm welcome.
Thank you for showing the amazing skills you
Have it’s a real pleasure to watch you, all the best to you.
I wouldn't worry about Titebond III's structural strength - I've been using it for years for projects ranging from instrument repair, furniture building and scarf joints on bend gunwales. It works to glue scarfs on pieces that are later steam bent. I especially like the long open time. It's a great product for your use.
When thickness planing boards thinner than say 1/2 inch it's really helpful to build a sled for the boards out of something flat like MDF, make it longer than any of the boards, then end flaws will be massively reduced.
Dong the interior is going to make it so much more YOUR boat than just A boat. You can make shelves and cabinets and furniture that suit you exactly. I can't wait to see all those little details as you come up with them!
Same! Glad you’re here for it!
We did not see the press operating :(
But apart from that, another lovely view into Arabella’s gestation!
It never cease to amaze me the level of understated skill you both have and the completely calm way you narrate these blogs. A true work of art is what you are creating and I am grateful you are sharing this with us.
Wow the bulkheads look great Steve
Great content again , good music thanks for letting us hang around the boathouse while you work .
Like everything about Arabella, the bulkheads look to be very labor intensive and exceedingly strong. She's shaping up to be one beautiful vessel. Even her structural members have the look of fine cabinetry. I eagerly await the day when I can wish you fair winds and following seas.
Thanks so much, Bill.
I can't wait to see Akiva standing proud on the prow of Arabella with the wind plowing thru his fur.
24 minutes goes so quickly! Thanks guys
Man, years go so quickly, hahah.
Make fire starter cups with your wood shavings and sell them.
You might consider using lacquer thinner rather than acetone for the wipe downs between epoxy layups. Acetone leaves a very small residue, where as lacquer thinner leaves substantially less residue and evaporates faster.
Boy it kind of just stopped. Good video. Interesting way of making plywood.
Once again, the quickest 25 minutes of the week. Done. Thanks gentlemen.
Homemade plywood... love it!
Got the week of for Easter. Completely forgot it was Friday. This is the best Friday reminder ever.
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Making their own plywood... you have got to be kidding me... They were not joking around with there "Acorn To Arabella" title.... Impressive all the way around... What a Beautiful Boat you two+ are building!!! So happy your heading into some warm weather...
Hey, they aren't trying to make their own glue!
I continue to be struck by their attention to detail and work ethic. Just amazing, but understandable when you get the difference between passion and drive. Passion is a strong emotion that comes on fast and leaves the same way. Drive is a strong emotion that takes hold of you and never leaves. It gets you up early in the morning and keeps you at it late at night. It is the force that turns dreams into reality.
My thinking and guiding light too. I have had a degenerative and incurable neurological disease for over 43 years
I can't imagine how any plywood bulkheads could possibly add any more stiffness to that beast. Sure she'll creak and groan a bit but that is the whole charm of wooden boats. Your plywood will be the perfect foundation for solid furniture builds. Impressive.
Of course plywood would not ad any stiffness. That is why explained, that structural bulkheads would be made much more heavy than this "furniture" bulkheads.
@@99Etien that double oak plywood they made would be a perfect stiffener bulkhead. marine plywood is incredibly strong in the plane axes. they simply don't need it. PS I was agreeing to their decision they didn't need a bulkhead strategy, if my post was unclear :-)
Wow! You went from cutting and planing very heavy structural members to very thin, delicate pieces. And all from trees sourced in your area. I am VERY impressed. Can’t wait till the next episode.
Great idea for bulkheads, can help you thinking, one ply at 45 is unbalanced! 90-0-90 is traditional layup hope it works out ok. 🤷
Titebond III is a good choice. I’ve used the Tite-bond family of adhesives for my entire professional career and it never let me down. Interesting panini press, very creative set up!;)
Another incredible edit from Ben. Love concept of jumping back and forth from episode to episode between Steve and Alix to tell a more complete story of what they’re working on rather than just purely what is happening within a single week. Really masterful storytelling right here.
Aye to that, Will....
Thanks for noticing! Yeah, it's been fun to put it together lately with multiple tasks going at once. And a bigger crew coming in soon will make for a good watch for us all. Much appreciated, Will.
Another great A2A video! Thanks for sharing!
Akiva can't wait for you guys to finish his Dog House. lol
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“Homemade plywood” looks great 👍
Great video. Love the homemade plywood and the thought you have given it.
Y'all always leave me in awe! Thank you. The interior is going to be beautiful and as slick as snot on a glass door knob!
Those oak veneer bulkheads are just gorgeous. I love the color, so warm and comforting. Just seeing that one panel, I can imagine snugging down in the saloon with a good book and a smooth whisky on a drizzly Autumn night in a sheltered anchorage.
thanks for uploading
Deux charpentiers au top !!Bravo
This video feels like progress. Congrats! Regarding Alix and the planer cord, one trick is to put it up over your shoulder. That helps "mind it" and allows both hands on the tool.
Love the plywood
That is some beautiful bulkhead plywood!!
As always your work is excellent. Making your own plywood is terrific. Had you considered a vacuum bagging setup given the amount of plywood you need.
A word of caution/question, plywood is supposed to be balanced, hence the odd number of layers as I'm sure you know. But usually the layers are matched, like 1 with 5, 2 with 4, etc. The concern is a oak/cedar/cedar panel might try to move around on you because the outer layers will take in and give off moisture at different rates. I've made interior panel doors with different types of wood on each side and usually regret do so, even when higher ups require it. Granted doors are different then panels, but-----------
Got my Akiva is dreaming t-shirt!
Titebond III is good stuff. I accidently got a run of it on some work pants. The glue is still like the day I noticed it, the pants not so much. It's been through a lot of clothes washer cycles. It will certainly outlast the pants! LOL The wood will break before the glue does.
Another well done and thoughtful video.
Love the thought behind the three types of home-made marine plywood. Also, the progress on the mizzen is comming along nicely. See y'all next week.
That was a very fast 20 minutes. Looking great!
Dear Arabellas Acorns (including "Beneditor" and Akiva)
👍👌👏 Very well done again and as always. Maaaan, that's what I call a self made boat! Even the plywood is DIY! Chapeau! Thanks a lot for making teaching explaining recording editing uploading and sharing your great work.
Best regards luck and health to all of you.
Can't believe the problems with the Cedar planks was a year ago!!
Neither can we!
Oh, what a long strange trip it's been!
I love oak. Thats all.
That is the prettiest plywood I have seen and there is nothing like it in the stores. Plus with the crazy current cost of wood...
'She'd probably be fine.' Not ringing words of comfort.
The high lite of my Saturday morning watching the progress of arabella
Slick as snot on a glass door handle. Yup, perfect description.
I am amazed by this whole process. There are so many details and so many tiny projects that have to be done in specific ways and orders before the next project needs attention. When you trimmed all the tree trunks for lodging and hanging knees so long ago, who would have known the time would fly so fast and we are actually beyond when you carved them up and installed! They are beautiful!. It's crazy to think the planking will be done soon and the real inside work can be the focus. Next thing you know she will be faired out and primed and painted. And hardware installed and all the rigging going up. Here's to another year of fascinating progress.
Thanks for being here with us for it, Kathy!
Love the new opening. Seeing Steve cutting "knees" out of those huge stomps months ago was awesome. A brilliant idea ! 👍😁
With all the woodworking being done, Alix on the cedar mast and Steve on the oak & cedar bulkheads, that shop must smell wonderful. Sure was a quick 24 minutes. Thanks.
From concept to finished product you guys are superior workmen.
Well Charles, you’ve made our day. That’s very kind.
Craftsmen.
My favorite quote of the episode, 'slicker than snot on a glass door handle.'
Homemade plywood... brilliant
Making your own plywood for bulkheads, well, thats a first! Been a shipwright almost 40 years and never heard of that! Well done guys, you have the material so why not!
Paul, we’re so glad you’re watching. Love to hear the shipwrights chime in on the comments. Cheers! 🍻
@@AcornToArabella
First time was pouring the keel! I have done that so jumped in immediately, been watching and commenting ever since! Cannot wait to meet you guys when you visit Moololabah!
“As slick as snot on a glass door handle”.......I love it!
New video? Best way to start my Friday morning
Use resorcinol glue instead of epoxy for your marine applications, especially structural applications, but for the plywood too. Epoxy has a tendency to de-bond after a period of time, especially with elevated temperatures. But even just thermal expansion and contraction cycles over time will cause parts to separate. Resorcinol is what they use in good marine plywood, and it is used for a reason.
Wow ! Another great piece of advice in this segment . I wondered about the integrity myself even if I didn't why ....... anyways it just feels like sound advice . I will remember it .
(even if I didn't know why) oops
Your homemade plywood is gorgeous!!
Who TF thumbs down these !. Thanks guys - from New Zealand. Permanent home of the Americas Cup (sorry).
This episode was one of your best. I love your attention to detail. You should be very proud of your accomplishments!
Shucks, David, thanks!
This plywood is looking gorgeous!! Cannot wait to see it in the finished boat!
Great use of the off-cuts - that is really great quality ply, way better than you could buy.
Found this after lunch, for once...cheers...rr Normandy, France(and Happy Easter Weekend)
Thank you for tuning in, Richard!
Slick tricks.
Perfect!
Hey if you ever build panels again...lol... instead of sawing that half lap. With a router you put a bead and cove. Its easier and joints look way better
I look forward to your videos all week, and the end comes too quick. I guess thats what makes them so awesome to watch ! Homemade plywood is ingenious and looks great. Cant wait for the next one ! Thanks for sharing !
i have been watching you bild this amazing boat for the last 3 years, and i just cant wait to see it finished and in the water
Thanks for posting and sharing. Great to see a little about the mast as well as some footage about the bulkhead building project.
Making your own plywood. Thats going to another level!
Have you considered a vacuum press for making your bulkhead sheets? There are commercial units or really great DIY kits. We used one at a cabinet shop and could easily, and quickly put veneer on 4x8 sheets of plywood.
Have to buy the vacuum pump, or a big compressor, + of course the vacuum bag. But you're correct it would work better than a press.
11:17 slick as snot on a glass door handle…hahah where on earth does Steve get these expressions love it… Hi Annie x
I just get goosebumps listening to and watching Steve describing and implementing this stuff. 🌳 ⛵️
That mast that Al is working on at the end looks incredible so far. What a teaser
Al that sawdust, you could make a heck of a fun pile for kids to play in!
New jeans!
"snot on a glass handle" .. Steve found an old-sea-dog dictionary and is living the dream :D
snot on a doorknob
@@delhatton My New England grandfather said "snot on a glass doorknob"
Was gonna say, New England has been home to Sailors for 400 years. There's a *lot* of Sailor Language that has migrated into normal conversation.
😝 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Friend of mine always said; "Slicker than hot snot on a glass door knob." Gives the brain more time to visualize it.
The plywood is amazing!!!
I'm looking forward to seeing you do the interior too, you've obviously got a lot of cabinetry skills and I'm sure this project has really honed them. It's gonna be good! can't believe it has been a year since you stacked that oak too... for all the strangeness of the past year it does seem to have flown by.
You guys are next level. that ply is so beautiful . you make my Friday great.
Wow, that’s a kind thing to say, Mark. Thanks! See ya next Friday.
Great video. Home made plywood. Who would have guessed?
I think I would try to squeeze out a few more inches in the front berths. Often the chain locker ends up having some wasted space. 6' is just a bit small IMHO. Looking forward to the interior work.
Seconded. You want about 6'6" in the berthing. Gives you enough space for a standard mattress and some wiggle room.
Excellent episode guys, been here since the beginning I know there is still loads to do but I’m worrying already what to watch when you are finished. John Scotland 🏴
Thanks guys! That was a pleasure to watch.
Crew!
Yesss !!! Finally got in and ordered two of your t-shirts!! Love your project.
Thanks for your support, Stephen!
Best part of the week
Hey thanks, Jack!
Acorn to Arabella how appropriate the whole boat is oak nicely done
Percentage of oak in Arabella: a whole bunch.
If you could buy plywood like that a Home Depot it would cost $1000 per sheet. Beautiful stuff.
I was thinking, if I glue some layers of parquet flooring I get plywood like that, and if I add some glass in the epoxy lamination it will get silly strong ;)
Adds new meaning to a panelled room.