great to spread the love of boats to the next generation. I hope those kids get to feel the joy of having their work keep them afloat. It's a rare treat. Anne, if you have more pre-finished bungs try this trick. put a screw in the frame hole. then put the bung in dry varnished face in. chisel the back flush then hammer the screw point to drive out the bung.
Nice to see a woodshop class, and in a middle school no less. And a teacher that clearly cares. Could set one of those kids up for life with an interest in wood working. Or any type of trade skill related.
I love your philosophy of being able to remove the interior later on. As a lifelong maintenance person, I can understand the idea of providing access for future fix ups, without excessive hassle and damage. Great forward thinking there!
Many years ago my amazing partner in crime and I visited Key West. We took a tour of the small and older homes in the area. The houses were more than 100 years old and were sound as a gold backed Dollar. Why? Because the "carpenters" of the pre Keys Bridge era were shipwrights, builders and maintainers of wooden vessels. They knew how to build vessels that could safely ply the seven seas. When they applied ship building techniques to land lubber domiciles, they created "vessels" that could withstand the strongest of blows without batting an eye. Amazing! Thx A2A.
Steve, you are going to LOVE the wonderful dry heat from the Dickinson heater. Here in the cool Pacific Northwest, the fishermen have a history of lighting their Dickinson ranges in September and leaving them on (literally) until May. When we're aboard in cooler weather that's exactly what we do for the length of the trip. It's wonderful! Your tile surround is perfect and you will only need the safety of the overflow drip tray if something goes amiss; once you get comfortable with how to use it, you won't ever see a drop of diesel spilled. The interior is looking great!
Another great episode. The tile work looks great Steve and well done paying it forward by helping the kids with their boat project. Mentoring our youth in a positive way is always a worthy task. May I suggest that Anne remove her jewelry, especially her rings, when working in the shop. I've had more than one friend nearly lose a finger when a ring they were wearing caught on something they were climbing on or got caught in a piece of machinery. Her rings are beautiful but they're best left in the jewelry box when doing any work in the boathouse. Good luck and thanks again for another wonderful episode.
I have almost 40 years experience as a tile contractor and you did a great job. I might have laid out the tile a bit differently to avoid small cuts but that is a nit-pick. Glad you used thinset and not mastic as adhesive as even if you get a fuel leak or water condensation, it will not degrade the bond. There are things you could do to make it waterproof but they do not work well with heat so always a compromise and the idea of a catch tray should take care of that. If you want some free consultations on future tile work, feel free to reach out anytime. My email is public so you should have no issues finding me (not sure if posting an email here is allowed).
Dear Arabellas Acorns. 👍👌👏 Very well done again and as always (video and work). I really like what the pupils are building after they visited you respectively Arabella. You are definitely a really good role model and a big inspiration! Congrats! Please kindly allow me some suggestions/advices: The tile work in the stove niche looks great. Next time you grout tiles, simply use a kind of rubber spatula (there are inexpensive ones existing for grouting). Then there will be no scratching or scratching noises that can bother you. ;-) 2) I really hope that you have used epoxy grout. If not, Diesel and dirt from the stove will easily penetrate into the cement based grout and will stay there (and stink). If you have used cement based grout, at least try to seal the tile grouts with a special penetrating fluid (fabricated for this special occasion) that is able seal the grouts. 3) I definitely like jewelry and your hands look great. Additionally I like to watch/see your hands and fingers working (all of them!). So please, Ma'am, please do yourself, the viewers and me a favour: Don't wear anything on your fingers/hands (not even one ring or a bracelet) while working with power tools. For instance: Any drill or drill press can easily rip of a finger or more ! if even a simple wedding ring is caught by the spindle/drill or especially a hole saw/drill tool. Thanks in advance for reminding that in the future. Additionally for not showing dangerous behaviour in public (you know that you are kind of role models as soon as you publish something). 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).
What a teacher, sharing his skills and knowledge in a school, not being afraid to try tiling, always with an amazing vision of what the final product will look like. Impressive.
Anne, when I make my bungs, I drill down as far as I want in a straight line, then I cover them with tape, then on a table saw, you set the depth with the fence, and saw though the board on edge and then you will just need to pull the bungs out with the tape, they are all perfect and easy to pull off the tape as needed.
I have to say after 200 episodes that I really enjoyed this one a lot. Love seeing you make some time for some kids getting an experience that is so rich that they will never forget and be able to utilize those skills in many things. As a tile installer I would say you did a lovely job! 10 years is a long time to go between jobs and especially one like that.
A perfectly timed video from my point of view. I am so with you on the matter of making everything accessible and removable. On my narrowboat I had a simple problem right? A blocked wash basin drain. I have a drain rod, so a ten minute job, right? So wrong! Under the U-bend was a shelf. The best I could manage was to tilt it to gain a few more inches. Anyway, off with the screw clamp and pull the pipe back to insert the drain rod. That part was easy! However, on reassembling the drain and overflow pipes they all came away from the basin itself! I couldn't see hardly anything in that tiny space! To cut a 90-minute story short, the previous owner had clearly first installed the top, plumbed in the basin, sealed the basin to the top, then put in the shelves, then installed the front of the cabinet (so that the shelf could not be removed) and then put trim around the whole show. Not a thought for the poor sod who might have to re-plumb the sink again 🙂
Love the tile work. One little hint on grout work. When applying grout, work it in on a diagonal so you will fill up the grout seams fuller and your trowel won't fall into the seams. Thanks for the update.
If you will be making more plugs, please consider using a small tenon cutter, which will make plugs with parallel sides while preserving the finish. Trimming the large end of a tapered plug and installing it backwards just guarantees that it will not fill the hole.
It was great to see the school kids building the pram. I build my first boat 50 years ago in my high school shop. It was a 12 foot “La Gato” catamaran from Glen L plans. A great experience.
i learned a lesson from tiling my bathroom (twice). Once doing it cheap and easy, then finally doing it "right". Cement board a must. I avoided any premix mastic tile adhesive from a tub. My old tiles had this and research suggested the best long lasting solution is to avoid any organic material behind tiles. Molds etc. will grow and feed on the organics you find in premix mastics. The organic materials in the premix is what allows it to stay soft and workable and reusable if you replace the cap on the tub. I ended up using a thin set mortar that I mixed up in small batches. There are no organics in it. Basically it's just a sand/concrete mix. Working time is much less, and you can't save the batch to use later, but you get the advantage of not giving mold a place to start. Other comments about the diesel seeping into the grout and retaining smells is on point, and I would think any organic mastics would be more likely to degrade from contact with diesel, but that is just an inference without any fact supporting it. Other suggestions of a small pie pan or given you are rectangular, maybe a small square aluminum cake pan, are good too as a extra layer of protection. Absolutely love the channel though and the attention to detail and craftsmanship i can only aspire to in my projects.
*- Congratulations on the heater installation with well done tiling in wonderful Black&White choices.* *- Congratulations on the bung-less_destruction construction methodology, Steve.* *- Forethought is everything.*
I installed exactly the same bulkhead mounted diesel heater in my boat. I used stainless steel heat shielding that works well enough. I'm sure yours will be better! However, one area I had trouble with was the deck feed-through for the chimney. It just got too hot for my comfort level. So I mounted a fan that I could point at the feed-through to circulate air for cooling and it works great. The deck feed-through is much cooler and the surrounding deck and overhead liner stays cool to the touch. It also acts to better distribute the hot air from the heater around the cabin to evenly warm it up. Perhaps something to think about - you mentioned having fans on the interior anyway. All the best!
In the beginning I was a little bit worried that after you did such a great job with the hull you mess up the interior completely. But the more details you add I am pretty sure it will turn out great! Maybe you change one thing or another after you have tried them out. But it is definitely your boat with your solutions right from the beginning and I think that's a good thing!
love the tile work. Also a big fan of the mentoring...I'm a mentor on a high school robotics team and aside from being one of the most satisfying things I've ever done, it's great to be able to pass along knowledge and skills
Mentors are very important. Someday your students will be Mentors passing the magic wand down to the next gen. PS , I hope we all meet at the grand class reunion in Heaven.
Looking good would love to see Her in person , ahh the smells of wood and a boat shop. Good to see kids learning this amazing craft. Solid like from me , I like um all but this was a great episode. Tile looks GREAT Steve.
Anybody wanna chime in on the difference between a plug and a bung? I know that different areas of the country will often have different terms for describing the same item. Here in Kentucky, you most often here the term “bung” in relation to the stopper that is fitted into the hole in the side of a bourbon barrel. As a trim carpenter, I always referred to the little wooden devices that were used to hide a screw as a “plug” or a “tapered plug” and sometimes if you wanted it to easily be removed I would use a “button plug”, which sits proud of the hole you’re filling so you can easily remove it.
I only can admire the work all the involved people have done so far on Arabella. Unfortunately I don’t have a clue of craftsmanship and for me it is still a miracle how Steve and his comrades built Arabella. Imagin he cut off trees planted by his grand grandfather and turned them into a beautiful sailing boat. what a story !
Another nice episode with some good craftsmanship! The only suggestion I have for tile-work is this: if during layout you have a run with a small tile leftover to finish the run; shift the entire pattern over to center and have longer end tiles on either side. For example (the numbers are tile lengths, total run, 26"): 8-8-8-2 change to 5-8-8-5.
I taught school in a First Nations Community, on an island, on the west side (wild side) of Vancouver Island. I thought it would be a good idea to teach a boat mechanics class, since you needed a boat to do anything. We gathered some old engines from around the community and it went from there… the class had a work experience component where the kids would work in a boat repair “garage” in Tofino. Seeing the kids in the class brought back some great memories.
I Like the Tile job Steve it looks great. Can't wait to see the final fitment. It should look fabulous, when it's all buttoned up! cheers have a good week. God bless. .
I wipe grout using a sponge at 45 degrees to the seams. That makes the wiping more uniform. Also, a floats helps lessen the amount of grout left over. A grout sealer might help liquid proof the system.. But it looks nice. Good job.
A simple glass drill bit will work great on those glassed tiles and leave a really nice edge. Drilling too much of that cement board would dull them but they are cheap.
The tile corners could use caulking in the long run. No need to apply it before the grout falls out though just that you know if it falls out don't panic. Actual tile expert here. Nice work btw, suits the boat perfectly.
@@arvana Yes, but you could see that the bungs were NOT flat/level with the surface and instead had a "warty" surface to the entire project. This was an amateur approach. Pro approach is install bungs properly (not upside down), sand the bung and surrounding wood, refinish. A touch more work, but a proper job.
“Little Aaron” is a pretty game dude. He’s doing a lot of good work without a lot of messing around. Getting those skills. Nice tile work, btw. That will look very homey out on expedition.
I am very expressed with the thought of all those good people visiting Arabells and you guys. Bye, the bye the stove looks great. 23 is just around the bend!
Beautiful work Steve and yes you always need character can never have enough on a project like that. It's what gives people things to talk about when at port.
At last I've caught up. Watching only since last Summer. Every episode! I think the one I enjoyed the most was the journey from the original yard to Port Townsend on the low loader - with the accompanying music. Sorry about Anne's Boston T. All the best. Bill B. Cheltenham UK
Double walled stainless steel stove piping will help eliminate any scorching issue if you chose not to tile up the cabin corner. No scorching yourself if you bumped into it either! The character is building the boat!
That’s a tapered plug cutter you were using, so the finished face of the bung you were trying to preserve is actually the smaller diameter end and is intended to be inserted into the hole you’re filling. That way the larger diameter end will provide a tight fit as it’s inserted. “A” for effort though!
You're right. I understand she wanted to preserve the original finish, so in that case the idea would be to start the cutter from the back side. It would require special precautions to prevent splintering around the showface of the bung as the cutter exits. I know what I'd do if it were metal, (clamp or screw it firmly down to a backing plate, ie another piece of metal, at least as hard as the workpiece) but I'm no woodworker.
Plug cutters typically create a plug that is slightly angled to tighten as they are driven in. Considering she put them in backwards I doubt you will have to worry about shellacking them in to make it easier to take them out in the future because they will fall out soon enough on their own. Plus I understand the concept of designing a unit that can be easily removed in the future but not using Titebond on a plug on basic framework does not make sense.
I agree. It seemed pointless to measure the depth of the plug, since you are sanding the piece at the end anyway. Just let the bung run long, chisel/saw/plane the extra bit, and then sand as you did. Apply finish.
A quick bit about the tile job. I would not have put all the mud on at once. The top parts could have dried out by tue time you got up there and that tile could come loose earlier then you want it to or at an in opportune time. I hope it all goes well for you and it lasts a very long time.
I think you did a nice tiling job and I love the pattern those tiles. My only suggestion would be to get a tiling squeegee for the grout rather than a drywall tool. They have a rubber edge and you will use a lot less grout, and sponge down is much faster because there is a lot less grout on the tile.
Thank you Ben for putting music over most of that grouting job, as Steve said to Annie it was like nails on a chalkboard they had to suffer it but luckily you spared us :)
with fitting the bungs, there is a trick in jewellery making when you test fit a cabochon to its setting. lay some dental floss under the stone so that you can get it back out. Perhaps you could put the bungs in upside down, and as long as you didn't cut the string, cut the bung to size, or at least mark it for sanding to depth
Ever thought of getting a sous vide circulator for the boat? Works well with solar panel power and is a relatively small thing that allows you to cook pretty large things - or for a long time, which I don't suspect would be good using diesel. All you then need is a bucket to cook in and some cling film for the top, you're good to go.
Love the way Arabella is turning out. Are you able to deliver the new community crest merch to Australia. Last time there was an issue with shipping. I want to be a part of this community and would love to buy more merch to help you along the way. Any help you can give will be greatly appreciated. Thank you
Anne you might want to remove your rings and jewelry when you are working around power tools and the boat. I have witnessed several very knarly injuries when rings were forcefully removed from and with fingers. Be safe. And great work too!
Great job, Steve. Suggestion for the tile around the stove pipe: large piece. Despite all you've done to make the boat rigid, even slight twisting could loosen small tiles. Just a thought. Cheers
What I love about that tile shelf is it looks like a piece of old kitchen equipment mounted in a kitchen with tile from about the same era as when the boat was originally built. Nicely done. I will be curious to see how tile holds up in an environment such as a boat with growth and shrinkage. Also not sure if you did this time but they do make a more epoxy grout that is supposed to be pretty bulletproof but also rigid so not sure how well it would work in a dynamic environment such as that of a boat.
Seal the grout if you haven't already. Also, you might want to look into epoxy based grout - it's a different application method and can get messy really quickly, but it does stay relatively flexible so no cracking.
Steve...as far as tile is concerned it is an imperfect "science". Leveling the tiles just takes patience. The imperfections that you see now will be usage marks you see later. The main thing is to get the grout completely washed off the front of the tiles which takes a light touch. What we can see always seems to hide in the dark mainly due to the fact where tile is used. Good luck.
I was in the Sea Scouts as a kid and had a hand in building a pair of Mirror class dingies . It was great fun. Sadly , I did not get to sail them , as we moved house.
Beautiful tile job, only thing I noticed is that the grout lines didn’t get sealer applied unless I missed it. Will help to keep them clean especially with such a light color. Cheers from CA
I would have used RTV instead of grout on the tile to keep the diesel from soaking in and allow the tiles to expand and contract without cracking the grout. The little I know about HVAC systems is that low temp furnaces usually have a dual pipe flue, the inner pipe is held off of the outer pipe by an air gap of insulation, so the temperature isn't wicked away and a positive upward flow is sustained. If the flue gets too cold too quickly, moisture will condense and run down the inside of the flue into the furnace causing problems.
G'day Ann, you really should take your rings off while working in the boathouse. I have seen a finger de-gloved from catching on something and it's not a good look. Remember....Danger never takes a day off!
that plug cutter is tapered so the inside part of the plug when snapped off is wider and is the outside finished service of the piece. They work fine if you put them in proud and chisel flush. A tapered plug cutter like that is the only way to get a good plug fit. Its getting there!:)
Like the tile work. Just one observation, shouldn't you place the stove as low to the bilge as possible? You will not heat the area below the bottom of the stove. Unless you put fans in to mix the airflows.
I’ve been worrying about your screw heads, don’t often use screws on faces, but I find an oversized forstner bit on a drill press, then line up your plug, creates a perfectly hidden piece, keep up the good fight, I enjoy your videos
Just remember........yes, adventure and exotic places are in Norway and Madagascar, but they are also in your own home waters of Newport, RI, Mystic CT, and Narragansett Bay! DD
Tile as a finish is very long lasting. Pretty much forever. Only issue I see is your base thickness and the possibility of cracking grout lines and loss of grout integrity. If I was building a base for affixing tile I would use 1 1/4” plywood :)
Nice work you can come tile my kitchen any time you want :) Seriously though ...it does look very nice and should do a great job when needed! Keep on keeping on. P.S. Annie you have a LOVELY voice when singing, I'm not sure if you have ever done any singing but it was very very nice to hear!
Anne, you have beautiful rings, and fingers, it's a personal choice but the folded cuffs and rings scare hell out of me when you are working any of the machines. It was very difficult for me but I keep my wedding ring in a safe place unless in dressed up. Please, please, please consider taking them off and wrapping those cuffs.
I heard you talk about weight a little bit during the furnace part which made me wonder. How often do you have to factor in how much weight you’re adding? It just made me realize how it’s probably a lot different than building a car or plane because on those 2 things keeping the weight as low as possible is one of the biggest factors of the build. How possible is it to make a boat too heavy ? Or how much do you have to worry about the weight you’re adding ? Is there a max weight ? I’d assume there has to be a maximum weight anything can hold, I’d assume the displacement has something to do with it
Arabella has internal as well as external ballast, meaning that we will be able to adjust her trim when we launch. In that case we would be removing some of that internal ballast, of which there are thousands of pounds. We haven’t added thousands of pounds above the original displacement as Atkin calculated it, so it should be a matter of removal or shifting lead ingots to different places in the boat.
@@AcornToArabella ahaaaa that makes perfect sense. Thank you very much for explaining that. Lead is actually what brought me to this channel, TH-cam recommended your lead keel pouring video and I was hooked ever since. I had no real knowledge or interest in boats before I saw your project. I’ve always appreciated craftsmanship of any kind and people who work hard so watching all the hard work from everyone that helps and watching all of the amazing craftsmanship are a few of the things that make me tune in every week. I’m definitely looking forward to the day the Arabella gets on the water but I’m just as exited about the stuff you guys will do to get her there.
Hi Steve... the tile job is very very good man, congrats in that work. I don't remember If the diesel heater will heat water, if that's the case it would be a good idea to add some kind of sewer system in case it has a leak, even if the base can handle the amount of water the heater has.
I think it is important to line up the grain of bungs, but insofar as colour is concerned, one can try to find a match, or, a good idea is to use a totally different colour, making the bungs stand out. It is often very attractive to use a contrasting wood.
great to spread the love of boats to the next generation. I hope those kids get to feel the joy of having their work keep them afloat. It's a rare treat. Anne, if you have more pre-finished bungs try this trick. put a screw in the frame hole. then put the bung in dry varnished face in. chisel the back flush then hammer the screw point to drive out the bung.
Nice to see a woodshop class, and in a middle school no less. And a teacher that clearly cares. Could set one of those kids up for life with an interest in wood working. Or any type of trade skill related.
IMO.. Hands on with mentoring and getting your brain involved is the best education.
I love your philosophy of being able to remove the interior later on. As a lifelong maintenance person, I can understand the idea of providing access for future fix ups, without excessive hassle and damage. Great forward thinking there!
Thanks, John! And thanks for watching!
Yeah, it's not uncommon to redesign a boat's interior as your needs change.
@@thomasarussellsr Dan and Kika did a great job of that with Uma!
@7:50 That varnish going on that old, weathered wood... That is hands down the most beautiful wood on this boat so far!!!
Thanks, Shaun!
Many years ago my amazing partner in crime and I visited Key West. We took a tour of the small and older homes in the area. The houses were more than 100 years old and were sound as a gold backed Dollar. Why? Because the "carpenters" of the pre Keys Bridge era were shipwrights, builders and maintainers of wooden vessels. They knew how to build vessels that could safely ply the seven seas. When they applied ship building techniques to land lubber domiciles, they created "vessels" that could withstand the strongest of blows without batting an eye. Amazing! Thx A2A.
Steve, you are going to LOVE the wonderful dry heat from the Dickinson heater. Here in the cool Pacific Northwest, the fishermen have a history of lighting their Dickinson ranges in September and leaving them on (literally) until May. When we're aboard in cooler weather that's exactly what we do for the length of the trip. It's wonderful! Your tile surround is perfect and you will only need the safety of the overflow drip tray if something goes amiss; once you get comfortable with how to use it, you won't ever see a drop of diesel spilled. The interior is looking great!
A2A & coffee always starts my Friday on a positive note. Thanks, crew!
Happy Friday, Bill!
Another great episode. The tile work looks great Steve and well done paying it forward by helping the kids with their boat project. Mentoring our youth in a positive way is always a worthy task. May I suggest that Anne remove her jewelry, especially her rings, when working in the shop. I've had more than one friend nearly lose a finger when a ring they were wearing caught on something they were climbing on or got caught in a piece of machinery. Her rings are beautiful but they're best left in the jewelry box when doing any work in the boathouse. Good luck and thanks again for another wonderful episode.
I have almost 40 years experience as a tile contractor and you did a great job. I might have laid out the tile a bit differently to avoid small cuts but that is a nit-pick. Glad you used thinset and not mastic as adhesive as even if you get a fuel leak or water condensation, it will not degrade the bond. There are things you could do to make it waterproof but they do not work well with heat so always a compromise and the idea of a catch tray should take care of that. If you want some free consultations on future tile work, feel free to reach out anytime. My email is public so you should have no issues finding me (not sure if posting an email here is allowed).
Thanks for the offer of your time and talent, Michael!
Got the tile saw from your Mom - I love it! You must have taken after her.
Dear Arabellas Acorns.
👍👌👏 Very well done again and as always (video and work). I really like what the pupils are building after they visited you respectively Arabella. You are definitely a really good role model and a big inspiration! Congrats!
Please kindly allow me some suggestions/advices: The tile work in the stove niche looks great. Next time you grout tiles, simply use a kind of rubber spatula (there are inexpensive ones existing for grouting). Then there will be no scratching or scratching noises that can bother you. ;-)
2) I really hope that you have used epoxy grout. If not, Diesel and dirt from the stove will easily penetrate into the cement based grout and will stay there (and stink). If you have used cement based grout, at least try to seal the tile grouts with a special penetrating fluid (fabricated for this special occasion) that is able seal the grouts.
3) I definitely like jewelry and your hands look great. Additionally I like to watch/see your hands and fingers working (all of them!). So please, Ma'am, please do yourself, the viewers and me a favour: Don't wear anything on your fingers/hands (not even one ring or a bracelet) while working with power tools. For instance: Any drill or drill press can easily rip of a finger or more ! if even a simple wedding ring is caught by the spindle/drill or especially a hole saw/drill tool. Thanks in advance for reminding that in the future. Additionally for not showing dangerous behaviour in public (you know that you are kind of role models as soon as you publish something).
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).
The tile work looks great to me. My favorite part was that you borrowed the tile saw from your mom, that's awesome.
What a teacher, sharing his skills and knowledge in a school, not being afraid to try tiling, always with an amazing vision of what the final product will look like. Impressive.
Anne, when I make my bungs, I drill down as far as I want in a straight line, then I cover them with tape, then on a table saw, you set the depth with the fence, and saw though the board on edge and then you will just need to pull the bungs out with the tape, they are all perfect and easy to pull off the tape as needed.
I have to admit, I did fast forward when you started to grout with the plastic trowel…🤦🏻♂️🤣❤️🙏🏻
Great job on the heater surround as usual perfectly designed and matches the character of the boats interior . Well done skipper !
I have to say after 200 episodes that I really enjoyed this one a lot. Love seeing you make some time for some kids getting an experience that is so rich that they will never forget and be able to utilize those skills in many things. As a tile installer I would say you did a lovely job! 10 years is a long time to go between jobs and especially one like that.
Your tile job is excellent....and I've done several tile jobs.
Another example of fine craftsmanship
A perfectly timed video from my point of view. I am so with you on the matter of making everything accessible and removable. On my narrowboat I had a simple problem right? A blocked wash basin drain. I have a drain rod, so a ten minute job, right? So wrong!
Under the U-bend was a shelf. The best I could manage was to tilt it to gain a few more inches. Anyway, off with the screw clamp and pull the pipe back to insert the drain rod. That part was easy! However, on reassembling the drain and overflow pipes they all came away from the basin itself! I couldn't see hardly anything in that tiny space!
To cut a 90-minute story short, the previous owner had clearly first installed the top, plumbed in the basin, sealed the basin to the top, then put in the shelves, then installed the front of the cabinet (so that the shelf could not be removed) and then put trim around the whole show. Not a thought for the poor sod who might have to re-plumb the sink again 🙂
Love the tile work. One little hint on grout work. When applying grout, work it in on a diagonal so you will fill up the grout seams fuller and your trowel won't fall into the seams. Thanks for the update.
If you will be making more plugs, please consider using a small tenon cutter, which will make plugs with parallel sides while preserving the finish. Trimming the large end of a tapered plug and installing it backwards just guarantees that it will not fill the hole.
your edge splintering is somewhat disconcerting, sorry.
Loved the singing on this episode. What a lovely voice.
It was great to see the school kids building the pram. I build my first boat 50 years ago in my high school shop. It was a 12 foot “La Gato” catamaran from Glen L plans. A great experience.
i learned a lesson from tiling my bathroom (twice). Once doing it cheap and easy, then finally doing it "right". Cement board a must. I avoided any premix mastic tile adhesive from a tub. My old tiles had this and research suggested the best long lasting solution is to avoid any organic material behind tiles. Molds etc. will grow and feed on the organics you find in premix mastics. The organic materials in the premix is what allows it to stay soft and workable and reusable if you replace the cap on the tub. I ended up using a thin set mortar that I mixed up in small batches. There are no organics in it. Basically it's just a sand/concrete mix. Working time is much less, and you can't save the batch to use later, but you get the advantage of not giving mold a place to start.
Other comments about the diesel seeping into the grout and retaining smells is on point, and I would think any organic mastics would be more likely to degrade from contact with diesel, but that is just an inference without any fact supporting it. Other suggestions of a small pie pan or given you are rectangular, maybe a small square aluminum cake pan, are good too as a extra layer of protection.
Absolutely love the channel though and the attention to detail and craftsmanship i can only aspire to in my projects.
Looking great ... you are going to have a floating work of art when its finished.
*- Congratulations on the heater installation with well done tiling in wonderful Black&White choices.*
*- Congratulations on the bung-less_destruction construction methodology, Steve.*
*- Forethought is everything.*
Problems aren’t or shouldn’t be a concern, so alleviating future ones is a great thing.
I installed exactly the same bulkhead mounted diesel heater in my boat. I used stainless steel heat shielding that works well enough. I'm sure yours will be better! However, one area I had trouble with was the deck feed-through for the chimney. It just got too hot for my comfort level. So I mounted a fan that I could point at the feed-through to circulate air for cooling and it works great. The deck feed-through is much cooler and the surrounding deck and overhead liner stays cool to the touch. It also acts to better distribute the hot air from the heater around the cabin to evenly warm it up. Perhaps something to think about - you mentioned having fans on the interior anyway. All the best!
In the beginning I was a little bit worried that after you did such a great job with the hull you mess up the interior completely. But the more details you add I am pretty sure it will turn out great! Maybe you change one thing or another after you have tried them out. But it is definitely your boat with your solutions right from the beginning and I think that's a good thing!
Stephen's and Anne's attention to detail, showing that a little care and time, make for a wonderful product and finish. Great work as always.
love the tile work. Also a big fan of the mentoring...I'm a mentor on a high school robotics team and aside from being one of the most satisfying things I've ever done, it's great to be able to pass along knowledge and skills
Mentors are very important. Someday your students will be Mentors passing the magic wand down to the next gen. PS , I hope we all meet at the grand class reunion in Heaven.
Looking good would love to see Her in person , ahh the smells of wood and a boat shop. Good to see kids learning this amazing craft. Solid like from me , I like um all but this was a great episode. Tile looks GREAT Steve.
Anybody wanna chime in on the difference between a plug and a bung?
I know that different areas of the country will often have different terms for describing the same item. Here in Kentucky, you most often here the term “bung” in relation to the stopper that is fitted into the hole in the side of a bourbon barrel. As a trim carpenter, I always referred to the little wooden devices that were used to hide a screw as a “plug” or a “tapered plug” and sometimes if you wanted it to easily be removed I would use a “button plug”, which sits proud of the hole you’re filling so you can easily remove it.
They’re the same. Even the cutters I was using from Fuller are called “plug cutters” on their packaging. 👍🏼
I only can admire the work all the involved people have done so far on Arabella. Unfortunately I don’t have a clue of craftsmanship and for me it is still a miracle how Steve and his comrades built Arabella. Imagin he cut off trees planted by his grand grandfather and turned them into a beautiful sailing boat. what a story !
Another nice episode with some good craftsmanship! The only suggestion I have for tile-work is this: if during layout you have a run with a small tile leftover to finish the run; shift the entire pattern over to center and have longer end tiles on either side. For example (the numbers are tile lengths, total run, 26"): 8-8-8-2 change to 5-8-8-5.
Wow love to see the kids working on that boat project! Very cool wish more schools did this! Thanks for sharing! 👍👍👊👊⛵⛵
Those tiles are positively cozy.
I taught school in a First Nations Community, on an island, on the west side (wild side) of Vancouver Island. I thought it would be a good idea to teach a boat mechanics class, since you needed a boat to do anything. We gathered some old engines from around the community and it went from there… the class had a work experience component where the kids would work in a boat repair “garage” in Tofino. Seeing the kids in the class brought back some great memories.
Thanks for sharing that story!
I Like the Tile job Steve it looks great. Can't wait to see the final fitment. It should look fabulous, when it's all buttoned up! cheers have a good week. God bless. .
I wipe grout using a sponge at 45 degrees to the seams. That makes the wiping more uniform. Also, a floats helps lessen the amount of grout left over. A grout sealer might help liquid proof the system.. But it looks nice. Good job.
The tile job is very nice looking. The good looking stove needs a good looking home. All the old mahogany is so nice looking all varnished.
A simple glass drill bit will work great on those glassed tiles and leave a really nice edge. Drilling too much of that cement board would dull them but they are cheap.
Tile turned out awesome. You did a great job, like everything else on the build. Can't wait to see her sailing. Stay safe and keep up the great work.
What a beautiful voice! I often sing softly to myself whilst working too, can't say my voice is any where near as good though.
Aw shucks. Thank you. -Anne
Nice work on the bungs and the tile surround. Thank you all for sharing this episode.
Thanks for watching, Matt!
The tile corners could use caulking in the long run. No need to apply it before the grout falls out though just that you know if it falls out don't panic. Actual tile expert here. Nice work btw, suits the boat perfectly.
Its best to glue the bungs in over length, then when glue hard, pare of excess bung and glue with sharp chisel.
She wanted to keep the original finish on the bung wood, so she did it the other way around.
@@arvana Yes, but you could see that the bungs were NOT flat/level with the surface and instead had a "warty" surface to the entire project. This was an amateur approach. Pro approach is install bungs properly (not upside down), sand the bung and surrounding wood, refinish. A touch more work, but a proper job.
Akiva's dog dad, I love it! Another great show. I just love how much of Victoria is going into Arabella. Have a great week!
Happy Friday, Kathy!
“Little Aaron” is a pretty game dude. He’s doing a lot of good work without a lot of messing around. Getting those skills. Nice tile work, btw. That will look very homey out on expedition.
I am very expressed with the thought of all those good people visiting Arabells and you guys. Bye, the bye the stove looks great. 23 is just around the bend!
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You did a great job on that tile work. Also great choice of tiles.
Final product looks great, but a grout float and wetting the tiles beforehand can make that last step easier.
Id recommend sealing the grout . This will stop the grout from discoloring and absorbing fuel spills and its smells. From Annapolis I'd say great job.
Beautiful work Steve and yes you always need character can never have enough on a project like that. It's what gives people things to talk about when at port.
At last I've caught up. Watching only since last Summer. Every episode! I think the one I enjoyed the most was the journey from the original yard to Port Townsend on the low loader - with the accompanying music. Sorry about Anne's Boston T. All the best. Bill B. Cheltenham UK
I enjoyed that one as well but I think the boat was Tally Ho not Arabella.
Thanks for your kind words about my sweet Maye, Bill! -Anne
Another wonderful video, great to see the school building a boat with the class. It's really coming along beautifully.
Love the contrast and designs on those tiles!
Double walled stainless steel stove piping will help eliminate any scorching issue if you chose not to tile up the cabin corner. No scorching yourself if you bumped into it either! The character is building the boat!
That’s a tapered plug cutter you were using, so the finished face of the bung you were trying to preserve is actually the smaller diameter end and is intended to be inserted into the hole you’re filling. That way the larger diameter end will provide a tight fit as it’s inserted. “A” for effort though!
You're right. I understand she wanted to preserve the original finish, so in that case the idea would be to start the cutter from the back side. It would require special precautions to prevent splintering around the showface of the bung as the cutter exits. I know what I'd do if it were metal, (clamp or screw it firmly down to a backing plate, ie another piece of metal, at least as hard as the workpiece) but I'm no woodworker.
Plug cutters typically create a plug that is slightly angled to tighten as they are driven in. Considering she put them in backwards I doubt you will have to worry about shellacking them in to make it easier to take them out in the future because they will fall out soon enough on their own. Plus I understand the concept of designing a unit that can be easily removed in the future but not using Titebond on a plug on basic framework does not make sense.
I agree. It seemed pointless to measure the depth of the plug, since you are sanding the piece at the end anyway. Just let the bung run long, chisel/saw/plane the extra bit, and then sand as you did. Apply finish.
A vernier caliper dept gauge works great for the bungs.
Excellent point, evidently Anne didn't think of that. Maybe next time she will after reading your comment.
A quick bit about the tile job. I would not have put all the mud on at once. The top parts could have dried out by tue time you got up there and that tile could come loose earlier then you want it to or at an in opportune time. I hope it all goes well for you and it lasts a very long time.
I didnt see if you back buttered the tiles..
I think you did a nice tiling job and I love the pattern those tiles. My only suggestion would be to get a tiling squeegee for the grout rather than a drywall tool. They have a rubber edge and you will use a lot less grout, and sponge down is much faster because there is a lot less grout on the tile.
Thank you Ben for putting music over most of that grouting job, as Steve said to Annie it was like nails on a chalkboard they had to suffer it but luckily you spared us :)
with fitting the bungs, there is a trick in jewellery making when you test fit a cabochon to its setting. lay some dental floss under the stone so that you can get it back out.
Perhaps you could put the bungs in upside down, and as long as you didn't cut the string, cut the bung to size, or at least mark it for sanding to depth
Ever thought of getting a sous vide circulator for the boat? Works well with solar panel power and is a relatively small thing that allows you to cook pretty large things - or for a long time, which I don't suspect would be good using diesel. All you then need is a bucket to cook in and some cling film for the top, you're good to go.
Love the way Arabella is turning out. Are you able to deliver the new community crest merch to Australia. Last time there was an issue with shipping. I want to be a part of this community and would love to buy more merch to help you along the way. Any help you can give will be greatly appreciated. Thank you
Anne you might want to remove your rings and jewelry when you are working around power tools and the boat. I have witnessed several very knarly injuries when rings were forcefully removed from and with fingers. Be safe.
And great work too!
I remove them for sailing for sure. -Anne
Great job, Steve. Suggestion for the tile around the stove pipe: large piece. Despite all you've done to make the boat rigid, even slight twisting could loosen small tiles. Just a thought. Cheers
How many times do you think that's been said, "I borrowed a tile saw from my mom". An industrious family, wow.
In New England? Probably a lot hahaha
What I love about that tile shelf is it looks like a piece of old kitchen equipment mounted in a kitchen with tile from about the same era as when the boat was originally built. Nicely done. I will be curious to see how tile holds up in an environment such as a boat with growth and shrinkage. Also not sure if you did this time but they do make a more epoxy grout that is supposed to be pretty bulletproof but also rigid so not sure how well it would work in a dynamic environment such as that of a boat.
Seal the grout if you haven't already. Also, you might want to look into epoxy based grout - it's a different application method and can get messy really quickly, but it does stay relatively flexible so no cracking.
Plus epoxy based grout typically won't soak up any diesel spills, holding the smell as well.
Steve...as far as tile is concerned it is an imperfect "science". Leveling the tiles just takes patience. The imperfections that you see now will be usage marks you see later. The main thing is to get the grout completely washed off the front of the tiles which takes a light touch. What we can see always seems to hide in the dark mainly due to the fact where tile is used. Good luck.
I liked the bullnose you used on the tile job, the only suggestion I would give is to use a grout trowel or float, nice job!
I was in the Sea Scouts as a kid and had a hand in building a pair of Mirror class dingies . It was great fun. Sadly , I did not get to sail them , as we moved house.
Thanks for posting and sharing. Really nice to see the stove going in.
Beautiful tile job, only thing I noticed is that the grout lines didn’t get sealer applied unless I missed it. Will help to keep them clean especially with such a light color. Cheers from CA
I would have used RTV instead of grout on the tile to keep the diesel from soaking in and allow the tiles to expand and contract without cracking the grout. The little I know about HVAC systems is that low temp furnaces usually have a dual pipe flue, the inner pipe is held off of the outer pipe by an air gap of insulation, so the temperature isn't wicked away and a positive upward flow is sustained. If the flue gets too cold too quickly, moisture will condense and run down the inside of the flue into the furnace causing problems.
G'day Ann, you really should take your rings off while working in the boathouse. I have seen a finger de-gloved from catching on something and it's not a good look. Remember....Danger never takes a day off!
Thanks!
that plug cutter is tapered so the inside part of the plug when snapped off is wider and is the outside finished service of the piece. They work fine if you put them in proud and chisel flush. A tapered plug cutter like that is the only way to get a good plug fit. Its getting there!:)
That's a great idea being able to pull the interior!
Like the tile work. Just one observation, shouldn't you place the stove as low to the bilge as possible? You will not heat the area below the bottom of the stove. Unless you put fans in to mix the airflows.
Great work team, Great work. Thanks to all involved.
I’ve been worrying about your screw heads, don’t often use screws on faces, but I find an oversized forstner bit on a drill press, then line up your plug, creates a perfectly hidden piece, keep up the good fight, I enjoy your videos
Just remember........yes, adventure and exotic places are in Norway and Madagascar, but they are also in your own home waters of Newport, RI, Mystic CT, and Narragansett Bay! DD
Tile as a finish is very long lasting. Pretty much forever. Only issue I see is your base thickness and the possibility of cracking grout lines and loss of grout integrity. If I was building a base for affixing tile I would use 1 1/4” plywood :)
Bronze floors should be signed by all with an engraver on the exposed bronze wings 👍
Imagine 💯 years from now !
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Nice work you can come tile my kitchen any time you want :) Seriously though ...it does look very nice and should do a great job when needed! Keep on keeping on. P.S. Annie you have a LOVELY voice when singing, I'm not sure if you have ever done any singing but it was very very nice to hear!
Anne, you have beautiful rings, and fingers, it's a personal choice but the folded cuffs and rings scare hell out of me when you are working any of the machines. It was very difficult for me but I keep my wedding ring in a safe place unless in dressed up. Please, please, please consider taking them off and wrapping those cuffs.
Note on grouting: Wipe the grout at a 45 degree angle to keep from wiping it out of the places you want to keep it! Nice job!
Was great watching some of the party, even so far away as Normandy, France....cheers rr
Love me some Hammond through a Leslie! Nice work, Ben.
I heard you talk about weight a little bit during the furnace part which made me wonder. How often do you have to factor in how much weight you’re adding? It just made me realize how it’s probably a lot different than building a car or plane because on those 2 things keeping the weight as low as possible is one of the biggest factors of the build. How possible is it to make a boat too heavy ? Or how much do you have to worry about the weight you’re adding ? Is there a max weight ? I’d assume there has to be a maximum weight anything can hold, I’d assume the displacement has something to do with it
Arabella has internal as well as external ballast, meaning that we will be able to adjust her trim when we launch. In that case we would be removing some of that internal ballast, of which there are thousands of pounds. We haven’t added thousands of pounds above the original displacement as Atkin calculated it, so it should be a matter of removal or shifting lead ingots to different places in the boat.
It’s a great question!
@@AcornToArabella ahaaaa that makes perfect sense. Thank you very much for explaining that. Lead is actually what brought me to this channel, TH-cam recommended your lead keel pouring video and I was hooked ever since. I had no real knowledge or interest in boats before I saw your project. I’ve always appreciated craftsmanship of any kind and people who work hard so watching all the hard work from everyone that helps and watching all of the amazing craftsmanship are a few of the things that make me tune in every week. I’m definitely looking forward to the day the Arabella gets on the water but I’m just as exited about the stuff you guys will do to get her there.
I would kinda love to see a small fleet of students in their Chesapeake boats accompany Arabella when she launches.
What a vision!
Hear hear! We’ll keep building.
Hi Steve... the tile job is very very good man, congrats in that work. I don't remember If the diesel heater will heat water, if that's the case it would be a good idea to add some kind of sewer system in case it has a leak, even if the base can handle the amount of water the heater has.
Nope, it’s a cabin heater.
I think it is important to line up the grain of bungs, but insofar as colour is concerned, one can try to find a match, or, a good idea is to use a totally different colour, making the bungs stand out. It is often very attractive to use a contrasting wood.
Happy Arabella day everyone! Let’s make something.
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