This is amazing to watch, I am actually in this wood shop now and someone sent me this link! Not a lot has changed except power tools but the shop hasn’t changed a bit.
Excellent video, showed old timer techniques, I especially like the templates for the ribs that had the middle brace sticking up so they could be held in place at the top while fitting the side boards.
I built a few wooden plywood boats in my time. These are mostly skiffs for inland lakes. I use white pine also, but it is the lower city lumber yard quality. This quality of pine could change texture within the same length, become punky, and may have cracks and tar vugs that can't be seen easily. I wish I could get grade A quality pine. On the other hand we can get ash easily. If my BIL can find a healthy tree, I usually cut it up with just a chain saw and I use a 12" CT face planer to finish it up for drying. The spruce won't work here in fresh water and W Oak is expensive. I note your shop doesn't make use of epoxy , resorcinol glues and seam sealers but calk the tried and true way?. My exterior ply does me 20 years if it's fiberglass cloth covered and kept out of the rain. Next month I'm starting a 14fft Newport dory, as I want the high prow to prevent splashes which land lubbers in my family don't like, Agh!!
Build your own! Its not that hard, just one piece at a time. Plans for a Banks Dory in John Gardner's, The Dory Book. I'm just starting to build the Alpha Dory and recording progress on my Utube channel, cheers.
I recall when I was a kid in nfld I remember the ole fishermen sculling over the stern of dories as they oar around the wharf those ole guys could get a dory moving at a good speed they were natural at it. Its like they were born in a dory that how swift they could maneuver that thing. I was raised in a small village in Summerville nfld and their was a guy who built Schooners that were famous from our town, and they used the dories on the Schooner, I think his last name was Humby.
So cool ..when I was in high school we had a Marsh Hike which I rowed a dory for miles in a river and open water. It handled like a dream with 1.5 tons of supplies On the 2nd day a teacher and me won a race I was in the lead from start to finish Everwhere we needed tp go I rowed
This is amazing to watch, I am actually in this wood shop now and someone sent me this link! Not a lot has changed except power tools but the shop hasn’t changed a bit.
Amazing to imagine these boats way out on the open ocean. Thank you for this look into a fine old tradition.
Fantastic ! Long live the dory !
Nice post. Love to see old wood boat building. Jus a simple tried & true build here. Simple & rugged. Refreshing to see. Enjoyed watching.
love this video...only wish it was longer....thanks for posting
Excellent video, showed old timer techniques, I especially like the templates for the ribs that had the middle brace sticking up so they could be held in place at the top while fitting the side boards.
thank you - this is a wonderful view of days gone by.
Great video thanks! Very interesting to see that they're cutting and nailing in the frames after planking.
I built a few wooden plywood boats in my time. These are mostly skiffs for inland lakes. I use white pine also, but it is the lower city lumber yard quality. This quality of pine could change texture within the same length, become punky, and may have cracks and tar vugs that can't be seen easily. I wish I could get grade A quality pine. On the other hand we can get ash easily. If my BIL can find a healthy tree, I usually cut it up with just a chain saw and I use a 12" CT face planer to finish it up for drying. The spruce won't work here in fresh water and W Oak is expensive. I note your shop doesn't make use of epoxy , resorcinol glues and seam sealers but calk the tried and true way?. My exterior ply does me 20 years if it's fiberglass cloth covered and kept out of the rain. Next month I'm starting a 14fft Newport dory, as I want the high prow to prevent splashes which land lubbers in my family don't like, Agh!!
I so wish I owned one. What a piece of history.
Build your own! Its not that hard, just one piece at a time. Plans for a Banks Dory in John Gardner's, The Dory Book. I'm just starting to build the Alpha Dory and recording progress on my Utube channel, cheers.
I recall when I was a kid in nfld I remember the ole fishermen sculling over the stern of dories as they oar around the wharf those ole guys could get a dory moving at a good speed they were natural at it. Its like they were born in a dory that how swift they could maneuver that thing. I was raised in a small village in Summerville nfld and their was a guy who built Schooners that were famous from our town, and they used the dories on the Schooner, I think his last name was Humby.
Thank you for sharing this
I see how the overlaps work at the bow. But at the transome there doesn't show overlaps on the finished product. Not sure how that worked.
Thank you for sharing this video with us. :o)
I just wonder what is the cost for one of these dories.
So cool ..when I was in high school we had a Marsh Hike which I rowed a dory for miles in a river and open water. It handled like a dream with 1.5 tons of supplies On the 2nd day a teacher and me won a race I was in the lead from start to finish Everwhere we needed tp go I rowed
www.youtube.com/@lowellsboatshop these dories I mentioned were made here where they still make them its beeen working for a longtime
It would be good to have a rowboat
Gostaria muito muito de construir um, onde ha os planos?
Very Talented
i have a sawmill and a shop full of tools. i should build a dory.
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Glad to see there's no loser Millennials downvoting such a excellent video. The clueless future. Thanks for sharing.
I think you can do it yourself, just watch and learn from Stodoys.