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BOAT BUILDING & REPAIR -- WOODEN xx BOAT BUILDING & REPAIR A professional illustrates how to restore a rotted transom in a fiberglass-over-wood outboard motorboat. Tip on replacing rotted plywood decking. How to replace screw plugs that are popping out of a wooden deck. How to perform major repairs to an old wooden boat by replacing rotted wood, repairing holes, covering entire boat with fiberglass, and repainting. Lapstrake boatbuilding. A look at one of the older boatbuilding techniques. How to save a wooden boat by applying fiberglass to the outside of the hull. Wood-epoxy construction building technique for projects exposed to water (boats, hot tubs, etc.) How to make and use a "bulkhead stick" to draw a pattern for a large curved panel (bulkhead) to be cut from expensive plywood. "Invisible" butt joint used to join plywood in boatbuilding. Scarfing plywood lapstrake planks when building or repairing boat hulls. Use wood veneer to finish the edges of large bulkhead and entry cutouts and the perimeters of storage bins, compartments and ports. Tip: Use recycled wood from packing crates or pallets in boatbuilding. Double-planking repair. How to re-attach outer cross planking that has lifted (warped) off inner planks. Use plywood laminations when making complex-shaped frames and beams. "Third Arm". A plank supporting a holding iron makes it possible for one person to perform the task of roving down nails when planking a boat. Simple-to-make "block clamp" that allows the scarfing of frames, wales, and other boat parts without removal. Scarfing secrets. The professional way to form sturdy scarf joints in solid wood and plywood. Exterior deck and cabin beams, rails and moldings. How to make both laminated and sawn beams. How to attach the beams to the boat so they are either permanent or removable. Tips on working with CCA-treated lumber in boatbuilding. Tip on sealing plywood in boat construction to keep it from checking. Tips on which plywoods are best to use. Stitch-and-glue (plywood/epoxy composite) method of boat construction. An introduction to the advantages. Boatbuilders of the Chesapeake. How log boats can be made without large trees, by assembling up to five hand-hewed logs with a watertight mortise-and-tenon joint consisting of a free tenon of oak joined with locust pegs. The backbone. Part 5. Building the "deadwood" section of a ballast keel. How current sawmill cutting practices affect the quality of wood available for boatbuilding. An interview with Dudley Davidson who has learned the secret of sanding wooden boats using a disk sander. The repair and replacement of stems in a wooden boat. A general discussion of trees and limbs from which "crook timber" suitable for boatbuilding may be obtained. Fitting the deck framing on a wooden boat. Under-utilized boatbuilding woods. Part 1. Plywood lapstrake construction instead of more traditional planking. Epoxy-glued plywood is a better method in almost every way. Technique for fitting a bulkhead to a large wooden boat. Under-utilized boatbuilding woods. Part 2. Floor timbers. A look at the various styles, design, construction, placement, means of attachment and use of floor timbers. Photos illustrate the process in steaming and fitting an oak coaming. Photos illustrate the process of cutting a wooden boat "knee" from the crook of an apple tree. Backyard vacuum bagging. How the amateur boatbuilder can laminate panel veneers using cold-molding methods. Requires only a simple mold, plastic film and a vacuum pump. How to lay a deck. Details the various types of deck layups (plywood, tongue-and-groove, plank, etc.) and how to install them. How to heat and reshape boat ribs using a portable heat gun. This technique enabled a boat hull to be reshaped without removing the frames. Renewing TARNE's keel. Part 1. Tackling repair work in a well-thought-out and efficient manner. Replacing the keel on a 40-ft. ketch. Chainsaw lumbering: Natural knees. How to cut your own crook timber. Tips on locating a tree with the correct curve, felling the tree and milling out the knees. Renewing TARNE's keel. Part 2. Custom sawmilling. How to get your own logs sawn just the way you want them. A cold-molded rejuvenation. How to sheathe a wooden hull with wood veneer and epoxy. Includes opinions from others with wood-hull restoration experience. Damaged planks, their repair and replacement. Steve Ballentine's methods for making a boat hull as good as new. Cold-molded repairs for laminated boats. A smooth and fair hull. What to do after the planking is finished, but before you can paint. Distinguishing mahogany from substitutes. Stopwaters. How softwood dowels, called stopwaters, are installed into the joints of a boat to keep water out. Plywood: an engineered wood product. A look at marine-grade plywood products. Traditional strip-plank boatbuilder Dick Pulsifer and his boatbuilding techniques are profiled. Making your boat tight again. How to repair wooden hulls after the seams have opened up. Plywood: Applications to boatbuilding. Making and using trunnels (wooden pegs which hold one plank to another in a lapstrake hull). Bending "Spartan's" frames. How replacement frames were constructed for a 1913 50-ft. sailing yacht. Shows how a bending frame was constructed and how white oak was steam-bent to shape. Holding fast. Professional boatbuilder George I. Hodgdon describes his gluing and clamping techniques. Save it. A description of several "cold-molded" reskinning projects on wooden boats. Cold-molded overlay: a close look at one technique. The yeoman oak. Dilemas and questions that pop up regularly when boatbuilders discuss the ubiquitous oak. Part 1. Bagging the Gull. Part 2. Cutting veneer planks, the layup operation and adhesives. The yeoman oak. Part 2. The butt block in its place. A look at the shape and installation of the butt block, an intergral part of a wooden boat's structure. New life for old decks. Covering (or replacing) an old deck with plywood, Dynel fabric, and epoxy. Plank scarfer. Router jig for making nibbed scarfs in small-boat planking. Plank scriber. A scribing tool that incises a crisp and narrow scribe line on one of two boards that are to be joined as closely and carefully as possible. Useful for getting good fits when building plank-style boat hulls. Steam-bent frames. Why they break and how to fix them. "Hide-a-butt" joint treatment uses double-ended scarfed pieces, glued and fastened, that effectively transform two planks into one. Native vs. imported lumber. In experienced hands, local woods make superior boats at lower prices. Lapstrake plank repair. A professional powerboat builder's approach. Teak on teak. A program for rescuing a worn-out teak deck involves applying fiberglass to the original deck and then covering with a new teak overlay. Pattern for an articulated shipwright's curve is used for taking the shape of boat frames directly off the hull. English-style lapstrake planking. Some tips. The scavenger's art. Boat lumber is where you find it. Some tips on using secondhand wood. Adapting new strategies for using pine and pressure-treated wood in boat construction. Some tips. Wood preservation update. (1) Waterproofing plywood with epoxy. (2) Gluing pressure-treated wood. (3) Health hazards of treated woods. Fitting a small piece of wood (dutchman, graving piece) into the wooden hull of a boat. Replacing planks on carvel-planked wooden boats. An independent shipwright's approach to spiling and fitting. Bungs. Illustrated pointers on how to do the job quickly. Tips on protecting a wooden centerboard trunk from fouling and damage by shipworms. Tips on determining when a wooden boat needs refastening. Building the cabin sole (floor). Step-by-step procedures for installing the foundation for your interior joinerwork. Part 1. Double-sawn framing. Setting up a schooner the old way. Building the cabin sole (floor). Part 2. Surviving the tropics. Sound building, repair, and maintenance practices for wooden boats. Mock it up to make sure it works. Tips on checking the fit before joinerwork is final. Stitch-and-glue plywood hull construction technique is ideal for those who lack traditional woodworking skills. Set work. A few of the tricks and gadgets developed for shoving that next plank against the one already in place when planking a boat hull. Pressure-treated lumber revisited. How appropriate for boatbuilders is pressure-treated lumber designed for fences, decks, etc. Scarfs and butts. Building long boats with short plywood. Three methods to join plywood panels to make them longer. Ordering lumber. A guide to compiling a boatbuilding lumber list. Compression wood in white pine planking. How to identify it. Repair strategies for cold-molded wooden boats. Repairing lapstrake planking. A few tricks of the trade. Whipping "Whippet" into shape. A look at those major structural repairs which old wooden boats often need. (1) Stem replacement. (2) Seam-reefing. (3) Framing and fastening. (4) Bending frames. A contemporary planking technique. A fast and efficient method of replanking a batten-seam mahogany hull. Comparing wood species from Australia, New Zealand and North America for their use in boatbuilding. Making large laminated frames for cold-molded keelboats. Lofting curved, raked transoms. Step-by-step instructions to create a perfect transom. Transom replacement. A common-sense approach for replacing a transom on a Concordia 33 cruising sloop. Healing the break. An alternative method for repairing a broken frame in a boat hull involves removing much of the original frame adjacent to the break and replacing with laminations of wood and glue. Raised panels. Designing and building beautiful doors and bulkheads for boats. Singlehanded boatbuilding. An illustrated guide to (1) moving heavy timbers, (2) using handscrews to form an all-purpose vise, and (3) bending and clamping frames. What you should know about plank curvature in boatbuilding. Repairing storm-damaged planking on a lapstrake skiff. Wood and epoxy. The importance of keeping the core material dry when building epoxy-encapsulated wooden boats is examined by looking the many ways in which water can penetrate through epoxy and the damage that it will cause. Making the right choices when selecting plywood for marine use. Converting traditional panel-over-frame, sheet-plywood boat construction techniques into stitch-and-glue technology. Construction of a model illustrates the basic procedures. Cause and prevention of chemical degradation of wood used in boat construction. Tips on using a local wood supply in boat building. Strip-planking a new garboard. An innovative replacement technique. Strip-diagonal planking. Building strong hulls with a combination of glued strip and diagonal planking. Replacing a transom on a wooden boat. Removing the old transom, making a pattern, building the blank, and installing the new transom. Rethinking the typical diagonal planking used in cold-molded boat construction. Spruce for spars. A comparison of the various spruce woods and their suitability for boatbuilding applications. Sheathing fabrics for wooden boats. Selecting the right resin and reinforcement (fiberglass, Dynel, polypropylene, Xynol, or Kevlar). The shaper. Understanding this versatile machine and its applications in boatbuilding. Several specialized jigs illustrated. Keeping rot at bay on a wooden boat. Wood preservatives vs. wood replacement. Pros and cons of applying fiberglass-epoxy sheathing to a plank-on-frame wooden boat. Wooden boat building methods. A detailed overview of the three methods of building a boat, no matter the material to be used. They are reduction, junction, and molding. A jig for the band saw lets you cut changing bevel angles (as found on a boatbuilding station mold) in a single pass. The jig requires two people to operate, one making the cut and the second changing the angle of the table as the cut proceeds. Stresses and strains in wood used in boatbuilding. Tips on choosing woods to avoid problems. Pros and cons of using epoxy to bond wood in boatbuilding. Information on moisture and rot in wooden boats. Advice on use of sealers designed to control "dry rot". Modifying a hand plane to cut accurate lap bevels when building lapstrake boats. Modern repair of a vintage molded hull. Repairing each of four layers of cold-molded mahogany and the outer fiberglass. Simply made patterns from card stock and a little tape. Making replacement sawn frames for boats is made easier by making a paper pattern on the old timber before removing it from the boat. Harvesting hackmatack tree roots and trunks for the "crooks" which become "knees" in wooden boats. Wood composites and their use in boatbuilding. A short introduction. Wood durability. Includes a chart of estimated service life for 18 woods exposed to water above ground. Scarfing and butt block techniques to make long planks from short ones in boatbuilding. Tips on identifying and using ash, oak, douglas-fir and western larch in boat construction. Technique for replacing the rotted lower ends of existing frames (and inserting additional new frames) in a full-keeled sailing craft without stripping the hull of its living accommodations, ceiling and covering boards. Decks over decks. How to lay teak decks on plywood sub-decks. Tips on using MDO and HDO panels in boatbuilding. Ship shapes. A beginners guide to boat-making. Looks at both the "building in frame" and the "stitch and glue" method of boat-building. Specialized joints (scarf, mortise-and-tenon, dovetails) and supporting pieces (knees) used by boatbuilders. | |||||||||
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