allene222 67 #101 Posted March 17, 2018 Every dollar put into a wood boat is a dollar less that you will ever have. There are two reasons to put money into a wood boat. 1) You are crazy. 2) You are in love. It is of tremendous help to be both. Allen L-36 #5 L-36.com 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tom Keffer 45 #102 Posted March 18, 2018 As a friend of mine, who restores wooden boats, puts it, "Here's my basic business proposition: you have a boat worth $10,000. We'll put another $10,000 into it and when we're all done, we'll have a boat worth $10,000." Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jgbrown 73 #103 Posted March 19, 2018 On 3/17/2018 at 6:10 PM, Tom Keffer said: As a friend of mine, who restores wooden boats, puts it, "Here's my basic business proposition: you have a boat worth $10,000. We'll put another $100,000 into it and when we're all done, we'll have a boat worth $10,000." Fixed. Just ask the owners of the L-36 Winsome III. They might have got a little over 10, but they were asking 20 for a year first... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sailingkid 3 #104 Posted March 19, 2018 Having spent yesterday afternoon on the couch watching almost all of the episodes on the channel since sailing got cancelled, I’d have to say it’s one of the best sailing channels on YouTube. Stacked full of useful information and very well presented. I hope he is able to keep the quality content going for the rest of the build and beyond! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
southerncross 3,901 #105 Posted March 30, 2018 What a great history this boat has. Well done tracking it down. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WCB 389 #107 Posted April 8, 2018 That guy from Georgia is a true character. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rasputin22 2,564 #108 Posted April 8, 2018 Great video and storytelling! I live in the heart of the Naval Oak belt on the Gulf Coast and that operation in Georgia is a national treasure. When they showed the big Live Oak that was proclaimed to be the largest I thought back to a tree that was known as the 'Inspiration Oak' that was right across the road from my old boatshop/cabinet shop on Fish River in Baldwin County Alabama. I managed to find some info on that tree which was 'girded' by my landlady or one of her inbred bastard sons not long after I gave up my lease on the shop and moved to New Orleans to learn 'plastic boatbuilding' at Seemann Composites. Sometimes I think I should kept my backwoods boatshop but that was 38 years ago. That tree was 28 feet in circumference and a team from Auburn University tried for four years to mitigate the damage caused by the vandalism. They even built an "ICU" tent around the base in a valiant effort to save the tree to no avail. This was from March 2002 The tree was left standing for decades until fears of injuries from admirers from falling limbs led to the decision to cut it down as seen here. I think that the Auburn foresters were able to count the tree rings and dated the tree at 500 years old! Full story here http://blog.al.com/live/2013/11/inspiration_oak_may_be_gone_bu.html 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SloopJonB 7,986 #109 Posted April 8, 2018 On 1/24/2018 at 10:15 AM, southerncross said: I like the Japanese scarf joint technique using a block at the center to tighten the fit. Wow! I wish I could build furniture that nice. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
southerncross 3,901 #110 Posted April 9, 2018 3 hours ago, Rasputin22 said: Sometimes I think I should kept my backwoods boatshop but that was 38 years ago Rasp, I kind of wish you and others had too. But I think there is growing interest in the craft again and luckily there are pockets that remain around the world. It's a noble art, wooden boatbuilding, and I wish there was greater respect and reverence in the US like there is in Japan. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Living_National_Treasure_(Japan) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rasputin22 2,564 #111 Posted April 9, 2018 Stuff like that video of the Japanese traditional joint is something that I have always admired but when I was younger and tempted to have a go at that sort of expertise with my own hand, I always asked, 'Why go to that much trouble?' Forty years later I just showed my GF that video and she asked the same thing. I now wish that I had just rolled up my sleeves and attempted that joint. I came close with some inspired joinery but that hammering home the tapered wedge and seeing the whole joint draw up nice and tight all around is exceptional. When you stop and consider that the beam joint shown gets full structural continuity ( or near so) just through all the clever fitted faces without any metal threaded fasteners it makes sense when you had fine handsaws and chisels as the Japanese artisans did. Apprenticeships that lasted decades in the joinery trades were not uncommon and this video is tribute to that. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SloopJonB 7,986 #112 Posted April 9, 2018 Woodwork like that is closer to art than craft. The only reason to pursue that level of skill is the personal satisfaction it would give you. In purely practical terms it makes no sense. Just being able to sharpen your tools to the level required for that sort of work is well beyond where most of us end up. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
southerncross 3,901 #113 Posted April 9, 2018 2 minutes ago, SloopJonB said: Just being able to sharpen your tools to the level required for that sort of work is well beyond where most of us end up. Speaking of sharp. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheDragon 439 #114 Posted April 9, 2018 Thanks SC, really cool, so quintesimally Japanese. We sometimes watch the various crafting shows on NHK channel. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
olaf hart 540 #115 Posted April 10, 2018 Wood plane porn, awesome. i have around 30 wood planes and an extra half dozen irons and breakers, used to make them years ago just for fun. i will have to get a micrometer now... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
IStream 2,229 #116 Posted April 21, 2018 The latest: Leo's just turned the corner from demolition to restoration. With his new keel timber staged and all the live oak needed for the project milled and on-site, my money's on completion. Hang in there, Leo! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
southerncross 3,901 #117 Posted April 22, 2018 Time to send more funds. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
southerncross 3,901 #118 Posted April 22, 2018 Videos remind me of a PBS special. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
southerncross 3,901 #119 Posted April 22, 2018 Has to be a Star. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
southerncross 3,901 #120 Posted April 22, 2018 Is this standard knowledge for a shipwright or is Leo exceptional in his ingenuity and skills? He seems to have some special genius for the work. But then I have no idea about wooden boatbuilding. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Aqua Logic 7 #121 Posted April 22, 2018 On 4/8/2018 at 6:32 PM, Rasputin22 said: Great video and storytelling! I live in the heart of the Naval Oak belt on the Gulf Coast and that operation in Georgia is a national treasure. When they showed the big Live Oak that was proclaimed to be the largest I thought back to a tree that was known as the 'Inspiration Oak' that was right across the road from my old boatshop/cabinet shop on Fish River in Baldwin County Alabama. I managed to find some info on that tree which was 'girded' by my landlady or one of her inbred bastard sons not long after I gave up my lease on the shop and moved to New Orleans to learn 'plastic boatbuilding' at Seemann Composites. Sometimes I think I should kept my backwoods boatshop but that was 38 years ago. That tree was 28 feet in circumference and a team from Auburn University tried for four years to mitigate the damage caused by the vandalism. They even built an "ICU" tent around the base in a valiant effort to save the tree to no avail. This was from March 2002 The tree was left standing for decades until fears of injuries from admirers from falling limbs led to the decision to cut it down as seen here. I think that the Auburn foresters were able to count the tree rings and dated the tree at 500 years old! Full story here http://blog.al.com/live/2013/11/inspiration_oak_may_be_gone_bu.html This is absolutely incredible and heartbreaking, thanks for sharing. By the size of the logs they're bucking it looks like this all went straight to the woodburner/firepit. Damn shame. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mid 2,834 #122 Posted April 22, 2018 Many sail 'em , fewer build 'em , precious few do both . Kudos Leo . 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WCB 389 #123 Posted April 22, 2018 13 hours ago, southerncross said: Time to send more funds. Agreed, I need to donate, doing it right now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WCB 389 #124 Posted April 22, 2018 13 hours ago, southerncross said: Videos remind me of a PBS special. That's a good idea. You should submit this to PBS for consideration. It's ripe for a series. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rasputin22 2,564 #125 Posted April 22, 2018 15 hours ago, Aqua Logic said: This is absolutely incredible and heartbreaking, thanks for sharing. By the size of the logs they're bucking it looks like this all went straight to the woodburner/firepit. Damn shame. Aqua, You are close with your observation on the way they are cutting up that Inspiration Oak on Fish River. They split those rounds further and then sold chunks of the wood with a printout of the story of the tree and its demise. I think that they were trying to offset some of the money that they had spent saving the tree or perhaps the money was going to fund the park that they were establishing after wrassling the property away from the crazy lady that owned the property. I think they were asking $5 per chunk and raised $30,000 in all. I was into making nunchucks at the time, should have bought a few baulks for doing that. Nothing is tougher than Live Oak except maybe Ironwood or Greenheart. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mizzmo 46 #126 Posted April 23, 2018 What about looking for a sponsor? The auger bit was almost perfect for a Mikita add Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nlmasopust 18 #127 Posted April 23, 2018 10 hours ago, Mizzmo said: What about looking for a sponsor? The auger bit was almost perfect for a Mikita add Especially that it is cordless while the "nice" corded Dewalt was not able to get through easily... On SV/Seeker, Doug (who has awesomely plugged Leo's channel multiple times now) gets Dewalt stuff donated to him from the company, or has in the past. He uses/abuses and gives straight up reviews. He even tells Dewalt as much, so it is probably a bit risky for them when their stuff fails to perform. Leo can probably solicit donations of tools from companies as well. I don't think I'd like to see this turn into normal TV programming, even if it was PBS, and I grew up on and love PBS. These channels are so much better in the raw form from their creators. I remember Brian from SV Delos saying he had been approached by some TV outfit offering to turn their channel into legit TV.... that would totally ruin it IMHO. Just spread the word as much as you can.... There is enough interest in this where if everyone gave $5, or even $1 per episode it would pay for itself easily. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
teamt 4 #129 Posted May 6, 2018 A chainsaw ripping carriage made by the truck driver who delivered the boat, for a Brit, in Washington, with a parrot that came with the shop rental, re-building a 1910 gaff cutter... and best of all... "could of crushed me and all... as well as destroying the boat" The latter seemed more important to him. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
casc27 113 #130 Posted May 7, 2018 On 5/5/2018 at 5:04 PM, teamt said: A chainsaw ripping carriage made by the truck driver who delivered the boat, for a Brit, in Washington, with a parrot that came with the shop rental, re-building a 1910 gaff cutter... and best of all... "could of crushed me and all... as well as destroying the boat" The latter seemed more important to him. Amid the vapid masses who spend their days staring at pictures of whatever their "friends" had for lunch on F***book we find this. Almost gives me hope for the world...almost. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Presuming Ed 188 #131 Posted May 7, 2018 Leo’s big advantage is that as a trained professional, the time he spends working out what needs to be done & how to do it is minimal. Really shows how for the guys doing each job for the first time, and having to work out what they’re doing, takes ages. I’d be terrified of taking a chainsaw to that purple heart - the thought of getting it wrong would leave me second and third guessing. Leo, what’s your timeframe? Back on the water a year from now? (Minimal interior?) 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
southerncross 3,901 #132 Posted May 11, 2018 Popped up on World on Water. https://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/2018/05/11/world-water-global-sailing-news-may-11-2018/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
blunderfull 441 #133 Posted May 19, 2018 Great video Leo! Thanks for taking the time to film all this. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
blunderfull 441 #134 Posted May 20, 2018 19 minutes ago, overlay said: Hot chicks on Jack Hammers. This keeps getting better and better. Go Leo. Really. She’s got some chops too. Tricked out saw is way cool. 3 phase starter hack. Nice stuff. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Uli Kunkel 9 #135 Posted May 28, 2018 Predictions as to when he finishes this project? Normally I'd say never, but he seems a bit different. As someone above mentioned, what would take me a week of thinking through, he just does. I'll guess summer 2020. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MauiPunter 667 #136 Posted May 29, 2018 3 hours ago, Uli Kunkel said: Predictions as to when he finishes this project? Normally I'd say never, but he seems a bit different. As someone above mentioned, what would take me a week of thinking through, he just does. I'll guess summer 2020. 2 years seems like a fair assessment. He may surprise us. I would have guessed 5 years to rigging and launching. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
allene222 67 #138 Posted June 3, 2018 At some point he is going to have to realize he isn't building a piano. More power to him if he finishes but he is still taking the damn thing apart. Geeze.... 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Uli Kunkel 9 #139 Posted June 3, 2018 1 hour ago, allene222 said: At some point he is going to have to realize he isn't building a piano. More power to him if he finishes but he is still taking the damn thing apart. Geeze.... Agreed. I get his thought process that now's the time to do it, but it is a 100 yo boat. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
allene222 67 #140 Posted June 3, 2018 My old mast opening on the cabin top was an inch off center which led to a huge discussion about how to put in the new mast. The mast step wasn't centered and the deck was an inch higher from the water on one side. The boat builder spent a day measuring and fussing with it once it was out of the water. Finally I said center it on the mast step and center it between the chainplates at the top. It is 1/2 degree from level at the dock which means I have to move move 50 pounds from the starboard side to the port side and then it is straight. And yet when the boat was measured by Buzz prior to making the new mast, he said it was one of the most true boats he had ever measured. Boats are not pianos. PS, my boat is over 60 years old. That said, the old repair was not right, too many planks had seams lined up. That should be fixed and assuming he doesn't have to replace too many frames, I can understand him fixing that. The other side, which was as built but not as drawn, I sincerely hope he decides it is good enough. I think he is the only one that can see the "imperfection". Long ago I gave up trying to make my boat perfect. Now I prefer to go sailing. I spend enough time keeping it acceptable. 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
IStream 2,229 #141 Posted June 3, 2018 If he's got the wood to do the job, I'd be surprised if he didn't use it. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
allene222 67 #142 Posted June 3, 2018 He clearly knows what he is doing. I hope he has a realistic estimate of how long it will take. On my boat I have a saying. Every project takes a "boat week". There are twelve boat weeks in a year. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
familysailor 121 #143 Posted June 3, 2018 It seems like he has almost enough material to build an new hull following the original plans. 1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Foiling Optimist 231 #144 Posted June 3, 2018 Leo's got a kind of archaeology going on where he'd got this huge hull so accurately surveyed he can figure out the historical sources of the variances in shape and then produce corroborating historical evidence. But the parrot on the forklift is the best bit. I was arguing some pages back this was going to be a tough rebuild and wouldn't it make more sense to build it up from scratch. But I know how needs to go and still, anyone want to speculate on how much of the original wood remains? 15%? The point above about Leo being a pro and most of the others being at best novices, or as we know, full on cranks, is spot on. There is great pleasure knowing that this is the right way to do it so you are learning something real as you watch. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
blunderfull 441 #145 Posted June 4, 2018 Wonder how much sailing Leo does these days? Doug Jackson? I’m setting a date to splash my project - not waiting to get everything ‘right’ . Mast stays up, swing keel box doesnt leak - I’m good to go. No videos to follow. Go Leo, go Doug. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
familysailor 121 #146 Posted June 4, 2018 7 hours ago, familysailor said: It seems like he has almost enough material to build an new hull following the original plans. Wow! A simple obsevstion neither for or against Leo's current plan has earned a down vote. Fuck you, Lowly Crew 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MauiPunter 667 #147 Posted June 6, 2018 On 6/3/2018 at 6:27 PM, blunderfull said: Wonder how much sailing Leo does these days? Doug Jackson? I’m setting a date to splash my project - not waiting to get everything ‘right’ . Mast stays up, swing keel box doesnt leak - I’m good to go. No videos to follow. Go Leo, go Doug. No videos? It never happened. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
familysailor 121 #148 Posted June 6, 2018 Hey --- Lowly Crew, If you have an opinion, spit it out instead of skulking in the shadows down-voting with no discernible pattern. Join the conversation or go away. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lowly Crew 4 #149 Posted June 6, 2018 Hey- fam, I was not inclined to respond to you but here goes: I thought your post inane, banal, pointless, etc., so I responded as my mood took me and is my prerogative. If a post entertains/informs me or someone uses profanity in a new and unusual way that might elicit a positive response. I have broken no rules. This is sailing ANARCHY. Perhaps you should not be such a snowflake, untwist your panties, HTFU, grow a pair, and then go sailing. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sandpipper 18 #150 Posted June 6, 2018 This project reminds me of the paradox of Theseus. Debate away! 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lynch 8 #151 Posted June 6, 2018 Just remember Leo that perfect is the enemy of good enough> 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
allene222 67 #152 Posted June 6, 2018 14 minutes ago, Lynch said: Just remember Leo that perfect is the enemy of good enough> I worked for a guy who used to say that "Good enough is perfect". A lot of wisdom in that. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MauiPunter 667 #153 Posted June 6, 2018 1 hour ago, Sandpipper said: This project reminds me of the paradox of Theseus. Debate away! Great reference. You get a gold star. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
IStream 2,229 #154 Posted June 6, 2018 I think Leo already touched on the subject early on in the series. Paraphrasing, his bottom line in concordance with other shipwrights in Port Townsend was that since wooden boats can be repaired in every way and as many times as necessary, there's no inherent paradox. By design, they immortal if we chose to keep them alive. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
allene222 67 #155 Posted June 17, 2018 I seriously doubt he will ever finish this boat. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Priscilla 2,099 #156 Posted June 17, 2018 On 6/4/2018 at 5:10 AM, allene222 said: Long ago I gave up trying to make my boat perfect. Now I prefer to go sailing. I spend enough time keeping it acceptable. True and agree totally. Why sqaunder your life chasing perfection which in my view is the hardest mistress of all. Leo has a full scale completely fucked model of what Tally Ho was once on his hands and the lofting process I am afraid is just the start of a very lengthy endeavour. I don’t want to rain on his parade but boat building on this scale is the male equivalent of giving birth and it can eat you up pretty quick smart. Was at the slip the other day and came across a yacht that a Australian couple built 700 kilometres from the coast out of steel many moons ago. He and his wife successfully completed the build and they had one hell Tasman crossing before settling in Auckland. As their family grew he decided he needed a larger craft so chose to quarter the yacht and lengthen and widen her. Many decades passed and the marriage failed bitterly. The husband latterly died and the yacht in now very poor condition passed to his son who completed her and now offers charters on the harbour. Not exactly sure that any of that tale applies to Leo but life is far too short to be landlocked with a parrot and a yacht that does not sail. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Third Reef 26 #157 Posted June 17, 2018 4 hours ago, Priscilla said: True and agree totally. Why sqaunder your life chasing perfection which in my view is the hardest mistress of all. Leo has a full scale completely fucked model of what Tally Ho was once on his hands and the lofting process I am afraid is just the start of a very lengthy endeavour. I don’t want to rain on his parade but boat building on this scale is the male equivalent of giving birth and it can eat you up pretty quick smart. I disagree completely. I reckon he is only about 10% through the build and re-fairing the hull will only add an additional 2%. If he is going to all this trouble he might as well get the lines right otherwise he will wishing he did later in the build. He's moving along at an amazing pace and he can cut corners on the interior fit out, but not the hull where he is now. 3R 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HFC Hunter 147 #158 Posted June 17, 2018 Leo’s been around the classic-boat rodeo long enough to know what he’s got. Good on him. (It’s the nautical equivalent of doing up a ruined Grand Designs castle; Paging Kevin McCloud?) 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
allene222 67 #159 Posted June 17, 2018 More power to him if he is successful. My only frame of reference, other than my own wood boat, is Freda. Freda is a 128 year old 35 foot wood boat that was restored by the Spaulding Wooden Boat Center. That took 8 years and cost $500k. Tally Ho is bigger but likely in better shape than Freda was. We will all see but at this point, it looks like he is still taking it apart with the exception of the keel. He is clearly talented and I love the videos. 3 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
longy 457 #160 Posted June 17, 2018 The better he does the basic structural/ lines work, the more appealing/easier to sell later on the project goes. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lowly Crew 4 #161 Posted June 18, 2018 17 hours ago, overlay said: Hey Eeyore, empty the sand out of your vagina, sit back, and learn what is possible from a highly skilled, very focused individual. +1000 Nice to sit back and enjoy the process. Maybe learn something too!!! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Priscilla 2,099 #162 Posted June 18, 2018 Eeyore here boys. If sitting on your tuffets watching Leo and the parrot for the next ten years rocks your armchair I wish you all well. Nothing to learn here apart from many years from now he may or may not have a yacht that floats. He in reality is not doing anything unique that has not been seen before. Tally Ho chaps. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheDragon 439 #163 Posted June 18, 2018 Prissy, you might have seen it all before, but I'm confident many of the rest of us have not. I for one thoroughly enjoy his videos, his attitude, and his boat, and have supported him and will continue to do so. And personally I am completely in the camp that prefers to go sailing to fixing. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
southerncross 3,901 #164 Posted June 18, 2018 I never tire of seeing great art performed by a master. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MauiPunter 667 #165 Posted June 18, 2018 I've never seen a 100 yr old wooden yacht get restored. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HFC Hunter 147 #166 Posted June 18, 2018 Hey Maui? Ever seen a grown man naked? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MauiPunter 667 #167 Posted June 18, 2018 2 minutes ago, HFC Hunter said: Hey Maui? Ever seen a grown man naked? Only when I look in the mirror. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
blunderfull 441 #168 Posted June 25, 2018 Well, he’s going for the original lines. Lofting full-scale- hell that looks like a ton of work. oh yeah, anyone cruising thru South Georgia with a 18 wheeler - he’s got 5 tons+ of Live Oak that need a lift. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MauiPunter 667 #169 Posted June 25, 2018 1 hour ago, blunderfull said: oh yeah, anyone cruising thru South Georgia with a 18 wheeler - he’s got 5 tons+ of Live Oak that need a lift. Doesn't hurt to ask. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
allene222 67 #171 Posted July 14, 2018 He is still taking the boat apart! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rasputin22 2,564 #172 Posted July 14, 2018 I could have saved him a couple of weeks by giving him a box of 24 icepicks which is what we used on the batten floor. Just jam them in without hammering and yank them out just as easily. I've stepped on a missed nail sticking right out of the floor and bleed all over my socked feet. I want to see his 'friend' make French Toast. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Third Reef 26 #173 Posted July 14, 2018 On 6/26/2018 at 7:32 AM, blunderfull said: Well, he’s going for the original lines. Lofting full-scale- hell that looks like a ton of work. Agree it is a lot of work. What I don't understand is why the plans can't drawn up on Cad (or similar) and then use CNC machine to cut out those frame templates .. or even better someone can volunteer to do it for him ? 3R 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rasputin22 2,564 #174 Posted July 15, 2018 38 minutes ago, Third Reef said: Agree it is a lot of work. What I don't understand is why the plans can't drawn up on Cad (or similar) and then use CNC machine to cut out those frame templates .. or even better someone can volunteer to do it for him ? 3R Exactly what I thought. Would have volunteered if I had known. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Foiling Optimist 231 #175 Posted July 15, 2018 3 minutes ago, Rasputin22 said: Exactly what I thought. Would have volunteered if I had known. Exactly what I had though too. I'm pretty sure in Solidworks for examples you can run a spline through a series of points and then quantify the fairness. And then just move the points around in an excel sheet or make fair lines and take points off. Of course then it's a short trip to wanting to Cnc rout all the fames out, though cutting templates from fiber board and bandsawing is probably less of a pain when dealing with white oak. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
allene222 67 #177 Posted July 29, 2018 After he replaces all the frames what are the chances he decides to replace all the planks? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Uli Kunkel 9 #178 Posted July 29, 2018 Nice to see a little wood going back in finally. Im sorry I laugh a little every time he says "futtock" 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
IStream 2,229 #179 Posted July 29, 2018 14 hours ago, allene222 said: After he replaces all the frames what are the chances he decides to replace all the planks? Chance isn't involved. 100%! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Presuming Ed 188 #180 Posted July 30, 2018 So what if he does? That's the thing about wooden boats: to maintain them properly, you replace them bit by bit. All the time. You can either do it all at once, or over time as it needs doing (and if you don't do the first, you'll end up doing the second). I'm with Leo. (And Joshua Slocum, FWIW. " “Now, it is a law in Lloyd's that the Jane repaired all out of the old until she is entirely new is still the Jane.") As long as there's something that you can point at that looks enough like a boat - keel, enough frames, enough planking, then you always have a boat. This is Boadicea. Built 1808 (sic). The only original bits left, AIUI, are two bits of elm in the deadwood. She's still Boadicea. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Presuming Ed 188 #181 Posted July 30, 2018 Oh, and just came across this. The mould loft at Harland and Wolff, where the Titanic was lofted. 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billy backstay 944 #182 Posted July 30, 2018 On 3/17/2018 at 9:10 PM, Tom Keffer said: As a friend of mine, who restores wooden boats, puts it, "Here's my basic business proposition: you have a boat worth $10,000. We'll put another $10,000 into it and when we're all done, we'll have a boat worth $10,000." One of my old mates, on winning a race in his 45' Crocker Ketch, that he has owned for 40+ years.... "Well I've invested 200 grand over the years in a boat that's worth about 20; but at least we finally won a pickle dish"!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
IStream 2,229 #183 Posted July 30, 2018 6 hours ago, Presuming Ed said: So what if he does? That's the thing about wooden boats: to maintain them properly, you replace them bit by bit. All the time. You can either do it all at once, or over time as it needs doing (and if you don't do the first, you'll end up doing the second). I'm with Leo. (And Joshua Slocum, FWIW. " “Now, it is a law in Lloyd's that the Jane repaired all out of the old until she is entirely new is still the Jane.") As long as there's something that you can point at that looks enough like a boat - keel, enough frames, enough planking, then you always have a boat. I wasn't criticizing. The man's putting in the time and money to do it right, as he sees fit, and I think it's great. More power to him. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Third Reef 26 #184 Posted July 30, 2018 On 7/15/2018 at 5:05 PM, overlay said: Yer good point and then get the new hull hacked out of a solid block of imitation wood on a giant 3 D milling machine. Best not to frustrate your self watching any more episodes. You just don't get it, do Ya. Quite obviously Its all wasted on you. I absolutely get what he is doing and love the series. In this project there is a line that can't be crossed to ensure that Tally Ho stays Tally Ho. Power tools, chainsaws and laser guides are in, so I cant see why 3D modelling would not compromise the integrity of the restoration. There are lots of costs and error risks involved in full scale lofting that I reckon he could have avoided. He keeps on telling us about his rapidly diminishing savings (that can't afford full scale 3D milling machines), but could be better used by calling on volunteers to do some modelling and give access to a CNC machine to cut out the templates. 3R Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
IStream 2,229 #185 Posted July 30, 2018 He's a traditional boat builder. In his shoes, I could see wanting to learn lofting the traditional (hard) way before going the CAD route. If you don't have CAD, you don't have CNC, so even if he wanted to automate template production, it would be a casualty of the approach.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Presuming Ed 188 #186 Posted July 31, 2018 I can absolutely understand wanting to do it by hand. Buy satisfaction with sweat equity. This is probably the only opportunity he'll have in his life to do this. AIUI, Bob gets his interns to draw a boat by hand, on paper. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Third Reef 26 #187 Posted July 31, 2018 1 hour ago, Presuming Ed said: I can absolutely understand wanting to do it by hand. Buy satisfaction with sweat equity. This is probably the only opportunity he'll have in his life to do this. AIUI, Bob gets his interns to draw a boat by hand, on paper. It is indeed a cool thing to have all that space availabile for lofting. I guess another advantage is that it makes it easier to compare existing frames to plan. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
phillysailor 2,382 #188 Posted July 31, 2018 Firstly, consider this job not only a labor of love, but the establishment of a resume to be a successful boatbuilder. The better and more exacting his standards, the higher compensation he can expect later, and the more plentiful contracts given this “advertisement scheme”. Who wouldn’t want to hire this guy? He would be able to credibly apply to run a boatyard after this effort. He set up the shop to high standards according to his needs, acquired necessary knowledge, tools and see how he attracts skilled labor and quickly sets them to work and rewards their efforts? Speaks to managerial skill and organizational ability. What other jobs of only a few years duration could give him this kind of exposure and reputation? I invested in medical school and a residency; that’s paid off for me. I’m sure that Leo’s investment in himself will, as well. Finally, if you want to go sailing, buy a boat. But if you want to build/rebuild a boat then that’s what ya gotta do. 8 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
blunderfull 441 #189 Posted August 4, 2018 Leo's up to 67K YTube subscribers. Doug Jackson's at 124K....seven + years in on 'Seeker'. Both these guys showing the way to build a quality brand online. Great stuff. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
blunderfull 441 #191 Posted August 12, 2018 3 hours ago, overlay said: Note to self.... Must donate again. I wonder how Leo deals with the continual flow of rubberneckers, tyre kickers and interested observers that must be starting to roll up as word gets out. As I found, it can be a real nuisance when building. Or isn't this a Merican thingy? Yea, Doug Jackson posts visiting hours & work/visit reservations info on his site. He limits the crew to four. (IIRC) The ship’s saw is way handy on that Live Oak. Nicely tricked out tool now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites