WOODEN BOAT REBUILD - Shaping the Cutwater / More Timber! (EP57)
Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht - Shaping the Cutwater / More Timber!
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EPISODE 57.
In this episode, I cut the rest of the shape of the Cutwater into the Stem, using a chainsaw. Then I plane it smooth, and shape the transition to the square stem-head with a grinder. I also take a trip to Bellingham, where I look at the Oak Deck Beams on a beautiful old schooner. Finally, the huge timbers for the shelves and stringers arrive by truck, and in order to move them around I have to practice my welding and improvise a timber cart.
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57. Shaping the Cutwater / More Timber! (Tally Ho EP57)
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The amount of work going into shaping the cutwater is impressive, well done Leo
How do you change the tyres of this timber carriage?
"It's always fun to take a chainsaw to the most expensive and time consuming object in your life..."
If I built that, when you put it in the water it would be going round and round in circles.
I would like to propose a name for the old Hyster : Forky McForkface :) I know, it´s just lended but for the time being it sounds fun. As reliable as it is and heavy enough to cope with what You throw at him the old workhorse needs a name. Without this important team member You´d be high and dry...
I see no rabbit.
Leo: A boat builder and a sailor (And sculptor, welder, cart surfer, community builder, parrot wrangler, living an amazing adventure!) Tally Ho!
how do you get along driving on the right side of the road here in the U.S. as to driving on the left/wrong side in England 😀
Have you ever tryed a belt sander on leveling it works way better than diisc sanding even on brass get the black belts they are far better than most belts made by norton the yacht lookin good
FYI The most expensive thing you will ever handle is your kid. When he smiles at you with those new braces, you'll look down and see half a new Honda Civic in there, glinting in the light.
It is admirable how Great courage has this Leo. Absolutely.
Yes I wonder how could built up his war ships Peter the Great of Russia in Holland and than in Charkov.
Can checking in the beams be controlled by putting bolts through beam? Does checking weaken the beams?
A Makita variable speed sander / grinder tool is an amazing asset when it comes to finishing things once ground down to size. AMAZING especially compared to the usual 10,000rpm mini grinders.
That was an outboard motor stand Leo!!
Hi bro
Now your use of wooden pegs pays off not having to worry about nail strikes.
Errrmm... how do i get these wheels off. ;-)
The way he’s going it won’t be too long away before he sails to England.
Make the platform a rail so you don’t fall off the forklift platform
Cutting off a lot of structure for the cut water. Necessary? Stylistic but beneficial?
"The most expensive and time consuming thing in your life." I feel that one man... So does every avid boater... Been binge watching this, thanks for the great content.
You should pronounce Bellingham the english way - Bel'n'h'm
Does the cutwater wear down over time from the water constantly hitting it?
Art :)
1:18 lucky Leo again!!! See how lucky Leo was before, Tally Ho 51 at 11m29s
Thanks for your excellent explanation of the "rabbit" (spelling?) in the last episode and in this one. I've been wondering what it was for several episodes.
Thank you for the free content
The arbortec blade is awesome but it goes through grinders. Buy a good grinder if you are going to use one or plan on getting a new grinder when you are done.
You took a chainsaw to your girlfriend?!...
Leo it came off!
an angle grinder with speed adjustment would really make the sanding/grinding easier and improve quality! loke your work mate
When your life, and the life of the crew depends on you getting it right, you better.
Hi Leo l am an old world shipwright in Australia l have restored a number of timber yachts and l was wondering why you prefer to make the rabet with hand tools. Rather than a large router and straight bit straight off the keel and stem you have just shaped. Love the way you financed this project which looks like you will have literally a new boat what original parts are going back into the hull for example
17:39 ilmango anyone?
wow how did they all that work with hand tools
For this type of rough hogging out of bulk stock there is a better (hand) tool than straight edged framing chisels, and that is roughing gouges, sweeps from #5 - #9, widths 20mm - 30mm, or even 60mm fishtails. You have to carefully watch the grain direction, but when sharp they can hog out a truly awesome amount of material very rapidly. I wonder how much bulk removal could be accomplished by cutting off the tang of a 60mm fishtail gouge, then welding the fishtail's butt end to a rod compatible with a stone cutter's pneumatic chisel.
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👍🏻👍🏻
This Guy is so COOL.
man, u have balls of steel. im following this beatifull project now from start and u manage to amaze me almost evry single time. U are a GREAT , skilled man. And a verry nice person to see how u deal with others, i totally respect that. if i had money, and unfortunatly i bairly come arround, i would GLADY support u. But i fear i cant. Anyone who is able, i totally recomend this project to assist. greetings from Belgium (flanders).
Knowing that all went well didn't stop my nerves when watching you use the chainsaw. Well done. Great video. Thanx.
i wish Andrea would come back to help.
with all this welding experience you should learn to build steel ships
Leo you should contact Alec Steele. He is from England but he now lives in Montana. He is a really good blacksmith. Maybe you can collaborate and have him make some things for Tally Ho.
I had to hit the bell button, have been missing your videos. And youtube deleted all my viewed videos...
Wooden boat. Made with wooden crafts. video: ithomes.info/net/qJuCysywep9_hmk/video
I see lots of covers on Zodiac's rigging and sails. I cover all sorts of boats here in the UK, and would love to do yours just for the hell of it. Years down the line I suppose, but keep it in mind.
Just curious what percentage of the original boat will remain at the end of the restoration? I looks like you've had no choice but to refabricate 90%
Its not about the boat ....Its about the SEA ..Which I miss very much... We ae in the age of HYDROFOILS I have designs
OMG Your using a 10,000rpm angle grinder???? At the very least get a 6 - 8" variable speed finishing wheel. That angle grinder is going to leave a mess! sorry but geesh.
@Sampson Boat Co I guess if you are having to remove a lot of material in a tight spot its OK. But I usually use hand tools and the variable speed sanding machine. I could never come close to a decent finish using a hi speed grinder or an orbital vibrating sander for that matter. Power plane then hand plane then hand sand, all with the grain. Good on you guys though. Amazing big job.
..so did it leave a mess in the end?
Nice work guys good eye with the chainsaw!
I like how you didn't speed up the noises of the power tools :)
Remember to flip your chainsaws bar for even wear ;)
Smart move moving the gas cans! I would have forgotten them and caught them on fire!! XD
I don't know, i kinda expected you to hand-plane the cutwater shape. Good stuff!
Beautifully accurate work with the chainsaw.👍😀⛵️
Fabricating, welding, is there no end to this boy's talent?
Me: And then at 11:48 - 11:50 the Project Manager started getting anxious. "We are behind schedule Leo". He Said. 😁
I'll take a look your off cuts. Really...
Trimmed your rabbet? Nautical terminology; ya gotta love it. Like everyone else, I held my breath through the entire chain saw massacre. Spectacular.
I worked at Rockport Marine in Maine building Lynx, Godspeed and Adventure over. 10 year period. Wish I had time to work on Tally Ho but sailing my small schooner in the Caribbean keeps me going. Great to follow you.
Good job!👍👍👍👍👍
just curious..no judgement. How do you support yourself? This is easily a 12-16 hour day of work...every day...not just weekends?
See at 19:53 in video.
The amount of craftsmanship is amazing. The trades in general are disappearing and boat-building is even more so. To see so many people interested is uplifting. As someone that was over my lifetime a car / light truck mechanic, Heavy equipment mechanic, building contractor, wood worker, nondestructive vibration analysis, bearing analysis, and overall jack of all trades I wonder if there was anything I could do to work with you Leo?
Lovely
Geez, is there anything this guy doesn’t construct?
Does anyone know what this shop was used for before boat building? There is a tool for everything in there.
How on earth was this done without power tools!!!!
Is it even the same boat at this point?
@Chris Rogers That's cool Chris. I was just asking the age old philosophical question. Not every cell in our body gets replaced. Our heart for example will still contain cells from when we were born.
You're missing the point. This rebuild is completely true to Albert Strange's original design as Leo makes very clear throughout the process. I've heard that your entire body gets replaced every 7 years or so with new material just by living.
Great stuff Leo, thanks for the video.
Leo, are you still dead set against laminating the deck beams?
"Wow, sweet curves!" (said Leo as Elli sailed by, broad in the beam and a little top-heavy...) ;-)
Looking closer and closer to the final product! Really hope this channel keeps going after completion
Tony Grimes true and there are. But this dude is documenting a start to finish rebuild. That’s pretty awesome
I anticipate a lot of sailing videos from all over the world.
A quote from my dentist who carves decoys: 'the decoy is already there i just remove the excess wood from around it`
Could you update us all on what your plans are over the late autumn and winter months as to what work you will be doing in the cold, but dryish Pacific Northwest...... you never know, a few of us may be able to help out?!!!?
I like the colored two legged dog!
absolutely love it keep up the good work sir
The arbor tech is VERY aggressive and should be very well practiced before use on final project. Flat chisels are almost always the way to go.
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So. Leo won as expected. Those wheels far exceeded my expectations. That timber is a LOT of weight. Seems they can take it. I need to edit out of my memory all the crappy wheels I've experienced.
I've done a lot of fork lifting and feel it viscerally when I watch. You?
Here's another of those weird impulses that _I_ don't mean. I bet some of you also have this exact impulse: I _would_ have Leo's child.
So. Watching the construction, I winced a bit to see that the wheel, the most vulnerable portion of the thing, is only replaceable by cutting welds. Don't judge. I _know_ that it will outlast its need. It's just that my brain's always thinking. Plus I'd have used larger stronger, non-air centric wheels for the extreme weight. The cost would have been more. My sense is that it would have been a good thing, and I look forward to see how it works out. I hope (and expect) that Leo's seat of the pants judgement based on some actual experience will trump my experience base only on my imagination. My tendency _is_ to King Kong an overly strong design.
I don't mean this, not literally, but I express it just to express a genuine feeling: Can I marry Leo?
White eyeballs. Parrots are cool. Does anyone remember the parrot's name? Does that matter? Does the parrot respond to a name? That's a serious question as are all of my questions. I wonder about everything.
@Tony Grimes thank you.
She is called Pancho
It's strange to me to see Leo switch from a chisel to a power grinder to do final finishing, when for quite a long time, the chisel _was_ the final finishing to the sweet clean line tool. By strange I do not mean bad, I mean wonderful and I mean I wish Leo would have talked through his shift on that. Does anyone else feel sorry for the original makers of the boat who had no power tools other than large scale, (wood mill scale), tools. Also quite proud of them.
So, there's someone below quite upset about using a chainsaw for roughing out. Please watch more videos. It's not just possible, but commonly done to rough out with chainsaws. So, does skipping using the new roughing out tool on the grinder reflect the tool, or the tool user. I don't have a dog in that hunt, but I love tools, so if anyone has experience and knowledge and can give an informed opinion, that would be amaze.
It's interesting the parallels between boat building and timber frame construction of houses. They also shrug off what looks like _serious_ checking. If you could do without that would be better? Wouldn't keeping your timbers in one piece be better?
Brilliant video. You really showed you have nerves of steel during that cutwater job and I take my hat off to you. And it turned out beautifully, looking unbelievably elegant.
Both the last installment and this one highlight the importance of accurately locating the stem assembly fastenings. Nice work.
By any chance, are you planning on a figure on the prow?
When you pulled out that turbo plane it made me more nervous than the chainsaw. That rather handy tool males it real easy to remove too much wood too quickly. One could carve a decoritively stylized desk from a single large log with that thing. Practice is essential to master that tool. Not too many people can use it and not hog out too much material when first learning that tool. I am even more impressed with your skill than I was before. And I did not think that would be possible. We'll done Sir Leo.
How long till she's in the water approximately??
only two years left .
Fantastic to watch the progress on this project. Did you all know Leo has been nominated for Seahorse magazine's sailor of the month bit.ly/Seahorse-sailor-of-the-month
You and Scott Brown Carpentry, I say some of the BEST TUNES on this ship...thank
Ha ha, Leo, by the time you are done, there will be (almost) nothing 109 years old on TALLY HO! Great video a,d editing, as always!
Are you going to be navigating oceans with this ship or is this mainly going to be for short voyages?
Oceans!
I don’t like boats, why am I watching this
Hey sometimes I think that I don't even like beats either, why am I rebuilding one?!
I love shaping.
Just truly amazing I am so proud to watch such an amazing craftsmen