Building the V-Bottom Skiff: Episode 30 - Timbers for ORCA and installing the knees 

I always left half the line especially when someone else marked it so they could NOT blame me if THEY marked it wrong "see? I cut it where YOU marked it" do this once and they never try again ;^)

That always tickles me when he speaks of that.

@@gschady I do let back half my lines to have the deciding plane streak in reserve and stop planing once the line isn't visible anymore. Should You have to leave a witness line _for the others_ You probably work with the wrong people I reckon. Adult colleagues I work with shouldn't do blame games but own up to their shortcomings. How could they learn something without admitting there is something to learn? I am nearing my sixties and in shipwright-videos am learning from Lou. Was I sure to be the one never making things difficult for myself now and then, how could I be open enough to take on other people's ways to do it and probably find those "better" than "mine"? On the other hand is that problem probably the reason why I worked alone for looong periods of my work life: People on site can get utterly annoying pretty quickly 😁.

Especially books about boats and sailing ships.

I envy your ability to binge watch this channel

I must have missed something!

@@markturner9293 A true crime tiller.

@@markturner9293 orca, from the film "jaws" 👍

@@markturner9293 typo... should have been "skilled" not "killed" craftsman. And "Orca" was the boat from the movie "Jaws". Lou is planning to recreate that boat, aka the "Orca-2".

When common sense ain't so common... 😂🤣😂🤣. If anyone has spent any time in the trades, they have re-plugged a tool left on at some point. Hopefully most were lucky enough to do no damage. I've cut a few cords with skillsaws that way. Why a skill saw has a trigger lock is beyond me, and after two times having this happen, years apart, I quit locking the triggers on any tools.

Guiding blocks are a good way, You still gotta tune for ingrown inconsistencies though - working with a lot of burly and "complicated" aka wonderfully live wood for dashboards and panels and such, I learned that the hard way. My first oscillating tool was a cast saw I got from an orthopedist and tooling was shopmade. What a lame thing compared to today's Fein toys! Boatbuilding always needed unconventional inventive solutions.

Great tip, but these cuts weren't 90° cuts. Not much in a boat is 90°, even the corners of a lot of the boards used in many boats aren't 90°.

I sure hope he shows that in his next video.

I hear you! I often wonder how I managed without one. It works when where seems like there is no other tool that would do the job.

@@TheShorebird Kinda' reminds me of the daze with half-a-hacksaw blade, one end wrapped with masking tape, and heaps a' elbow grease and even more patience.

They strengthen the back corners of the boat, like corner braces in an old barn between posts and beams, to counter the pressure of the water on the outside of the transom and side hull pushing in on the structure of the boat.

It gives it a nice look!

it would be a giant pain to align that many dowels and get a snug fit while working with epoxy on the clock. THe nail method with slightly oversized holes is forgiving

@@johngoodell2775 Just stop....you make no sense. Take a minute and think.

@@ZacVaper dowels provide no strength to a knee in that orientation and would be a pain to deal with using epoxy. The strength is from the epoxy lamination. There are many ways to make laminated knees - one way is to just laminate the pieces, clamp, and cut the shape later. His method is another way to do it. Nothing wrong with hit.

@@ZacVaper Well you might not want to publicize that:) good luck and best wishes

@@johngoodell2775 Switching from nails to wood dowels would be a struggle for you, we get it. Just sit in your armchair and watch.