This is the Best channel on YT right now - IMHO. I'm always blown away by Leo's skill as a shipwright, woodworker and story teller! Amazing, binge-worthy content.
You will end up with an as new classic with a considerable part of the original boat remaining! I applaud your approach and admire your courage! It's great to see you attracting such a capable team of volunteers to lighten your load. Those large timbers will be heavy work. My admiration for old timers and their boatbuilding skills increases as I watch your progress! Your explanation of the intricacies of traditional boat construction are very informative although I get left behind as you plough ahead! Graet video series and well done. Tally Ho!!
That ship saw just slides through that live oak like butter!!! Lovely to see. Saw an old wood cutter in a boat yard the other day and thought of Leo. The person was taking the transom off and replacing it. I remember doing that a time or to back when I was repairing boats. Getting the bevels right was always my problem. Lots of fussing! Good work Leo!
Love that ship saw and band saw fabulous equipment . I'm a Patreon subscriber...if you haven't supported Leo s quest yet and love his videos you should open your wallet and give him a hand . Well worth the money to see this project getting finished. Keep it up Leo and friends Tally Ho !!
The Georgia saw is brilliant, i love seeing whatever comes out of the minds of shipwrights because, as tools go, they can cook up some really ingenious designs from the most random of parts. Boat's coming along really nicely and, new bird mascot. :)
I'm binge watching this series.. and I am amazed by all the support and volunteer you have received till now... It's a very wonderful community!! Congrats!
Have to thank Leo for providing this excellent series of videos! Their educational value is enormous. Their entertainment value equally so. Seriously, I hope the British government rewards him for his achievements.
Seeing you cutting out that frame realy makes one appreciate the the task at hand. Just laying out the lines seems like such a long and teadeous process, one wonders where you get the energy to carry on. Well done. Keep up the great work. You have all my admiration.
As a more modern day fabricator , usually metal , those rolling bevels on the frame futtocks are awesome to see cut . Getting them all the right way round when they are split frames too must of taken a lot of careful thought . Well done everyone . Makes me think how much skill the old boatbuilders had constructing the massive warships and ships of the line etc , late tudor like the Mary Rose ,Henry VIII s naval behemoth there must of been a lot more fairing by eye in those days 👍 👍
My first video as a Patreon supporter. I’m so glad I can make even the smallest contribution to such an amazing project and such enjoyable videos. Keep it up!
Another awsome video - Leo you are incredible. I can't get enough of this channel - best boat vids on youtube (well done the rest of the support team you are all awsome) 🙌
a potential relay and a capacitor and you can get rid of the pony start on that phase converter.....total cost, 15 bucks. Or you can put an 80 dollar VFD on the bandsaw and run direct from 220 single phase....
Speaking four years in the future, it's wonderful to see the process of figuring out how to make the frames, which tools to use, which order to do things...then figure out how to make them more efficiently, then figure out you need to get a big group of people to smash it out, then become an incredible people manager for short bursts during the two framing parties. Leo you've been an inspiration since the beginning. And a teacher. And an entertainer. I've dared to make wooden bungalows and a little boat in Indonesia on my own because of you. I have no doubt that you have zero time to read comments on old videos, but I'm re-binging all the old eps and needed to say something. Wish I could be there to see tally ho get wet.
20:57. If that saw kicks your toes are in the line of fire. Working those slabs anything can happen. Lotsa tension in there. Your skills are phenomenal. Episode 14 parts 1 and 2 were two of the best youtube vids I've ever seen. You're an inspiration. Thank you and good luck.
Holy smoke Leo. I knew what you were doing but as those planks come off it seems to feel bigger and bigger of a task. But I'm with you. And don't listen to the bullshit about how much is left. I had a 40' lobster boat built on the East coast of Canada that somehow made it to the west coast. I started to take it apart to make it into a live aboard for my wife and I. We ultimately scraped it as it was to far gone and everyone said I shouldn't have gone that far with it, I should have just fitted it out and used it. Well when we got to cutting the keel up we found that all of the keel bolts had rotted down to the size of a pencil. If we had hit a deadhead or even some really bad seas that thing would have blown apart and we'd be dead now. What you are doing is for the best of the vessel and piece of mind. Keep on keepin' on Leo and Happy Birthday mate.
What's interesting is how concerned you are making decisions about being true to its original design and materials. Can't wait to hear you parse the logic for a watermaker. Or a fridge. Or indoor plumbing. Or electricity. Or GPS. What a great journey you have found, best channel I watch.
If you don't have a air hammer use a SDS drill to help punch out the bolts and rivet's. Just grind the end of a drill down as a tool works great on steam engines to.
Happy birthday! So glad to see progress on your boat. I know you have been working really hard lofting which takes up a lot of time. I think you are on the right track and it is looking really good. Bet Steve is glad to see the Ga ship saw being used.
It really is looking like a new build. But, it is taking a very well used boat, keeping everything you can and making it good as new again. This is the mark of a really, really good restoration not just a patch.
bitsnpieces11 I think he is being as "pure" to the project as possible. The finer details have changed do to neglect. If he slumped on anything, when he sailed back to Cornwall and his ship mates seen errors in the shape of the boat that he skimmed over. Well, he would be in some bad way. I like the fact he has taken his time and done it right. It shows his attention to detail. I bet he has a great reputation in the UK
Another great video, Leo. I especially like how you explain the way of doing something and allow us to be enlightened about the whole process. Keep up the great work.
I can't wait for more! You sir, have got me addicted to this project! I just recently bought a small farm, and I'm about to get stuck in to the huge workload that awaits me. I find your methodical approach to you project to be an inspiration, and I feel that I learn a lot from watching you work. Thank you for the great content.
I'm very empress how rigorous, serious and passionate are you in this project! I love this series and I feel like I'm there to help you to rebuild ( I live in Romania, than far away) . Congratulation and hope to live to see Tally Ho sailing in the Ocean.
The work covered in this video is astounding. I am very impressed. I am also impressed with the Georgia ship saw. Now I know it's been said a million times but it's going to be said again for it's so easy to forget and the mistake can be catastrophic; take care to properly clean up when using linseed oil. Brushes, rags, etc go into covered metal container or fully immersed in water. I have seen the results of when even professionals who know better have gotten careless.
Happy birthday Leo what a fantastic present to be able to the cut the first rib on your birthday. Fantastic video you made. I like that ship saw that you have and the Georgia ship saw I'm sure you know what's ahead of you keep up the great work cheers
Watched this from the first video when you went to see Tally Ho and now your cutting new wood for her can't wait to see the progress Leo well done you.
Quality people make for a quality project! Great to see all the helpers that are drawn together by this project.....the total is always greater than the sum of the parts. A little late, but Happy Birthday ! Looks like you spent it the best possible way.
As always, a very well edited video. Yours and Tulsa Endless Summer are the few worth looking forward to. Keep up the good work, progress is being made.
You know watching this in the "South-Bay", (Torrance), Ca. AKA SO-CAL OR CALI as it is known. I am extremely impressed at yours and "acorns or Arabella's" work and progress. To view this is so spell-binding and mesmerizing. I honestly can't get enough. If I had the funds I'd fly over the pond to assist, (with your permission), just for the experience and knowledge and travel. Keep up the good work "mateys"!
I agree it would be simpler and more practical to build a new boat or to pull it completely apart before starting. I also think you are a mad man to take on this project..... However, I cannot express enough how much admiration I have for you and the endeavour you have decided to undertake. It is obvious that others feel the same way from the way you have inspired the folks that have decided to help you. Any way, you maniac, keep on doing what you do, the world could do with a few more mad men like you in the world. Truly inspiring 👍
Wooooo Hooooooo I was the 1K thumbs up. Love love love this series. I have learned so much about wooden boats in the last 4 months. Incredible stuff. I am hopeless with wood. Mechanic by trade. Metal I am fine with. Give me a piece of wood and a power tool and in no time flat there is a pile of chips on the floor and not much else. Measure twice and cut once. Never seems to work for me hahaha. I so admire people like Leo that have such a talent, and to share it like this is just over the top.
I thought I had carried out a lot of work fitting out a 40 ft hull whilst working as an engineer but now I've seen what Leo has built, I feel like an under achiever!! Well done Leo. You're brilliant. You can see my boat on "Building a Saltram 40 " on RU-vid.
Been waiting all week for the next video happy to fly over sometime and give a helping hand I’m not shy when it comes to hard work and enjoy working with wood Keep up the great work 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
YAYYYY TALLY HO! Just got back from sailing class. PERFECT timing P.S. Sorry i couldn't donate more, could only afford to sponsor on patreon for a month. Ill try and donate again before she sails. Hopefully i have my boat by then...: /
Maybe I’m crazy, but I like the sound of that ship saw. Almost reminds me of a steam locomotive; something very tactile and analog about it, like the click of an old film camera shutter and the advance mechanism.
Cool shades man😎 I'm new to all this ship building lark but I'm absolutely loving learning new terminology and watching you restore Tally Ho! Its been two weeks and I've been through your library of videos and I'm all caught up 👍🏻 Keep going man! Loving it
Good to see you starting to get to cut some of that expensive oak lol. Couldn't imagine doing those without that ships saw, though that is how they used to do them all. (I'm sure the previous owner is thrilled to start getting to see that saw being used for what it was built to do once again.)
Nice episode Can i make a suggestion - Change the posts and top rail of the wire fence behind the Big ship saw to a heavy duty post and top rail, level with saw table top, Oil and wax the top rail, (or hard waxy plastic) this will allow you to use it as a rest for the timber going through the saw, I put a lot of stupid sized slabs through my saw cutting along the growth lines, Much easier and more controllable than an extra pair of hands you are sometimes fighting against to stay on the curve. Same on the outfeed side, if its too long (and you run out of strength to steer) you can walk round and steer as you pull the wood into the blade. It's surprisingly easy from the outfeed side.
I imagine after you've cut a few more frames you'll come up with the best system, that's generally how it goes. I use the big Makita fairly often: low hp for such a big blade, very easy to pinch the blade. Keep up the good work, take care.
'Time's Closed Distance' ''Seems proof enough that the further we can get away from it all... The closer we can get to it all that's ever really mattered.''-gilpin 72818
I wear glasses all the time so I don't usually wear goggles but this week I got a piece of wood chip that scratched my eyeball almost in the center of the pupil and have been out of commission for several days. So even if you don't lose an eye you could lose productive time be careful out there.
Boats are artifacts in the technical sense, so any amount of change would be irrelevant, since the boat (as a “boat”) only exists as an accidental arrangement of substances (wood, iron, bronze, water, etc). A boat is actually just a concept, not a thing that actually exists. What actually exists, again, is certain substances which are arranged in a particular way, say, the shape of a “boat”
There's a lot more to this than I thought. Hopefully I'll understand what a rolling bevel is by the end. I tried to get my head around the lofting process but my brain locked up.
Jimson, The ribs are squared 90 degrees to the centreline, and the planks curve away and toward the centreline, except for maybe the couple around the immediate centre fore and aft.The ribs have a bevel edge so the planks have full contact surface across the Ribs.
