Homemade Oak Plywood - Episode 156 - Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat

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We're starting on the interior! At least starting with the pieces of the interior. Steve is milling up the stock that is going to become the bilge bands. These will get installed soon, when we get a new crew in to finish the planking.
In the meantime, he is also making up our very own plywood out of all the oak offcuts from resawing boards for the planking. These pieces of homemade plywood are going to become our bulkheads, and boy are they going to look nice!
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@jdwxly 3 года назад

A tip for edge gluing the panels (from guitars and model airplanes) - Lay two pieces together and run a strip of masking tape along the joint. Then fold the joint open by folding along the tape, add glue, and fold the joint closed. Extra bonus is that the tape side will have no glue seepage.

@garyschraa7947 3 года назад

Great tip . I love it . Glad I read through a few comments to see yours Dennis .

@youknoweverything7643 Год назад

Yes this trick does work I build large scale rc planes my biggest is a 1/4 scale cub and a 1/8 scale f4u corsair all scratch built from plans and i use that trick all the time

@bid6413 3 года назад

Vacuum bagging your plywood and any multi-layer curved interior parts works fantastic. Anyone in your area have a wide belt sander. They can be a real timesaver and save a lot work sanding. So happy to see all the parts are coming together so beautifully. Great work on your part and wonderful to ride along. Thank you.

@feanor3876 3 года назад

Woodworking is so relaxing with a good cigar and laphroiag cask strength scotch.

@PLF... 3 года назад

Making your own plywood is the epitome of going the extra mile... Love it.

@mceajc 3 года назад

Dong the interior is going to make it so much more YOUR boat than just A boat. You can make shelves and cabinets and furniture that suit you exactly. I can't wait to see all those little details as you come up with them!

@AcornToArabella 3 года назад

Same! Glad you’re here for it!

@akathesquid5794 3 года назад

I can't imagine how any plywood bulkheads could possibly add any more stiffness to that beast. Sure she'll creak and groan a bit but that is the whole charm of wooden boats. Your plywood will be the perfect foundation for solid furniture builds. Impressive.

@99Etien 3 года назад

Of course plywood would not ad any stiffness. That is why explained, that structural bulkheads would be made much more heavy than this "furniture" bulkheads.

@akathesquid5794 3 года назад

@@99Etien that double oak plywood they made would be a perfect stiffener bulkhead. marine plywood is incredibly strong in the plane axes. they simply don't need it. PS I was agreeing to their decision they didn't need a bulkhead strategy, if my post was unclear :-)

@brucekoehler276 3 года назад

Oak face front1 side oak face back side oak-good. Oak on 1 side cedar on other face ? It's about balance of materials. Love your work. The hardest working crew on you tube

@swissyodelbear 3 года назад

Very nice build, great presentation, looking forward to THE SPLASH......

@robertiddon8075 3 года назад

I love you guys, I hope one day you will sail across the Atlantic and visit Liverpool you would get such a warm welcome. Thank you for showing the amazing skills you Have it’s a real pleasure to watch you, all the best to you.

@mumblbeebee6546 3 года назад

We did not see the press operating :( But apart from that, another lovely view into Arabella’s gestation!

@tetonpoodleboy 3 года назад

I wouldn't worry about Titebond III's structural strength - I've been using it for years for projects ranging from instrument repair, furniture building and scarf joints on bend gunwales. It works to glue scarfs on pieces that are later steam bent. I especially like the long open time. It's a great product for your use.

@BillB23 3 года назад

Like everything about Arabella, the bulkheads look to be very labor intensive and exceedingly strong. She's shaping up to be one beautiful vessel. Even her structural members have the look of fine cabinetry. I eagerly await the day when I can wish you fair winds and following seas.

@AcornToArabella 3 года назад

Thanks so much, Bill.

@gregmirr 3 года назад

Great content again , good music thanks for letting us hang around the boathouse while you work .

@JC-ny3kf 3 года назад

When thickness planing boards thinner than say 1/2 inch it's really helpful to build a sled for the boards out of something flat like MDF, make it longer than any of the boards, then end flaws will be massively reduced.

@TK-zf7sx 3 года назад

At 17:00 - Once you finish practicing gluing wood together for bulkheads, here's enough wood shavings to glue up a dinghy. Think about it - make a female mold, slather it with a mixture of epoxy and wood shavings, vacuum bag it til it cures, and (almost) instant boat!

@sveinungchr 3 года назад

Got the week of for Easter. Completely forgot it was Friday. This is the best Friday reminder ever.

@AcornToArabella 3 года назад

😉

@evilroyslade6477 3 года назад

24 minutes goes so quickly! Thanks guys

@jonny-b4954 3 года назад

Man, years go so quickly, hahah.

@tl4ever262 3 года назад

I can't wait to see Akiva standing proud on the prow of Arabella with the wind plowing thru his fur.

@danielkeirsteadsr6939 3 года назад

Akiva can't wait for you guys to finish his Dog House. lol

@AcornToArabella 3 года назад

😁

@keg1dog 3 года назад

Titebond III is a good choice. I’ve used the Tite-bond family of adhesives for my entire professional career and it never let me down. Interesting panini press, very creative set up!;)

@MeAndrewMe 3 года назад

Make fire starter cups with your wood shavings and sell them.

@Sumphuka 3 года назад

Can't believe the problems with the Cedar planks was a year ago!!

@AcornToArabella 3 года назад

Neither can we!

@ScottKenny1978 3 года назад

Oh, what a long strange trip it's been!

@circuitwarden 3 года назад

Another incredible edit from Ben. Love concept of jumping back and forth from episode to episode between Steve and Alix to tell a more complete story of what they’re working on rather than just purely what is happening within a single week. Really masterful storytelling right here.

@johnmanning4577 3 года назад

Aye to that, Will....

@Pastora42 3 года назад

Thanks for noticing! Yeah, it's been fun to put it together lately with multiple tasks going at once. And a bigger crew coming in soon will make for a good watch for us all. Much appreciated, Will.

@andrewmantle7627 3 года назад

Once again, the quickest 25 minutes of the week. Done. Thanks gentlemen.

@rexmyers991 3 года назад

Wow! You went from cutting and planing very heavy structural members to very thin, delicate pieces. And all from trees sourced in your area. I am VERY impressed. Can’t wait till the next episode.

@Fig330 3 года назад

Those oak veneer bulkheads are just gorgeous. I love the color, so warm and comforting. Just seeing that one panel, I can imagine snugging down in the saloon with a good book and a smooth whisky on a drizzly Autumn night in a sheltered anchorage.

@moosebonsai 3 года назад

Y'all always leave me in awe! Thank you. The interior is going to be beautiful and as slick as snot on a glass door knob!

@davidc6510 3 года назад

Another great A2A video! Thanks for sharing!

@thomasarussellsr 3 года назад

Love the thought behind the three types of home-made marine plywood. Also, the progress on the mizzen is comming along nicely. See y'all next week.

@robertsalanon2909 3 года назад

Deux charpentiers au top !!Bravo

@dougmacleod7241 3 года назад

That is the prettiest plywood I have seen and there is nothing like it in the stores. Plus with the crazy current cost of wood...

@cliveclapham6451 3 года назад

Great idea for bulkheads, can help you thinking, one ply at 45 is unbalanced! 90-0-90 is traditional layup hope it works out ok. 🤷

@markwaters8907 3 года назад

The high lite of my Saturday morning watching the progress of arabella

@reddogleader1968 3 года назад

Another well done and thoughtful video.

@AirwolfCrazy 3 года назад

That was a very fast 20 minutes. Looking great!

@snowstrobe 3 года назад

'She'd probably be fine.' Not ringing words of comfort.

@n.christopherperry8941 3 года назад

You might consider using lacquer thinner rather than acetone for the wipe downs between epoxy layups. Acetone leaves a very small residue, where as lacquer thinner leaves substantially less residue and evaporates faster.

@theoldeagle22 3 года назад

Love the plywood

@marcryvon 3 года назад

Love the new opening. Seeing Steve cutting "knees" out of those huge stomps months ago was awesome. A brilliant idea ! 👍😁

@direbearcoat7551 3 года назад

Got my Akiva is dreaming t-shirt!

@Chr.U.Cas1622 3 года назад

Dear Arabellas Acorns (including "Beneditor" and Akiva) 👍👌👏 Very well done again and as always. Maaaan, that's what I call a self made boat! Even the plywood is DIY! Chapeau! Thanks a lot for making teaching explaining recording editing uploading and sharing your great work. Best regards luck and health to all of you.

@timmiller7901 3 года назад

thanks for uploading

@bennichols561 3 года назад

I love oak. Thats all.

@CoiaItaly 3 года назад

Who TF thumbs down these !. Thanks guys - from New Zealand. Permanent home of the Americas Cup (sorry).

@buffplums Год назад

11:17 slick as snot on a glass door handle…hahah where on earth does Steve get these expressions love it… Hi Annie x

@jokoluna6978 3 года назад

This plywood is looking gorgeous!! Cannot wait to see it in the finished boat!

@MikeFloutier 3 года назад

I just get goosebumps listening to and watching Steve describing and implementing this stuff. 🌳 ⛵️

@davidcook5994 3 года назад

This episode was one of your best. I love your attention to detail. You should be very proud of your accomplishments!

@AcornToArabella 3 года назад

Shucks, David, thanks!

@SimonStJohn 3 года назад

“As slick as snot on a glass door handle”.......I love it!

@tonywatson987 3 года назад

Great use of the off-cuts - that is really great quality ply, way better than you could buy.

@soabtanmnl 3 года назад

New video? Best way to start my Friday morning

@johnskipper4151 3 года назад

Homemade plywood... brilliant

@xXSpearGunerXx 3 года назад

i have been watching you bild this amazing boat for the last 3 years, and i just cant wait to see it finished and in the water

@shopshop144 3 года назад

A word of caution/question, plywood is supposed to be balanced, hence the odd number of layers as I'm sure you know. But usually the layers are matched, like 1 with 5, 2 with 4, etc. The concern is a oak/cedar/cedar panel might try to move around on you because the outer layers will take in and give off moisture at different rates. I've made interior panel doors with different types of wood on each side and usually regret do so, even when higher ups require it. Granted doors are different then panels, but-----------

@michaelblaszkiewicz7283 3 года назад

Cleaning up for epoxy with acetone, I used to do it alot, we used to call it the "cut finder". Man it burns, and eats up gloves. Good work.

@ScottKenny1978 3 года назад

Nitrile gloves will fix that, but they weren't an option 25 years ago.

@michaelblaszkiewicz7283 3 года назад

@@ScottKenny1978 acetone will eat nitrile, just slower

@tallbikercat 3 года назад

Use resorcinol glue instead of epoxy for your marine applications, especially structural applications, but for the plywood too. Epoxy has a tendency to de-bond after a period of time, especially with elevated temperatures. But even just thermal expansion and contraction cycles over time will cause parts to separate. Resorcinol is what they use in good marine plywood, and it is used for a reason.

@garyschraa7947 3 года назад

Wow ! Another great piece of advice in this segment . I wondered about the integrity myself even if I didn't why ....... anyways it just feels like sound advice . I will remember it .

@garyschraa7947 3 года назад

(even if I didn't know why) oops

@melvindenny8962 3 года назад

Slick tricks.

@rick91443 3 года назад

Found this after lunch, for once...cheers...rr Normandy, France(and Happy Easter Weekend)

@AcornToArabella 3 года назад

Thank you for tuning in, Richard!

@tristancampbell2968 3 года назад

That mast that Al is working on at the end looks incredible so far. What a teaser

@psycocavr 3 года назад

Al that sawdust, you could make a heck of a fun pile for kids to play in!

@PasiSavolainen 3 года назад

"snot on a glass handle" .. Steve found an old-sea-dog dictionary and is living the dream :D

@delhatton 3 года назад

snot on a doorknob

@geoffreystearns1690 3 года назад

@@delhatton My New England grandfather said "snot on a glass doorknob"

@ScottKenny1978 3 года назад

Was gonna say, New England has been home to Sailors for 400 years. There's a *lot* of Sailor Language that has migrated into normal conversation.

@marcryvon 3 года назад

😝 🤣🤣🤣🤣

@TowerHand 3 года назад

Friend of mine always said; "Slicker than hot snot on a glass door knob." Gives the brain more time to visualize it.

@chrissd08 3 года назад

Making your own plywood. Thats going to another level!

@ateliedemaquetes.aereoenav4894 3 года назад

Perfect!

@MrRourk 3 года назад

Now they are just showing off

@lemagreengreen 3 года назад

I'm looking forward to seeing you do the interior too, you've obviously got a lot of cabinetry skills and I'm sure this project has really honed them. It's gonna be good! can't believe it has been a year since you stacked that oak too... for all the strangeness of the past year it does seem to have flown by.

@rh5971 3 года назад

The plywood is amazing!!!

@mjbartholomew5317 3 года назад

Adds new meaning to a panelled room.

@NoName-zn1sb 3 года назад

New jeans!

@ericlakota6512 3 года назад

Loved it like comment and subscribed what your doing is amazing brother 2021 100year old ship

@dansbrown1313 3 года назад

Thanks guys! That was a pleasure to watch.

@lbh002 3 года назад

Crew!

@darrellbedford4857 3 года назад

Why is it I give them a thumbs up even before I start video.

@willisgemutlich2608 3 года назад

oh, and "i think it's gonna work". classic.

@schadik 3 года назад

Yesss !!! Finally got in and ordered two of your t-shirts!! Love your project.

@AcornToArabella 3 года назад

Thanks for your support, Stephen!

@topicaltv9623 3 года назад

I look forward to this every week!

@MarnixSmulders-VizierHRD 3 года назад

Each week I am looking forward to view the progress. But since I see al the saw dust and shaving in the boathouse I literally had a nightmare in which the whole place got on fire. Please stay safe !

@court2379 3 года назад

I feel like if you are going to do an epoxy layup you may as well place a layer of fiberglass between them to make a super strong board.

@nautamaran 3 года назад

No... think of the itch factor when they go to machine it; wearing cutting edges down; etc. And the additional strength would be small, since the ‘glass would be near the neutral axis of the panel. I’m more curious with the decision to lay the core at 45 degrees rather than 90... time to find an article on play orientation! 🤔

@court2379 3 года назад

@@nautamaran It isn't just bending that you would put it in for, but it would all be at the middle of the stack. I didn't catch the final thickness they were making these but thought I heard something around 1.25 which would far stiffer with it. The other thing would be controlling expansion, cracking/splitting and moisture penetration. I also don't think the dust would be all that significant. Wear a respirator while cutting it. It wont make enough dust to make you itchy cutting just those few boards unless you roll around in the saw dust IMO. I did think the 45 degree lay was odd too. I assume they went 45 for each layer, or the two middle 90 to each other but 45 to the faces. Not sure why.

@nautamaran 3 года назад

It doesn’t take much glass dust in the air to irritate skin and lungs. Why expose yourself to it at all? The two layers of epoxy glue already provide a full water seal... glass would not contribute at all to keeping the wood from moving with moisture changes in the two surface veneers. I’m not against use of fibreglass composites in boats, far from it, but I maintain that putting a layer of glass between the veneers of this 3-layer, 3/4” layup would have very little benefit.

@court2379 3 года назад

@@nautamaran I have some test samples of balsa oriented with the grain perpendicular to the face and glassed that are .25 thick and incredibly strong for their weight. I am going to have to disagree that it will won't increase the strength much. But that's OK. I agree the faces are unprotected, but they will put some finish on them. I'd probably glass them as well in a boat. A thin sheet of glass disappears unless you are looking really close. In the end what they have is fine so it doesn't matter.

@4stringmanagmaildcom 3 года назад

This video feels like progress. Congrats! Regarding Alix and the planer cord, one trick is to put it up over your shoulder. That helps "mind it" and allows both hands on the tool.

@GEEDAVE 3 года назад

Been following this project from the start and felt this video was a real step forward nicely done !!

@Tomhohenadel 3 года назад

The mast looks great, nice grain lines. Impressive idea to make your own plywood, nice to continue using the remaining oak and cedar. The qt. sawn oak is great for the plywood. Thanks Ben, great video

@AcornToArabella 3 года назад

🙌🏼thanks for watching, Tom!

@eggfooyung7172 3 года назад

I really like your videos and beautiful workmanship guys. The videos are never long enough 😄 I hope that after you launch Arabella you will continue with the weekly videos 👍🏻

@AcornToArabella 3 года назад

Kind words 💫Thanks for them and for watching.

@cliffstevenson5773 3 года назад

Great video - the new techniques (panels/mast) are fascinating.

@Fambamm-ib6pw 3 года назад

👍

@CAPNMAC82 3 года назад

Given that Home Despot is quoting $100/sheet for 3/4" 4x8 Marine CDX, the DIY efforts are very economical as well as sensible.

@nic_the_aged_woodworker 3 года назад

Great idea to make your own plywood. I have two concerns:- In not only having having different species but a hardwood and a softwood you are creating an unbalanced board. Given the environment it will live in you may be storing up problems In having the core at 45 degrees the board isn't as strong as having it at 90 degrees. Keep up the great work, along side Tally Ho and Life on the Hulls you provide excellent videos. Looking forward to see the finished mizzen mast.

@markc5593 3 года назад

And the glue recommended by Project Farm.

@cw3339 3 года назад

You could make Presto logs out of all that wood shavings.

@markschuman3615 3 года назад

Good Morning it raining sawdust ! Nice job Alix the mast is looking Great and home made plywood Cool

@mushious 3 года назад

Never been this early to an AtA video before. Neat.

@bandk2000 3 года назад

Man that armful of oak 'veneers'. That would keep me going for years with my model sailing boats! Trouble is over here in the UK that armful of offcuts as you call them would cost me around $400, no kidding! I've followed you from the beginning and look forward to the day you get Arabella in the water.

@AcornToArabella 3 года назад

Thanks so much, Brian! Yes, we recognize the goldmine in our backyard which is why we use the materials we have on hand. We do feel lucky. Model boats? COOOOL.

@findellfans 3 года назад

Nice stack of wood. Thanks for video and have fun. B)

@TotalBoat 3 года назад

Great progress guys! Your plywood is looking amazing!

@AcornToArabella 3 года назад

💫🙌🏼⚓️

@AcornToArabella 3 года назад

Thank YOU!

@Badgermatt-nc5nr 3 года назад

That's so funny, I was just thinking, "who's the jack hole dumping all the saw dust down on top of Steve?" LOL

@danielguilbeau5403 3 года назад

Toujours aussi performants 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

@AgentTaft 3 года назад

Great, now I’m freaking out about touching door handles.

@G_Money72 3 года назад

Seriously making your own plywood?? But then I remembered I just paid 80 bucks for the worst piece of plywood I have ever seen. This project never stops amazing me. GSD boys!