Friday, July 12, 2013
Wednesday, July 3, 2013
Day Two of the RESTORATION AND REPAIR COURSE.
Today I started working on the frames
from yesterday. I took it to the planer "the Oliver" it’s an old-timer
planer and it still work pretty well. I planed it down to 7/8 × 7/8. I also was
trying to take off the burn parts from the table saw. When you cut white oak
you pretty much always get burn mark on your wood. It’s really a pain to take
it off. I got 90% of it with the Oliver but the some burn mark was still there.
The planer was set for 7/8 so the burn marks that I missed I had it to use a
scraper. It worked pretty well.
The frames need it chamfering. So I went
to look in the Catboat to see the frames already made. The part they chamfered
off was 1/16 or less so I did it like the other ones that was already built.
When I finish messing around (JK) with
the frames Jeremy Nugent came along. It’s his first day so I asked him to help me with the Catboat. So
now I got a friend to work with. This made it way easier and more fun. It was
already fun but way more fun. We started working on wedges for the frames to
fit. We had it to clap a batten to the keep to rap it around the boat in side
to see where the frames go and where the wedges go. At first we were using
cedar batten but it split so Jeremy gave me a white oak batten. They are really
nice. It has more flexibility in it and it worked well.
Jeremy took over my place to build the
supporter for the frames when we
bend it. Well he was working on that I went to
put water in the steam box and started the fire. After that I went back to the
shop and cut the frames to the length we need. We needed station (STA) 4, STA6,
STA8 and STA10. Frames are two pieces on this boat so I had it to cut it with
the dimension we measure from the boat. The STA4 was 36 inch, STA6-40 1/2 inch,
STA8-43 1/4 inch and STA10-45 inch each side.
I had to go get ready my drill and the
screws. While I was looking for toilet wax Jeremy mixed linseed oil and
turpentine and brushed it on the frames. We both were ready to do the frames so
I started putting the frames in the steam box by station. First the 4 and 6 and
it went on to 10. I broke one station 6 on the port side so tomorrows project
will be putting STA6 port side frame in the steam box and screw it on the boat
and tack the nails in to STA4 to STA10.
And I think after the frames job is all
finish Jeremy and I will go to the student library and look up search for centerboard
construction. The Catboat has a cracks on the forwards side and aft side of the
keel so we need to figure out how we going to fix it. It will be fun :)))) I'm
looking forwards to work on the Boat tomorrow again. Loving it loving it. It’s an
amazing class to be in.
1. Restoring a Catboat
A catboat (alternate spelling: cat boat), or
a cat-rigged sailboat, is a sailing vessel
characterized by a single mast carried well forward.
(i.e., near the bow of the boat).
2. Framing Preparation
3. Placing the screws for the frames.
4. Identifying the point of entry for the screws.
5. More preparation
6. frames
7. frames
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13. preparing the chamfer
14. White oak
15. White oak
16.
17. Jeremy, my partner
18. The Restoration shop
19. Stairs up to the steam box
20. The Steamer
21. Inside the Restoration shop
22. Hand planing my frames
23. Jeremy at work
24. Jeremy ..... What to do now??
25. More frames and bending....
26.
27. Nice curve.....
28.
29. My trusty planer!!
Tuesday, July 2, 2013
July 1st and the FINAL QUARTER BEGINS!!!
Masaki's account of his first day in the Restoration and Repair Course of the Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding!! He sounds excited and we are very happy for him!!
Today I started a restoration class at Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding. at 9:00 clock we gather up at the Lecture room. after that we separated to two groups. I think it was around 9:30 my instructor Tim started showing the tools we use and what project we are going to work on. he also had a brilliant idea to show how we boatbuilders make money. we each have a time card and material sheet and every day every time we need to write what time we worked what time we killed time. also what materials we used and how much amount we need. Today I worked on an Cat Boat. when Tim told every one "if you want to work on the boat you have in mind speak up and I will let you work on it." so I chosen the Cat Boat. We actually started at 13:00 and I made frames. I had 9 inch × 2 inch × 8 ft Oak timber and I cut by 3 1/4 to make the frames. and I set the table saw to 1 inch and cut the oak piece by piece to sticks. So I still have 2 inch thickness so I cut it in half to make the frames. Tomorrow I need to plane it with the planer to 7/8 × 7/8+ × 8 ft (+=1/16). This in my finishing dimension. after I do that I finally can work in the boat to put the frames in. This was my First day. It was really fun and amazing. I will try take picture tomorrow of what I did and post it.
International students find us on the Internet
Masaki was a 14-year old 8th grader in Japan when he became aware of the Boat School through the Internet. Now as a young adult he attends the Traditional Small Craft Program, where he has mastered the basics of fine woodworking while building row boats and sail boats in a variety of traditional designs.
Masaki is preparing for graduation by working with the school’s educational staff to create his own business, which he is confident will fill a niche in the boat building community.
From the Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding website:
http://nwboatschool.org/the-people/students/
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