Acorn to Arabella - Journey of a Wooden Boat - Bonus Content: Molten Lead In A Wood Mold? (Q & A 1)

In anticipation of pouring our 9500 lbs lead keel we have had many questions, comments, suggestions and concerns. Thank you all so much for all of them! We wanted to start a question and answer segment to be able to answer questions in a more thorough and fun manner than comments as well as be able to get videos out to you every week. Here's the first installment. Why are we pouring 9500 lbs of molten lead into a wooden mold? Will it not burn? If you have a question about the project (don't be shy!) we would love to receive a short video of you asking your question so we can feature our awesome community. All you need is a cheap video camera or a smart phone and you can send the video to: acorntoarabella@gmail.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sign up for our email newsletter: http://eepurl.com/hn3Qyv Acorn to Arabella is a boat building project taking place in Granby, Massachusetts. Steve and Alix started as amateur boat builders building their own 38' wooden boat in their backyard: designer William Atkin's Ingrid with a Stormy Petrel's gaff rig. These videos follow the journey from tree felling, to lumber milling, to lofting, to the lead keel pour and beyond—sharing details of the woodworking, carpentry, metal smithing, tool building, and tool maintenance that wooden boats command. This ultimate DIY project will continue well past launch, when they will travel and learn to cruise aboard the boat that they've built. Just kidding about all that, this channel is about a Siberian Laika named Akiva. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you are interested in supporting the project: http://www.acorntoarabella.com/how-to-help/ or http://www.patreon.com/acorntoarabella FOLLOW US: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/acorntoarabella Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/acorntoarabella/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/acorntoarabella Website: http://www.acorntoarabella.com