Acorn to Arabella - Journey of a Wooden Boat - Episode 56: Planking Material and Floor Timbers

Milling our planking stock out of our donated cedar and working on figuring out our bronze floor timbers! Buckle up because there is a lot of information here. A lot goes into this project behind the scenes that we don't talk about. Most of that is the mental game of figuring out how to do what we need to do. That also includes learning as much of the ins and outs of the process and why it is done that way. When it came to planking, we researched a myriad of different options at our disposal to come up with the most appropriate way for us. In the end, that meant learning about the local use of our Northern White Cedar and how to deal with its quirks (mainly bunging knots). As for the floor timbers, it was learning about wood, metal and composite floors, along with the pros and cons of each. Once we decided that Bronze Floors were likely one of the better options, we had to decide between casting them and welding them and what would be most convenient and affordable. So! We hope you appreciate us sharing that learning journey and that it may help some of you along on your own project! As always, thank you for watching and for your support! Stay tuned for some great things to come! Mountain View Machine and Welding Inc. : https://www.mvmwinc.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. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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