Acorn to Arabella - Journey of a Wooden Boat - Episode 83: Riveting Test and Prop Shaft Assembly

Sometimes, boatbuilding is all about big showy pieces coming together. But much of the time it is also working with small details. This week, we focus on some of these details that we are going to have to figure out before we move on from the prop shaft assembly that is still coming together. Joe returns to bore out the Delrin on the lathe for out prop shaft liner. While he is working on that, we test out our homemade rivets and the backing iron that Joe made for us. We also talk about another very important aspect of wooden boat building. Plugging knots. We are going to have to work with the cedar that we have and this means finding and plugging dead knots before the planks go on Arabella. Figuring out all these seemingly small details, will save us a lot of time in the long run! Special Youtube thanks this week to Stu from Dangar Marine who came out to interview us for his channel and to Kaitlin McCall from Ouroboros Armory for making our rove set and a small backing iron. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Acorn to Arabella wishlist: http://www.acorntoarabella.com/acorn-to-arabella-wishlist Jamestown Distributors Referral: If you are going to shop at Jamestown Distributors, please consider using our Total Boat referral code: http://totalboat.refr.cc/steveandalixa?t=tg 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