Acorn to Arabella - Journey of a Wooden Boat - Episode 87: Epoxy Tests

After our glue failure on the scarf joints for the planks, we also had some glue failure on the graving pieces. This time though, it was with a new and good batch of Resorcinol. So, we were not quite sure what the problem was at first. We later realized that the clamping pressure was being lost due to shrinking in the heat boxes. Since Resorcinol needs, high clamping pressure, this was resulting in a poor glue joint which would then fail. We had to figure out a good solution to this problem so we reached out to Jamestown Distributors, who promptly sent us a couple batches of Epoxies to test (including some one that was not their own!). We ended up doing a test of all the epoxies and these resulted in some very strong glue bonds for our graving pieces! We will move forward using epoxy for the graving pieces but still use Resorcinol for the scarf joints on the oak planks. Fresh Resorcinol has a good track record with oak, unlike epoxy. As all the scarf joints overlap frames and get rivets through them anyways, and all the graving pieces mate up to the next plank, this system should work very well! Very big thank you to Jamestown Distributor for sending us the epoxy samples on the house! And no, this is not a sponsored video! They are just happy to help out. Remember, if you would like to help while you shop for your boat, we also have the referral link below that sends us a percentage of the profits from anything you buy through it. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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