The Right Tool For The Job - Episode 238 - Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat

We've restocked a bunch of shirts in merch: https://www.acorntoarabella.com/merchandise Check out the latest about "little" Victoria, our tender, in construction: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheArtofBoatBuilding Oftentimes, a woodworker needs to remove a lot of material, after which they follow up with using a series of other tools to sneak in on the final shape. Sometimes as many as 6 tools could be used for something like this, but oftentimes it's 3 or 4. The chainsaw is a wonderful tool for freeform shaping... it removes a lot of material, and the small chainsaw Steve uses here is easy to control. It does get awfully warm as it goes through the bone-dry oak, which means the chain expands and gets a little loose on its bar, but we're sure everyone in the comments section will already know that and won't say a dingdang thing. ;) NBC's Today Show came to film us, and we show you a bit of how that looked and felt for the crew. It's a nice behind-the-scenes moment. We hope you've seen their piece: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umb5_mna07o We get to a really big gluing job: putting the house sides down to the grub. We use 3M 4200 to bed the entire surface between the sides of the cabin house and deck/sill/grub, and large, custom bolts hold everything together as well. The talented Paul D. has been hard at work on the paddle boards featured in this episode, and we are so very grateful for his skill, his generosity of time and spirit, and his thoughtfulness in making something that we will so very much enjoy. We hope to be able to meet him in person someday. THREE CHEERS FOR PAUL!!! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sign up for our email newsletter: http://eepurl.com/hn3Qyv Acorn to Arabella is a wooden boat building project taking place in Granby, Massachusetts. Steve started as an amateur wooden boat builder building a 38' wooden sailboat in his 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 classic wooden boats command. This ultimate DIY boatbuilding project will continue well past launch, when he and the crew will travel and learn to cruise aboard the handmade wooden 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/helping here are a few ways: https://www.acorntoarabella.com/how-to-help Acorn to Arabella's wishlist: https://www.acorntoarabella.com/wishlistpriority TotalBoat Referral: Need something TotalBoat sells? They'll send us 10% of your purchase to support our videos! Click here, then shop: https://www.totalboat.com/acorntoarabella To offer recurring support via Patreon, CLICK BELOW. Just $5 a month gets you an invite to our monthly patron-only livestream Q&A sessions! https://www.patreon.com/acorntoarabella Original Soundtrack available at benfundis.bandcamp.com 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