Installing Floor Timbers and the Centerboard Trunk, S2-E6

[@mrfish270]

I love what you are doing and how you are doing it. So classy and pure.

[@davidc6510]

A clever method developed to install the floor timbers. Great instructions and video. Thanks for sharing!

[@ateliedemaquetes.aereoenav4894]

Good Morning! your videos are inspiring to me. inspire me to do in the boat models I make. I'm very grateful. thanks.

[@richardbohlingsr3490]

The centerboard trunk and floor timbers really look good and the lines of the boat are coming into view. Very nice work and she looks sleek.

[@michaelc.3812]

Going back over older videos and enjoying all of your work (especially the tools you build). Thank you Bob

[@TheArtofBoatBuilding]

Glad you like them!

[@oscarpeterson4338]

Just binged watch all videos on H12 because one of my favorite designs . You are good at explaining the plans which I like and glad I just found your videos

[@thisnicklldo]

Catching up several years after you made this video. Great stuff, and very interesting. I don't know if that method of dealing with the floor timbers is standard, but it's a very clever trick, effectively suspending them in mid-air at just the point they will need to be when all the scaffolding disappears. Bingeing my way through, having seen you make your first video on the Victoria/Arabella tender, should join up with you in a few weeks time. Many thanks.

[@ranger2316]

Those drawings are amazing! There's a ton of information on them!

[@lazier96]

It will be fascinating to see how you steam and fit the ribs. You do such a great job explaining each step. Much appreciated and have a great time at the Wooden Boat Show.

[@Rily9Reverberations]

Just found your youtubes. I love your choice of boat. You cannot go past Herreshoff for beautiful lines, in my opinion. Here in Australia, we have a lot of Herreshoff 28s and a few H36s, but we do not seem to have any of the smaller ones, although my late father had a 25 ft yacht which he believed to be Herreshoff design but had no proof. Keep up the good work! Colin

[@michielouwersloot8136]

You got to love the way this guy is patiently giving each and everyone an answer👉👍

[@TheKomunyaka]

Many thanks for revealing the secrets, that always make me scratching my head when looking into drawings. Now it is much better.

[@daleskidmore1685]

Things like this could take a while to figure out. Thanks for showing the way. Hope you have a good time at the show.

[@rt88glow]

Great video, Bob; really enjoy watching the progress on the boat.

[@robinhodgkinson]

Lovely work Bob. Meticulous and methodical - how to build a wooden boat. And your video production matches, but no surprises there. It’s always a pleasure to watch a craftsman at work. Oh and I’m very envious of your workshop, complete with gantry crane no less, and lots of room to move! No doubt to fit your sculptures and the larger boat you’re yet to build ; ) Cheers from New Zealand.

[@shipskepr1]

ah bob ,you've given me the the fever baaaaaad,lol,,have fun at the boat show,,,paul

[@UkiDLucas]

I wonder if it would be a better idea to support floor timbers on stations and cut them and install them at the same time as stations. Thank you for making these videos, they are truly inspiring to set on to build Heaven or Herreshoff.

[@1957smr]

Thank you for the detailed explaination of each step. Keep up the good work.

[@brianwhitehouse8380]

Another great video. Thanks. I’ll see you in Mystic. Safe travels.

[@mattevans-koch9353]

Excellent video sir. If I recall from earlier videos you have experience as a teacher and it really comes through in your explanations of the various steps you take. Thank you so much for sharing and have a good time at the Wooden Boat show.

[@mrklyles]

Looking forward to the boat show. See you there Bob. Excellent video today as always.

[@marcosrobertojuppa2107]

Hi Bob, I can not stop learning. Thanks for this chapter.

[@jimjenkins673]

Really like your delivery and your work. Thanks for sharing.

[@tomtruesdale6901]

An other great informative video. The boat is coming along very nicely and I hope you have/had fun at Mistic. I learned a new way to make patterns today, Thank you very much.

[@jimfell4708]

very skilful enjoyed your boat building well done look forward to the next posting

[@robertbrunston5406]

Very good! Waiting for the next video! Thanks.

[@markdougall5846]

Hi Bob, Just discovered your channel and am enjoying your videos. Your explanations and detail are excellent and very educational. I am about to start work on an CLC kayak and you have inspired me.

[@vincegordon6830]

Excellent!

[@TheGeohart]

your art and your art are inspiring, thank you

[@jorgevallejos6824]

Thank you gran father , me gusta tu pagina , gracias

[@ericklopes8772]

Incrivel e lindo! Parabéns por essa obra de arte!!!

[@DanGoodBBQ]

Very cool, I'm a new subscriber and boat builder. I will be watching, thank you for posting.

[@Жесть-у7х]

Достойная работа,всё четко и грамотно преподнесено.Лайк и подписка однозначно.С уважением Владимир

[@garryjackson3941]

Excellent work matey ...i also subscribe to tally Ho an Acorn to Arabella amunst others...whilst i love wooden boats an the building there off lack the skillset an tools/boat building space ...i do have a small vintage Australian built "Bluefin" sailboat wich is fiberglass in construction ....i just find Your work inspirational ...as its well needed in my case.....you see .i get emotionally stuck at times with the deaths in my family these last few years it becomes hard to maintain focus...so Thank You Sir an ples keep up thy good work

[@sluphuset]

great work! Thank you for your videos.

[@dennisdownes9319]

Bob.........Please never build a nuclear reactor and film videos as you go. I'm afraid that you will make it look so simple and stress-free, that I may spend all my milk money and living days trying to do what you did! Another great video! DD

[@holmesfamily9393]

Enjoying the boat build and the tool builds as well. Did you build your workbench? Router table built into it?

[@TheArtofBoatBuilding]

Holmes Family , Yes, I sure did.

[@billlambert2092]

Wonderful channel. My wife is both incredulous and envious of the cleanliness and organization of your shop. Sadly, she has never seen such a setup around my workspace! I understand the ribands are being used to set the pattern for your soon to be steamed ribs. However, I am not exactly clear why you used them to set your plank spacing on the previous video since the planks will not lay directly on them. Could you not line off the planks directly on the ribs, once installed, using a batten? Perhaps I am missing something. If this requires too lengthy of a response, particularly with your pending boat show appearance, I certainly understand and will await the answer in a future video. Your progress is amazing - great work!

[@TheArtofBoatBuilding]

I lined off the ribbands to match the planking so that it will be easier to line up the planks and be able to use the ribbands to assist in clamping. And it looks good!

[@mikestillwell5566]

"If you're going to make something... make it beautiful"... even if it's just temporary 🙂

[@raywarman]

What is the finished weight of the dinghy, sans mast and sails?

[@TheArtofBoatBuilding]

I'm guessing! 150 pounds?

[@Majoofi]

I don't understand the floor timbers seem to protruding way out beyond the hull. What am I missing?

[@TheArtofBoatBuilding]

Majoofi what I’ve built so far is the mold for the hull. This mold will shape the frames and the planking of the hull goes on top of them. The mold is not a part of the finished boat. The frame will be attached to the floor timber. So the frames ( 13/16”) plus the planking (1/2”) will be over 1 1/2” wide. Thanks

[@Majoofi]

@@TheArtofBoatBuilding Thanks, looking forward to seeing it develop.

[@garykirscher9456]

Dear sir, I thoroughly enjoy your channel, very well done and professional. Thank you. As a professional wood worker I just cringe every time I see you use your table saw without the use of a push stick. Hopefully a kickback never happens to you but if it does the injury to your thumb can be quite horrific.

[@j.p.francofranco2866]

Can sir do a video teaching lofting?

[@TheArtofBoatBuilding]

I will do a lofting video on the next boat....Promise!

[@j.p.francofranco2866]

@@TheArtofBoatBuilding Mainly how to trace the diagonal lines.

[@thomasarussellsr]

Some of those center floors seem like they stick out a bit far to have a fair bottom. I guess we'll see when you start bending the frames. Can't wait. Hope you have a grand time at the boat show this weekend. I so wish I could be there too, but up from Kentucky is a longer drive than fits my budget at this time. Maybe some day I'll be able to build a small-ish cruiser and go down the Ohio river to the Mississippi river, through the gulf, around Florida, and up the coastline to the shows up there. Way to far to row, and the fuel would likely be about the same under motor power as driving my big old van over land, but I guess we'll just have to see. Have fun for those of us that can't make it this year.

[@MemphisApplegate]

I would suggest that you tilt your blade on the table saw away from the fence, which means of course moving the fence to the other side. The way you are doing it now pinches the wood between the fence and the blade, and on those small pieces can mean trouble. Woodworker and boat builder here, but not nearly the quality boat builder you are. Fine work.

[@racundra]

I love your videos. You make boat building look like brain surgery. I make it look like butchery! 🤦🏻‍♂️ Did I miss a video where you made the stem??

[@TheArtofBoatBuilding]

Noel Watkins Season 2 Episode 2

[@racundra]

The Art of Boat Building How did I miss that?? Thanks Bob. Enjoy this weekend. Wish I could get over to see you.

[@waywardsailor3622]

Why do you allow such high volume ads on your channel. That's so disturbing to other persons in the household, and as well to neighbors, for viewers that live in condos or apartments. Other than that, I'm thoroughly enjoying your videos.

[@ThePbird1]

Joel White calls for the frames to be bent directly onto the moulds. Mdf is not the right material for the moulds so the time consuming process of using ribbands was needed. Cannot see the advantage to this method.

[@TheArtofBoatBuilding]

Paul I guess we will have to agree to disagree. MDF is a great material for mold frames. Maynard Bray stopped by and saw my boat mold this past weekend at the Wooden Boat Show. I ask him his thoughts on MDF. He said if it was available in the 1980's they would have used it. If fact The Brooklin Boat Yard, Joel Whites Boat Yard, build all their boats using MFD molds. Comes in straight consistent sheets that is easily CNC cutout. Maynard mentioned that he believes the North West School of Boat Building used ribband on several Havens they have build over the years.There are advantages stay tuned as they will be revealed in future videos.