Building the Bouchie Dory - Part 35 - Installing Thwarts

[@lunkydog]

It was fun watching the spring clamp depth stop revelation again. It's amazing how much those cuts visually lighten those planks.

[@Nomadboatbuilding]

One of the most fun bit of building.

[@billmeldrum2509]

Spectacular result. Well done. 🇨🇦

[@Nomadboatbuilding]

Thanks Bill.

[@acraftman2823]

Very nice Mark. Thanks for posting.

[@Nomadboatbuilding]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@rick91443]

Great way to spend part of a Sunday Afternoon; love watching...cheers...rr Normandy, Fra.

[@Nomadboatbuilding]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@lanesteele240]

I cant wait to see the next beautiful boat

[@Nomadboatbuilding]

We be on that soon enough.

[@stephencifka4629]

Is your oiling done with raw or boiled linseed oil? It is wonderful to see your skill and care in boat building.

[@Nomadboatbuilding]

Boiled. Raw pretty much never dries.

[@jerrycomo2736]

Handwriting the Builder's Plate is what I do. I'm considering experimenting with ordering an engraved $40 builder's plate to see how well they hold up in the elements. There are high-relief plates made for exterior use, but they start at about $300.

[@Nomadboatbuilding]

I have developed the ability to acid etch my own recently. It's really pretty simple.

[@CrimeVid]

I don’t really like the idea of possibly leading water down the thwart screws into the bearer, perhaps a cleat under the thwart ? The fore and aft rake on a grand banks dory makes them handle a short sea beautifully.

[@Nomadboatbuilding]

We have to accept that there will be a little water incursion through in traditional construction. That’s why we try to select good rot resistant materials as availability allows.

[@soylentgreen326]

Nice to see the draw knife in action. Furniture makers often use that trick as do Rolls Royce on their radiator grill🎯🤣👍👍👍

[@eoghanbishop9745]

Awesome, thank you. I'm so excited for the next episode.

[@Nomadboatbuilding]

More to come!

[@mattevans-koch9353]

I always enjoy the second watch because I come up with more questions. Was your large sweep drawn freehand or did you enlarge and existing ship curve? I would like to make something similar. Thanks Mark for another relaxing and informative video.

[@Nomadboatbuilding]

I traced mine off of my boatbuilding instructor who traced his off his instructor back in England. Somewhere there are a pile of boats who have a stem shaped exactly like our ships sweeps as they were clearly part of a stem pattern. I was thinking about making a full size PDF of it available to my Patreon group. Maybe we'll get to that once the smoke clears from the current build.

[@mattevans-koch9353]

@@Nomadboatbuilding That is some provenance Mark. Thank you for the reply. Have a good evening.

[@arichardofalltrades6770]

Been watching this series from the first video, and the detail and effort in this boat is amazing! So, just wondering - how much, approximately, would a boat like this cost to build? Thanks

[@Nomadboatbuilding]

That's a loaded question. It consumed about $1600 in materials and 260 hours in labour. How much of that time got consumed in video activity is hard to say but if nothing else, shooting video breaks the workflow and concentration so probably killed 100 hours all in. I had originally estimated 160 hours and $1200 in materials. I gave this particular a smoking good deal on the labour at $30/hour based on that estimate. $6000, but it should realistically be double that unless the boat is being built in some sort of volume which I can never do. I always use $1000/foot as a conversational base price.

[@arichardofalltrades6770]

@@Nomadboatbuilding Clearly worth every bit of that, Very nice work.

[@timlewis9286]

Mark, are you using “Robson” drive screws on the thwarts? Not a style that is very common in the US. I like the look.

[@Nomadboatbuilding]

Robertson is the correct name actually but yes. They are the standard here in Canada. I would have trouble finding anything else in bronze without purchasing from the US. While slotted are considered more classic, the Square drive has the advantage of better bearing for drivers and the ability to “clock” the screws more easily and without excessive over or under tightening.

[@MikeAG333]

Your chisels have asked me to have a word. You've got a nice wooden mallet or two hanging around in your workshop, and they like them. They're not quite so happy with the hammer. They're not worried about what they look like now, but they'll still be working in a hundred years time, and, you know, they're just a little bothered about what they'll look like then. I mean, they're really pleased they're kept so sharp and so on, but they're just a bit bothered about what goes on at the other end. My old dad, if he were alive, wouldn't be so pleasant about this matter.......

[@Nomadboatbuilding]

Well I hear what you are saying Mike. And I know some would have issue with my choice. Japanese carpenters seem to be perfectly fine with iron hammers on their chisels. Mine have been fine with them for the last 30 years and in 70 years time, if they are still in service, the next guy can make new handles for them. I'm sticking with my nice little agile ball peen over my big clunky mallets. I only whack the ones that were meant for whacking and it's none of their business what I choose to do the whacking with.