Posted by John Nichols on April 26, 2005 at 14:26:12 from 165.91.196.105 user Mcneacail.
In Reply to: Re: Mary Anne, posted by David Bamford on April 26, 2005 at 00:07:54:
David:
There are limited types of timber that one can get readily in Texas. It turns out that White oak was available but not the common boat building timbers of the North East and North West. I will measure the density of the oak tonight so I can gauge what a difference it makes.
I did not want to build a clinker hull from plywood, simple taste on that one.
I did not expect the white oak to be as tough as it is, but now I have all the timber I will live with that and actually it has taught me a lot about working with a difficult timber. It is interesting to take ones sharpest chisel and hammer it into the timber to cut a notch on the surface. The hammer bounces back at your head, on the first pass and the chisel blade leaves a dull mark on the surface. One needs to get a point of the chisel under the surface with the first pass and then hammer it in.
It also gives us something interesting to talk about.
Finally I am learning for the real job - building a Swallow.
JMN