Week of October 25th
This week we spent time gathering the lumber needed for both boats. I drove to Thorndike, which is about 65 miles north of Boothbay, to Tweedies lumberyard in order to look at the cedar he had. He showed me the piles and said "pick out what you want". I went with the clearest, no knots, pieces I could find that were about 12" at widest and piled them up. Ended up with 6 boards that were 4/4 to 5/4 thick, but he had nothing longer than 12'. These should be good boards for the bottom of the Mathis skiff and possibly scarfed for the Trumpy Tender.
Also visited three other lumber suppliers. Tuesday we went to a lumberyard in New Gloucester and another in Phippsburg to purchase white oak for rails, keelson, transom and stem. It's starting to pile up in frount of the shop.
Found all but a piece for the stem, although red oak was plentiful at John Morse Lumberyard in Phippsburg, I decided to stick with the original scantlings that my grandfather spelled out in the other small craft he designed, and traveled to Newman's Knees in St. Albans on Friday to purchase hackmatack.
I gathered all the patterns for knees, stems and breasthook and took them with me to place on the knees to help with choosing the right curve of the grain for that paticular pattern.
Returned with a car load of knees in rain & snow from 95 miles north of Boothbay Harbor.
This week we spent time gathering the lumber needed for both boats. I drove to Thorndike, which is about 65 miles north of Boothbay, to Tweedies lumberyard in order to look at the cedar he had. He showed me the piles and said "pick out what you want". I went with the clearest, no knots, pieces I could find that were about 12" at widest and piled them up. Ended up with 6 boards that were 4/4 to 5/4 thick, but he had nothing longer than 12'. These should be good boards for the bottom of the Mathis skiff and possibly scarfed for the Trumpy Tender.
Also visited three other lumber suppliers. Tuesday we went to a lumberyard in New Gloucester and another in Phippsburg to purchase white oak for rails, keelson, transom and stem. It's starting to pile up in frount of the shop.
Found all but a piece for the stem, although red oak was plentiful at John Morse Lumberyard in Phippsburg, I decided to stick with the original scantlings that my grandfather spelled out in the other small craft he designed, and traveled to Newman's Knees in St. Albans on Friday to purchase hackmatack.
I gathered all the patterns for knees, stems and breasthook and took them with me to place on the knees to help with choosing the right curve of the grain for that paticular pattern.
Returned with a car load of knees in rain & snow from 95 miles north of Boothbay Harbor.
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