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Keith,
Not to drift your thread too much, but in the income chart above: what's with all the big money in northern Nevada, but relative poverty...

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^ Right. That's exactly how Torna was built back in '46.

In Torna's case, the 2" planking screws only penetrated about 3/8 - 1/2"...

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The lams are tight, I just rounded/chamfered the edges a tiny bit before bending & gluing - and you're seeing glue squeeze out in the chamfers. ...

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Thank you the clarification Peerie.

And I presume that by "Modern glues make it unnecessary" you mean that now we would just laminate...

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In the pix above, the first pair of frames has been bent into place. The original frames were 1 5/8" think (molded?) and they had been kerfed to...

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Thanks Rich,
That's what I thought Leo (and countless others) had done, but I wasn't sure and didn't want to spend the time reviewing 100 vids to...

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Rich, I'm in N Thetford VT, on the CT river, 20 minutes north of White River Jct. If you will ever be over this way, please feel free to drop me a PM...

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Still overwidth, the new outer sternpost was so heavy that I couldn't lift it - never mind holding it in place a dozen times for fiddly fitting. So I...

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OK so here's the first question for the pundits here:
These big chunks of oak are about to go together and be bolted into place. At least when first...

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She'll eventually go back to the coast of Maine. But that'll be years from now.
-Leif

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>> Will you be feeding them?
>> Will you put any of them up in your spare room?

It's not exactly the same, but I brought...

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Boy, everything about that pram reminds me of our Tinder, tender to Torna - except the sailing aspects and how the thwarts are supported.
The...

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I decided to fashion the replacement sternposts with the annual rings running athwartships. This would minimize fore-aft shrinkage at the expense of...

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The outer sternpost in all its glory. I'm going to need to up my woodworking game to be able to fashion its replacement.

I find this view...

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Also not unsurprisingly, even cursory poking revealed that the lower frame ends were completely rotten.

I'm lucky in that I have a set...

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So after taking a raft of pictures to document the old interior and arranging supports under the long stern overhang, out came the interior - at least...

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Thanks Mike,
But as we're about to get into, I am pretty much a beginner when it comes to wooden boats; the Acorn was my first boat building of...

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There were 14 years of house renovations, vacations with family, lots of beekeeping, and lots of other wood projects, but finally during the 1st summer...

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Meanwhile life and distractions were taking over.
I decide to try my hand at making an Oughtred Acorn




Interspersed...

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Against conventional wisdom, I decided that working and being on the dirt floor was just too messy. So we finally poured a slab under her.
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