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From below the bow..

Will you are at a point where many stop and begin planking up from the keel. This is because the planks will start and progressively so, take a lot of twist to get them to lie down in compliance with the molds. To counter this issue, many will just stop and start planking from the keel up. The planks will run out on an angle to the topside planks, but they're just cut flush to fit. More typically the bottom planks are cut a wee bit short of the topside planks, the a batten is sprung and a common line routed for a filler plank, which will be added as the last top side plank when the bottom planks are all filled in.

This is harder to describe then show. If you temporary nail a few strips on, you'll begin to see what I mean about this. So, before you marry yourself to a potential problem, do some setups, as a dry run for strip placement and see if you can contend with the twist. Short pea pods can be difficult to plank from rail to keel, though longer, leaner hulls aren't as bad.

Okay Will, you've had a few days to fool around with the strip twist, what's the verdict?

I'm gonna go with the double-run method. Haven't started in earnest yet though.  I put on the last strip yesterday to even out the two sides on the sheer-to-bilge portion, then I decided that this would be a great time for a little side project.

See if you can guess what this will be:

Are you going to make curved blades?

I just picked up a set of cabinet scrapers, straight, goose neck convex and concave.  I think I will cut the blanks a bit thick and try my hand at hollowing a shallow spoon shape. 

Pics in the next post.

I have since split this large blank into two halves/two oars.  The offcuts will be cut down to 1/2 inch thick pieces that laminate on each side of the ones you see here.  I'm orienting the grain of the laminates so that the edge grain will help stabilize the oar along its length.  I can see that these flat-sawn pieces are trying to bend a bit.  Fortunately I'm not after perfect. 

I have to admit (as you know) I'm not much into people powered craft, unless it's trimming a sheet or pushing the start button, but I've been asked to make a set of oars for a display, so I'll be doing this soon too.

I found some nice looking, mostly quarter sawn yellow cedar and these are 3x8's. I'll have lots of room for a very swept and stylish blade. I'm going to put as much spoon in them as the stock will permit, just for looks. Mahogany tips and handles will finish them off.

(08-17-2012, 07:53 PM)Paul Riccelli PE,NA link Wrote:..
I found some nice looking, mostly quarter sawn yellow cedar and these are 3x8's. I'll have lots of room for a very swept and stylish blade. I'm going to put as much spoon in them as the stock will permit, just for looks. Mahogany tips and handles will finish them off.

Nice!  I used Karl Stambaugh's design from here: http://www.cmdboats.com/pdfs/Good_Oars_E-Book.pdf

As an established wood butcher, I'm only going to be as creative as absolutely necessary.  We'll see how it turns out. 

Getting out the laminates for the oar shafts





Lots of planing and shaping still to do.  First I guess it's about time I ordered epoxy.  To be continued...