Picked up my copy of WoodenBoat at the post office this morning.
There's an article on Hatian boatbuilding - The Sloops Of Hati's North
Coast - subtitled: Vibrant trading fleet, scant resources. Some pretty
decent looking boats.
On page 52 is a picture of all the types of boatbuilding tools at a
boatyard in Cap Hatian:
chisel (a sharpened 1" bolt)
ripsaw
rasp
file (for sharpening blades)
pry bar
hammer
twist auger
plane
axe
hatchet
I haven't read that story yet, so don't know if that's it, or if
thay have more than just one of each tool. I did notice it said the
most sophisticated tool used by all boatbuilders in a jack plane.
These aren't rowboats they're making, either. They're sailboats,
up to about 55' long. Lack of funds for bronze, stainless, or
galvanized, fastenings, means rebar is commonly used in their place.
They only put out 6 issues a year, but WoodenBoat is one of my
favorite magazines, and definitely my favorite woodworking magazine.
I'm not that much into sailboats, even tho I'd like to build a Catboat
one day, more into fishing type powerboats. But, almost drool over some
of the woodworking on some of the boats. If you've never looked at a
copy, you should. I'll probably be getting rid of most of my
woodworking magazines, and probably most of my woodworking books, in the
not too far future, but I'll be keeping my copies of WoodenBoat.
JOAT
I'm busy now, can I ignore you some other time?
J T,
'WoodenBoat' = Porn for Boatbuilders
Regards,
Ron Magen
Backyard Boatshop
PS - it is occasionally a cold shower / 'wake up' to the more affluent
'whiners' & 'tool collectors'. Versus the majority in the world who have
scant resources and MUST 'make do' simply to SURVIVE !!
"J T" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Picked up my copy of WoodenBoat at the post office this morning.
> There's an article on Hatian boatbuilding - The Sloops Of Hati's North
> Coast - subtitled: Vibrant trading fleet, scant resources. Some pretty
> decent looking boats.
>
> On page 52 is a picture of all the types of boatbuilding tools at a
> boatyard in Cap Hatian:
> chisel (a sharpened 1" bolt)
> ripsaw
> rasp
> file (for sharpening blades)
> pry bar
> hammer
> twist auger
> plane
> axe
> hatchet
>
> I haven't read that story yet, so don't know if that's it, or if
> thay have more than just one of each tool. I did notice it said the
> most sophisticated tool used by all boatbuilders in a jack plane.
>
> These aren't rowboats they're making, either. They're sailboats,
> up to about 55' long. Lack of funds for bronze, stainless, or
> galvanized, fastenings, means rebar is commonly used in their place.
>
> They only put out 6 issues a year, but WoodenBoat is one of my
> favorite magazines, and definitely my favorite woodworking magazine.
> I'm not that much into sailboats, even tho I'd like to build a Catboat
> one day, more into fishing type powerboats. But, almost drool over some
> of the woodworking on some of the boats. If you've never looked at a
> copy, you should. I'll probably be getting rid of most of my
> woodworking magazines, and probably most of my woodworking books, in the
> not too far future, but I'll be keeping my copies of WoodenBoat.
>
>
>
> JOAT
> I'm busy now, can I ignore you some other time?
>
Sat, Feb 18, 2006, 1:00am (EST+5) [email protected] (Ron=A0Magen)
sayeth:
'WoodenBoat' =3D Porn for Boatbuilders
Regards,
Ron Magen
Backyard Boatshop
PS - it is occasionally a cold shower / 'wake up' to the more affluent
'whiners' & 'tool collectors'. Versus the majority in the world who have
scant resources and MUST 'make do' simply to SURVIVE !!
Yeah, yeah, yeah, porn. Pant, pant, pant.
I saw a wooden boat being built in Nam. Think I took a few
pictures. Never was able to get up close, just took some shots (camera
shots) from the road. But, I could tell they were doing a large portion
of the work with hatchets, and mallets. They probably had more tools,
but that's what I could tell. I think the only fastenings were pegs
(trunnels), there were sticking out all over, none trimmed, so I would
iaging they would use a saw later. Sucker was going on close to 50'
long, if not more. Big boat. Wish I'd been able to get over and take
some closeups and all.
JOAT
IThere is no vaccine against stupidity!