Pics of your milled products

[Rob D]

Not far off it's Lymington pier!

 

 

 

 

[Dan Curtis]

Knocked up this Elm and Wellingtonia sand pit during the summer

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

Solid sweet chestnut bench - there was shake through this so no good for planking. A lot of sanding involved but was sold for £650-00. Made using the mini mill. Only 4 cuts used to make the whole thing....

 

Lovely job! Wife wants one (which loosely translates to me having to be out in the rain trying in vain to cobble something loosely resembling that!)

 

A great thread from start to finish! Inspirational :thumbup:

[codlasher]

I rebuilt and rigged a boat with timber & planks that I milled. Does that count?

codlasher

[Oaklay]

Couple of benches we milled, simple and rustic it is!

[sandspider]

I rebuilt and rigged a boat with timber & planks that I milled. Does that count?

codlasher

 

Counts for me! Get some pics up. I love a good wooden boat...

[codlasher]

Counts for me! Get some pics up. I love a good wooden boat...

 

A picture of half way through. A years work.

codlasher

[sandspider]

Very nice - lovely shape. Similar to an old fashioned wooden lifeboat. Did you steam bend all the planks? What woods did you use?

[codlasher]

Yes, the shape the vikings made, shrunk or extended in their ships depending on the intended use and built in exactly the same way but using mainly copper & bronze fastenings not iron with the bigger bits being galvanised steel.

 

Similar to the James Caird and the voyage made famous by Shackleton, his navigator the captain of the stricken Endurance, and the remaining crew to South Georgia. I had this vessel in mind when I was constructing the deck plan.

 

Timber used is oak in the keel, stem, stern, joggled frames & engine bearers. The lower 4 planks are larch and the next 4 are pine then larch again for the top one. These are held by copper roves each clenched by two people. Douglas, cedar ash & pine feature in places dependant on their properties. Hollow douglas mast, solid douglas bowsprit, hollow sprit, hollow spruce topmast. Pine for bulkhead and engine case. Larch ceiling and seats and plywood for the decking on douglas bearers. Ash tiller.

 

The hull planks were cut nearly to shape from a 9" x 7/8" x 24' length, wetted either by a brush (too slow) and later with a garden sprayer and warmed by a diesel fire to get them to soften. Just enough to bend to the frames then they were clamped in place and fixed to the previous plank. This usually took three goes. I had some of the originals as a guide and made a mirror item too for the other side. Certain old and rotten frames were removed as their shape had changed over the years and the planks only bend & follow one way......This was all done with the hull upside down with just enough space to crawl under. Clenching needed an extra pair of hands with someone on the anvil and me peining the roves on the inside. Hundreds!

Year two saw the deck, spars and the engine in.

codlasher

Edited November 12, 2014 by codlasher

[sandspider]

Impressive. I kind of prefer it when it wasn't painted or finished, and you can see all the wood in it. Nice work.