Stitching Oar Leathers: A Step-by-Step Guide, S3-E22
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- Опубліковано 25 вер 2024
- Learn the correct placement of oar leathers on the shaft. From the stitching technique, to attaching the button, see the entire process of dressing your oars. Boat Builder Bob Emser guides us through the process of stitching a set of new oar leathers. In this part 2 of making a set of spruce oars for the dinghy Victoria, the tender for her mothership Arabella we learn the proper placement and technique for a custom set of oars.
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It’s a good day when Bob posts a new video
There's something very therapeutic watching a master craftsman at work!
Amazing beautiful work Bob. Thanks for making my Sunday afternoon a bit more enjoyable than it already was. Thanks for sharing!
Steve is so lucky to have had you on "the team". I've watched Victoria stream in Arabella's wake, and it's a beauty to watch. Mike 🇦🇺
Typically when leathering mast hoops and oars, we take a dowel and rub the stitches. It seats the stitches and smooths out the leather. Nicely done.
Indeed I did do that with the seam rubber. Somehow I missed the clip when editing. Thanks for mentioning it I does help smooth the seam.
Thanks for watching.
Bob
Many thanks for these lovely and informative videos.
I confess I was expecting a more heavy duty leather and a box stitch but those look absolutely right for the oars.
Yes, I'm afraid this suave will wear off during the first season.
I’m so impressed at your finesse between lumbar fine joinery casting and leatherwork, you are truly a versatile craftsman. BTW how has the rear bulkhead coped with the EV motor Steve has been using, and are small outboards something you will be incorporating into your future projects? I would be quite interested in seeing a nested dingy if you are looking for a new challenge… Thanks for your tremendous work and generous and elegant explanations, you make it all look so achievable for us novices in UA-cam land.
Thanks Simon. One design feature I incorporated in Victoria was a racked transom (15 degrees) to allow for an outboard. Originally Steve insisted that he wasn’t going to have an outboard. I had a very strong feeling he would change his mind. So, to answer your question it was designed with an outboard in mind. I love the electric outboard. In fact I purchased components to convert an old runabout to electric. ( an upcoming video) Great luck that Epropulsion had a booth at the Wooden Boat Show.
Thanks for watching!
Bob
Really interesting process, Bob! Beautiful work!!! 😃
Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊
Beautiful, beautiful hand crafted oars ... and Steve proceeds to clamp an electric outboard on Victoria the jewel.
Bob, beautiful work as always but somewhat surprised Steve chose to install an electric outboard motor on Victoria. My guess is your nicely built oars can always be used as a backup if something unexpectedly goes wrong with the outboard. Still, somewhat surprised he chose not to use them!
Need both
@@thomasbalph6620 Probably the correct answer but somehow disappointed their not being used more often.
@@evanschwartz3030 rowing is nice once in a while, but when you're going back and forth from a mooring to the dock several times a day it gets pretty old :-D
Very nice work Bob. Excellent tutorial. Thank you and have a great week ahead.
Having rowed a great deal as a young boy, this was a joy to watch. Speaking of which, I noticed the face of your wrists watch. I have searched online but have not been able to find a source.
Thanks, I had the watch made to my design. Is it something you'd like to own?
Bob
@@TheArtofBoatBuilding Thank you, it would be but since you mentioned design / custom, perhaps not in my budget.
Going to be a nice pair of oars thanks for sharing this
Thanks Bob
Great video. I just did this last weekend as well. I bought an old Dyer Dhow Midget from my neighbor and doing a bit of refurbishment. I varnished the oars a few weeks ago and then order the leather kits from Shaw and Tenney. I wish I would have waited until after I watched your video this week....several good tips that would have made the job easier. I didn't put tape on the leather before I place the glue for the button and made a bit of a mess. Oh well....good lesson for next time.
Beautiful work.
In the previous video, you calculate the inboard loom as 25-1/2” but then explain that the actual distance from the end of the oar to the padlock will be 22” so the oars do not overlap.
In this video, you appear to forget that.
The width of the leather will address that - but I’m curious why you didn’t center it at 22 after making that decision in the previous video.
Beautiful, Bob.
Hi wow thank you once again for a fantastic video I just love the way you do things and how amazing, it comes out. Thank you once again keep up the good work , Cliff from Logan City Queensland Australia 🇦🇺 from the big island 🏝️
Did you make that cool needle holder thing? A "how-to" on that would be awesome if so!
I did make it. The how to is in this video on sailmaking tools ua-cam.com/video/8Z8juLWXOtY/v-deo.html
Thanks for you interest and watching!
I was thinking more than that, a whole new series on how to build the tools he uses👍🏻. I remember the baton weights but his tools are just as beautiful as the boats he builds.
Woops, should have read the reply first. Lol
Always makes it beautiful.
Thoughtfully and beautifully crafted. Perfect. Well done Sir. (NZ Viewer)
Thanks very much
Thanks for the video. I have to do this in two places on the mast of my OzGoose. It has a boom and yard that rub on the mast. It will save some maintenance.
Nice stuff.
Bob, you are The Man!
Thanks
There's something nice about working with leather, I'm making some guitar straps and I'm enjoying it.
I'd love to make my own boat, but I just don't have the room. 🥴👍
Beautiful and I bet it’s an enjoyable, pleasing job to complete! It sure was a pleasure to watch and learn, thank you.👏👍😀
Pretty work Sir, Pretty work!!
Good job, looks great!!
Excellent application of the leathers and buttons. They look great. Do you do anything to the leather to protect it from the water? As in varnish or oil? Got to see Victoria in the water while watching Arabellas video Friday. She is beautiful. You done good.👍👍 Thank you for sharing. Have a great day and stay safe.🙂🙂
Looks great Bob!
Hi Bob - What kind of leather did you use for this and where did you get it from? Thanks!
here is a link to what and where I purchased the leather.
www.michaels.com/product/chocolate-brown-suede-leather-trim-by-artminds-10632330
So Bob when you were installing the pins you were using a hammer style that I own (my grandfather's) but don't know what the style/intended use is. Can you enlighten me?
It is a stone carvers mallet. Lots of power with a short blow.
Great question!
@@TheArtofBoatBuilding Very interesting. Thanks Bob. I'm at least a fourth generation woodworker on my paternal side but don't know any of my ancestors worked in stone. A new mystery!
The oars look great. Is the spruce strong enough to withstand heavy pulling of the oars? It's good to know how to paddle a dinghy like a canoe by sitting backwards on the deck in the bow and paddling the boat backwards with an oar in case the other one breaks. You might be surprised how well this works if you haven't done it before. (I learned to paddle like that with a 4" wide board in an old abandoned rowboat in the pond across the railroad tracks from our house when I was a kid.)
you made them beautiful Bob! What is the material of those tacks, and is there a corrosion concern?
Brass tacks!
Beautiful job on the oar leathers Bob. Hopefully Victoria uses open oarlocks as you did not install them before the buttons were installed. But than you are there and smarter than me,so you know how it is supposed to be. Can not wait to see her on the water.
She does have open oar locks.it’s been fun seeing Steve’s videos with Victoria dutifully following behind Arabella.
Cheers,
Bob
@@TheArtofBoatBuilding Thank you for the heads up on that, sadly to say I have not been following the build of Arabella.
What happened to the Haven? Did you ever finish it? Did it float? How does it sail? Did I miss all that somehow?
Now that Victoria is complete I can re-focus on the Haven. What left to do? Sails, rigging, and trailer and the launch.
Hold old is this style of oar button? I've never seen these either. And I've been in boats since '65.
Once the oars (and leathers) get wet and dry a few times in the sun, the leather will shrink even tighter.
Is it only me that heard it as "In the correct oarientation"? 🙂
It's interesting that the Greeks and Romans, followed by all Europeans, used oars and faced backwards, while the Polynesians and Inuit and other native Americans used paddles and faced forward.
Did you put the oarlocks on the oars before the buttons? If not, how easy is it to get them on over the buttons?
Steve will use open oar locks
The oars in the background have the hardware on them,,,,,, which makes me ask,,,, How will the oarlock hardware go on now that the Buttons are there?
Steve will be using open oar locks.