Installing and Varnishing the Mast with Custom Bronze Fittings S2-E70
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- Опубліковано 28 жов 2023
- Learn the secrets to getting a professional varnished finish. Boat Builder Bob Emser revels his tips to achieving a deep and lustrous on the mast for the Haven 12 1/2 sailboat. He also demonstrates how he cast and machined custom bronze fittings. As a bonus, Bob makes some bronze clevis pins on his newly acquired mini metal lathe.
“If you’re going to make it, make it beautiful.”
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I have a mini lathe for years now never regret of buying it, lovely tool which is going to give you a lot of pleasure…
regards, Danny
Very satisfying to see all those deck screws clocked, such craftsmanship!
Nice work as always Bob. Lathes are quite addictive I find!
I find it personally rewarding and admire watching you working on your 12 1/2. I belong to a volunteer wooden boatbuilding group who have been working on restoring a very old sad looking Herroshoff 12 1/2 for quite some time. Needn't tell you it's been a lot of bloody hard work over a very long period of time but we're finally getting there. With a little bit of luck we should be finishing up the reonstruction sometime early next year. It's been an especially long haul due to our having to replace all the cracked steam bent frames and the keel. Will never ever tackle anything so difficult again - period!
Any new episodes Bob. I'm missing watching you. Plus it is better than watching TV these days🙂
Yes, one is coming. Check the community tab for an update.
Thanks,
Bob
Bob, what a gorgeous accomplishment. I follow your channel in part as a sailor (plastic boat) and a furniture maker. I can hardly imagine the deep sigh of relief as the boat becomes finished and the deep breath you take in just looking at what you've done. Warm congratulations. Looking forward to seeing her under sail.
For a boat with such a short OAL, Skylark is an impressively beamy craft. Add to that the full ballast keel, and you have one stable, roomy, and fast boat. Beautiful, too. Excellent work, Bob.
I still have not figured out when Skylark transitioned from a beautiful boat to an exceptional piece of sculpture. Well done Bob. Might I recommend adding lanyards to the hairpins at the mast partner. Thank you and have a great week Bob.
Indeed Bob, You "Made it Beautiful"! I have watched this series from start to finish, and I have enjoyed every moment. Thank you for taking me along on the journey.
My pleasure!
@@TheArtofBoatBuilding And ours!
This really is, literally, the art of boat building! I just wondered about whether any of the screws needed either butyl tape or 'drill-fill-drill' to avoid water ingress later down the line.
Mini-lathes are very useful bits of kit!
Yes they are!
Dog gone Bob the only thing that contrasts to the beauty of Skylark is the wonderful fall foliage that you have outside the shop. Please consider a brief - hey look at this outside to compliment your video.. It is also really nice having your wife narrate the introduction. Such a nice touch to your amazing channel. The boat looks amazing and of course beautiful. Thanks for sharing!
Skylark is one very beautiful boat. You have done an outstanding job on her. I can not wait to see her on the water.
Marvelous Workmanship
It's coming together. Can't wait to see her on the water. And a nice episode as always
She is looking beautiful. Thanks Bob
Super👍👍👍from France cordialement
This was such an exciting episode, full of things on which to comment. The new lathe; I thought you were going to sand the heads flat and then… he’s going to face them. Nice!
Then the image of the sail area took hold with the mast an boom in place. I then asked myself “Would Skylark be faster than the electrified runabout?”. That’s a lot sail you are making!
Your series is truly wonderful. Take care and be well.
“Make it beautiful.” Success! Glad stainless steel cotter pins are available.
What an enjoyable fall day for varnishing. My favorite time of year
Hi Bob, hello from Arizona! I have watched every episode of your Skylark build, and have enjoyed watching her come together. You’re a great teacher and craftsman…thank you for sharing your talents with us! “Make it beautiful!”
Hi Robert,
Thank you so much for your comment. I’m happy you are enjoying the videos. It’s viewers like you and your positive comment that inspires me to keep producing good content.
Thanks for watching!
All my best,
Bob
She is a beauty. There will be a lot of good sailing in her. Thank you for sharing. Have a great day and stay safe.🙂🙂
Very nice!
All the brightwork looks like fine furniture finish.
Beautiful!
So impressed with your work. Thanks
Hello Bob, congratulations, you are a great creator of pieces, perfectly careful and your work is admirable. Greetings from Buenos Aires, Argentina
Hello bob. Thanks for sharing this with us
You make it all look so Beautiful.
Looks beautiful.
Beautiful Bob!
The boat is really coming together and as all your work it’s looking beautiful. That was an excellent trade on the lathe and the clevis pins came out great, if I might suggest you modify them so you don’t have to deal with the separate small hair clip pins which will inevitably be dropped and fall between the floor boards and instead have an attached wire bail, google “Square Bail PTO Lock Pin” to see an image of that style pin I’m referring to.
The boat is looking amazing, Bob! Really beautiful work!!! 😃
Looking forward to the next steps!
Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊
Thanks, will do!
Thank you Bob for this channel. It is wonderful. I really enjoy your workmanship and artistry. I look forward to each episode.
What an absolutely beautiful boat. Perfect in every way.
Very nice studio!
Thanks!
Try McMaster Carr for pins. I don’t see any bronze ones but they have 208 stainless pins of varying length in 1/4” diameter. They are my go to when I need hardware.
McMaster Carr is amazing and I use them often. As I mention in the video I was looking for bronze clevis pins. I did find them at Fair Winds Fastners. Unfortunately they did not have the correct length.
Making them was a fun small project as I get acquainted with the lathe.
Thanks for watching!
Cheers,
Bob
GREAT JOB BOB!
Beautiful job
Just noticed how you line up all all those slot head screws. I thought I was the only person with OCD. 👍🏻
Or you’re just a good craftsman!
Thanks for watching.
I am always looking at the mini lathe. I worked as a machinist and would love to have one for hobby’s.
So Bob, tell me ya sat on the port side, loosely gripping the tiller, looking over the bow imagining her moving briskly along as ya looked across the yard? 🎉🎉🎉
so impressed with your work. awesome boat thanks so much for sharing
Amazing!!!
Great video
Beautiful work.
Where was the “Thunderbirds” theme music as the boat came out of your workshop ? Wonderful skills on display as usual, thanks Bob.
That would have been fun if I had thought of it and it was royalty fee!
Thanks for watching.
Cheers,
Bob
Wow!! I hope you don’t mind, but I’m going to steal your colour scheme for my model of the Herreshoff 12 1/2
Please do! I've had several boat builder use my color scheme.
Thanks for watching!
Absolutely beautiful work, Bob!
Many thanks!
I watched the mast installation episode yesterday. Have you considered the wear on the mast at the mast partner? Any bending force on the mast is going to be amplified at that point where the bronze meets the spruce. Maybe you could glue a strip of leather to the inside of the steep halves to act as a buffer. Just a thought.
Yes, I have chafing in mind. In this video I was mostly concerned with the fit of the mast and parts.
As I’m sure you are aware there is much more to finishing the mast with rigging, sail track, and gaff boom etc.
thanks for your suggestion and attention to the details and watching!
Cheers,
Bob
Hi.I’m constructing the Victoria from screen shots.Hopefully it looks as great as the one you made.
There are a bunch of video's on here on upgrading that lathe to make it run true & run better than it does right out of the box. & you can get a set of metal gears for it if that upgrade hasn't been done yet. Otherwise a very good score on the lathe
Indeed there are. The fellow I traded with had done several upgrade. Still fine tuning it and rediscovering my metal lathe knowledge. Been 50 years since metal shop in high school.
Thanks for watching!
Cheers,
Bob
Beautiful work, as usual. I did have a question about the mast partner. The center screw seems to sit a bit proud from the inner arc. Is there a concern that it will scratch/dent the mast when contact is made?
The mast will get a leather chafing protection in the final assembly.
Thanks for watching!
I thought skylark was completed months ago! Beautiful boat. Is there a drain for the bilge?
No drain. The sole has 2 removable sections for a manual bilge pump.
Now that Skylark is almost done do you have any idea what, if anything, is next?
Skylark will be finished this winter. I’ll have to wait till spring for the launch.
Yes I have several boats in mind. Stay tuned I’ll let you all know when I have decided.
Thanks for watching!
Bob
He won’t rest until he’s made the HMS Victoria on scale.
She’s really coming along beautifully, would it be useful to scribe a line on the top of the clevis pin inline with the hole for the hairpin to ease installation, and in addition getting some bedding compound underneath the mast partner and the gooseneck?
Looks great! If you had made a Gaff rig it probably would have fit in your shop. BTW, you might want to flip the mast partner since you’re right handed.
Skylark is gaff rigged. The mast for a marconi rig is is nearly 6’ taller. The mast partner can be opened either way with a clevis on both the port and starboard.
Thanks for watching.
I keep a soda can or two in the shop so I can cut strips to protect soft metals from being marred by the hardened chinesium chuck jaws.
Good idea. I use strips of leather. Very handy when clamping round parts like a clevis pin.
Thanks for watching.
Hello
My wooden mast at the mast partner had a thin leather which was voiles, it presentes change.
Yes, I have chafing in mind. In this video I was mostly concerned with the fit of the mast and parts. I will be adding leather to avoid chafing.
That’s for your suggestion and watching.
Cheers,
Bob
Hello 👋
I tried leaving a comment on where to get some good tips on using the mini lathe, but the UA-cam bots flagged it as spam and I got a warning. 🤷🏼♂
Professor Emser proves, once again, "...there is nothing-absolutely nothing-half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.”
So true!
Thanks for watching.
Bob
Hello Bob, you have created yet another wonderful video with an amazing artistic flair.
I have a question for you: how many others, beside myself, made a comment that you should build a tender for Steve (Acorn to Arabella)? It seemed like a great collaboration and we’ve seen you help Steve out before.
Great job, and kudos for your generosity
It was a fun collaboration!
Thanks for watching!
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I love that you made bronze clevis pins for the mast partner. However, the quick pins are definitely not traditional and, sorry, to say not particularly attractive. Bronze cotter pins appropriately spread and would around the pin would be traditional and much more in keeping with the beauty of the boat.
Sorry prevented chafe