Im no expert: so i was wondering if steaming bends the wood and it is relieved of tension, where the glue fixes it in the curve, but are the layers trying still to shear against each other?

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Paint so close to the doors but noooooooo!

Gemma has some great ideas that Simon is happy to adopt. I love the way the two of you work together. You are an inspirational couple. Well done 👏🏼 Great to see.

But did you find a 10mm socket?

Hi, Terry ,here from Tasmania,has been fascinating
watching the restoration or rebuild . I remember you had contact with an inspector,who said he would not bother doing an inspection,I wonder what his assessment might be now ? Also re the oil and waste in the buckets if there might be a reuse for this? – though. a recycler probably
needs a large quantity,local government might be able
to add it to
asphalt plants for
Road making .

very professional boat works. The copper fasteners still impress us esp. the ease with which they are installed. we understand more of your language now. Thank you for saving her.

To watch a couple working together so well, witty commentary, fantastic videography and sharing it with everyone. Life is great.

Steaming is great, when it can be used when there’s plenty of time. But the steamed wood must be allowed to properly dry to shape before any one or two part adhesives, or paint product can be used properly. Lamination is a great way to move forward with usually only a day of dry time needed. Also if the grain of the wood is staggered the finished member is considerably stronger compared to the same dimension of solid stock.

Draining the engine oil can be a beast of a job in the first place. But the need to also keep the bilge clean and oil free, well that’s just crazy talk! Now I didn’t have a monster fire breathing Cat engine, let alone two of them, but still the 7.4 engine in my fishing boat was shoehorned in so tightly that it was an impossibility to get any sort of pan under it that didn’t require at least three dumps before the crankcase was drained.
What I did was to fit up an extension of hydraulic hose from the sump drain port, to a position higher than the top of the crankcase with a simple 90° turn brass shut off.
Then I pushed the hose from a vacuum fluid evac tank through the shutoff valve all the way to the bottom of my oil sump drain extension hose. No more oil in my bilge!

Another great video, y’all are learning so much as you’re going along. This knowledge is key to knowing how to properly maintaining such a large wooden vessel. This little ship will still be around for at least another 80+ years thanks to all of the hard work going into her now. 
Keep up the great work! 
I’m all out of words now.

Absolutely love Simon’s question about head gaskets. Gemma says “in the middle”. Such a star. 😅

Interesting how the Timbers r in better condition in the stern maybe it’s the oil ?

🙂

Your engine room is already looking so much better. Great work!

Top Job 🤘