Willie Thanks for sharing your pic;s. I will be building a guide boat (the Virginia) with traditional planking, with 1/4 sawn white pine. Did you back out your planks or not? In John Michnes book he said he did not back out the planks. It seems to me that it would be difficult to make them conform to the rib shape. Or did you steam them to conform? I was thinking wet rag laid on plank and then heating with a iron. Thanks Bill
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Willie Getlost
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Bill W I backed out the planks. I picked up an old hand plane at a yard sale (Dunlap stamped on blade) and belt sanded the bottom and side to round it to match the out side of ribs. Also I used a rounded cabinet scraper to clean up the plank after plaining. I did not use a Grant Lap I went with a feather edge. I used Doc. Fishers book Tale of an Historical Adirondack Guideboat and How to Build One“ to figure out how to do feather edge.
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Willie Thanks for your response. I would not have thought of reshaping a metal plane like that. I do have Dr. Fishers book as well. I will be using 3/16ths planking. Did you make the planks to be backed out thicker than that to allow for what would be removed? If so how did you shape the outside of the plank to fair into the others? Thanks Bill
Willie Getlost
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Bill W I used 5/16" planking. Chapter 8 in Dr Fishers book explains the method that I used. Pay close attention to figures 52 and 53 to shape the outside. I did not have to soak or steam any planks to conform to ribs just backing out did the trick. Final plank thickness was +- 3/16" at bilge.
Picture shows plank #6 ready to fair to plank #5. Picture all planked on right.
Picture shows plank #6 ready to fair to plank #5. Picture all planked on right.
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Willie Seeing the illustration in the book and seeing you photo help make it a little clearer. But if I am reading the book right he is not backing out his planks. Just using the overlap and soaking the planks to conform to the tight bends But I can see that backing out would help for a good fit. I do have a ways to go to be able to start planking(hopefully January start) I think some of the procedures will fall into place and make more sense to me when I actually get to planking. Thanks again Bill
Willie Getlost
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Bill W Good luck with your project.
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Willie-
I have done the same as well with a small Stanley plane. I also made my own wooden plane using Jon Wilsons book "Making wood Tools"
https://www.shakerovalbox.com/online-store-1/Making-Wood-Tools-with-John-Wilson-p49526353
The book shows how to make a small compass plane. I have used this mainly for oars and paddles for hollowing out the blades.
Thanks for sharing your story/ build.
