Scuffing off

[Wansworth]

My brief time working for David Hillyard I recall the hull was faired up by hand plane scuffing off diagonally across the planking.Looking at Acorn to Arabella its ground fair with disc sanders with copious amounts of dust and noise where at Hillyards it was a peaceful plane o wood

 

[Daydream believer]

My neighbour's dog is not well. Keeps making a howling noise.
( The dog, not the neighbour)

 

[Hacker]

My brief time working for David Hillyard I recall the hull was faired up by hand plane scuffing off diagonally across the planking.Looking at Acorn to Arabella its ground fair with disc sanders with copious amounts of dust and noise where at Hillyards it was a peaceful plane o wood

May be quieter with a scuffing plane but it takes so much longer!

 

[LittleSister]

May be quieter with a scuffing plane but it takes so much longer!

It's true, but the hand-planing was aesthetically pleasing, kept a skilled person in work in the UK (rather than unskilled workers or robots making electric tools in East Asia), and built big muscles on their arms!

And if one was worrying about things taking longer, I doubt one would be looking at wooden sailing boats in the first place.

 

[Hacker]

Spent all of one day scuffing off the port side of a 21ft cedar strip boat which we are building. Shoulders a touch tight afterwards.

 

[Praxinoscope]

You learn something new each day, never heard of 'scuffing' before today, don't remember my 'O' level GCE in woodwork ever mentioning the term.

 

[Wansworth]

You learn something new each day, never heard of 'scuffing' before today, don't remember my 'O' level GCE in woodwork ever mentioning the term.

It’s a boatbuilding term……apparently now done with disc sanders,another ancient skill lost

 

[Buck Turgidson]

The skill is making the hull fair. The tools are just that.

 

[Hacker]

They both require skill, just different ones. If you are careful a power plane or a flap wheel on a grinder can do quite intricate work. On the other hand you can do some real damage, very quickly!

 

[DownWest]

They both require skill, just different ones. If you are careful a power plane or a flap wheel on a grinder can do quite intricate work. On the other hand you can do some real damage, very quickly!

Wot he said!
Over on the WBF, bloke built a Venus 34ft ketch. Huge fan of angle sanders.
Another guy I knew, built a 'Spray' style replica. Used several angle sanders from a well know US budget supplier. Since he was sanding 24/24 they crapped out
well within the warranty, so he got several for free...