This week’s “Tally Ho”..,

[Wansworth]

It’s holding the (...) thing up that gets you.

And the turn of the bilge?

 

[Hacker]

Whilst getting covered in sawdust! I still reckon it’s easier than trying to use a scuffing plane overhead.

 

[Kukri]

Beech planes have their uses. As I fancy we are about to see!

 

[pyrojames]

It’s holding the (...) thing up that gets you.

That's why I took on a local lad out of agricultural collage to sand all of my topsides back to bare timber.

 

[Rum_Pirate]

That's why I took on a local lad out of agricultural collage to sand all of my topsides back to bare timber.

You must have one rough tough body.

 

[Gary Fox]

The shutter planks looked almost too tight to hammer in the caulking. Will they just use a thin caulking iron, and get in as much as possible? Or will another technique be used?

 

[Kukri]

The shutter planks looked almost too tight to hammer in the caulking. Will they just use a thin caulking iron, and get in as much as possible? Or will another technique be used?

The caulking seam doesn’t go to the back of the planks. It is planed in as a “V” shape before the planks are fitted. It goes 2/3 of the way back. If you look at Leo cleaning up the transom you will see the V shaped caulking seams. If you have cotton going through to the inside, someone has belted the iron too hard.

 

[tillergirl]

Has anyone counted how many plugs to be cut? I assume they will plug.

 

[Kukri]

Has anyone counted how many plugs to be cut? I assume they will plug.

3 per plank at the ends, 2 per plank on each frame, 6 per butt block.

 

[tillergirl]

Which is?

I cut 50 at one go once. Did my mind! Mind you cutting the Treenails was 'automated' very cleverly.

 

[Tamar]

I can remember when I sanded my 26 ft eventide back to bare wood underneath, not a job I would recommend, but it looked nice. My shoulders ached for a week. Good luck to Leo and the guys.

 

[Wansworth]

Why not putty up seams and holes

 

[pyrojames]

3 per plank at the ends, 2 per plank on each frame, 6 per butt block.

Doesn't Tally Ho have plugs at each fastening?

All my copper fastenings are plugged at each rib. Ribs every 200 mm, and extra floor frames between in the lower bilge, that's more than 100 plugs for each plank.

I cut 200 plugs at 1/2" for my boom, only to find that there were not quite a tight fit in the nominal 1/2" hole. I cut another 200 at 13mm. I check with a couple of plugs now before I cut a large number!

 

[westernman]

Doesn't Tally Ho have plugs at each fastening?

All my copper fastenings are plugged at each rib. Ribs every 200 mm, and extra floor frames between in the lower bilge, that's more than 100 plugs for each plank.

I cut 200 plugs at 1/2" for my boom, only to find that there were not quite a tight fit in the nominal 1/2" hole. I cut another 200 at 13mm. I check with a couple of plugs now before I cut a large number!

mm?
Surely some whole number of inches.

 

[pyrojames]

mm?
Surely some whole number of inches.

She was built in France...

 

[tillergirl]

I have counted. They will need 5768 plugs! ?

 

[pyrojames]

I have counted. They will need 5768 plugs! ?

I am in quarantine, so not doing very much. Are you?!?

 

[tillergirl]

Gosh yes. Inventing pointless conumdrums.

 

[tillergirl]

There is a short but enjoyable time lapse vid added! Enjoy.

 

[tillergirl]

Gee! Coo! Production of 1000 plugs a day! Very impressed. The final cutting out is very clever but the initial cutting is a desperae drag. To do a thousand a day is v. impressive.