• Hi all and welcome to TheWoodHaven2 brought into the 21st Century, kicking and screaming! We all have Alasdair to thank for the vast bulk of the heavy lifting to get us here, no more so than me because he's taken away a huge burden of responsibility from my shoulders and brought us to this new shiny home, with all your previous content (hopefully) still intact! Please peruse and feed back. There is still plenty to do, like changing the colour scheme, adding the banner graphic, tweaking the odd setting here and there so I have added a new thread in the 'Technical Issues, Bugs and Feature Requests' forum for you to add any issues you find, any missing settings or just anything you'd like to see added/removed from the feature set that Xenforo offers. We will get to everything over the coming weeks so please be patient, but add anything at all to the thread I mention above and we promise to get to them over the next few days/weeks/months. In the meantime, please enjoy!

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    Raw vs boiled linseed oil

    Shouldn't be a problem, you can use oil-based or acrylic paints over linseed oil, once it has dried.
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    Raw vs boiled linseed oil

    When I said "everyone," I assumed it was obvious that I meant "10 people on the internet." ;)
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    Raw vs boiled linseed oil

    This seems to be the consensus online, everyone who has used BLO on oak is perfectly satisfied with it!
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    Raw vs boiled linseed oil

    I know, right! It's like saying "this saw will cut all types of timber - except larch" and then giving no explanation for it!
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    Raw vs boiled linseed oil

    https://www.decoratingdirect.co.uk/viewprod/b/BIRBLO/#:~:text=The%20difference%20between%20Raw%20and,for%20woods%20other%20than%20oak.
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    Raw vs boiled linseed oil

    Raw will set more slowly, yes, so perhaps boiled would be better. The centre-line timbers will still be very green when I assemble them, but the project will take years so they will be drying all the time, and I'd hate for any cracks to develop in the keel after I've already done a lot of planking.
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    Raw vs boiled linseed oil

    Hello everyone, Don here from Building Lady Garnet. The oak I have bought for the keel, hog, etc, is all green, so in order to minimise cracks as it dries, I thought I'd apply some linseed oil to the timber, to slow down the drying. But I'm unsure if it's best to use raw or boiled? When I...
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    Trading Wherry 'Lady Garnet'

    Another update on Lady Garnet, the milling of a 12-foot log. This was an amazing experience, I'd never seen anything like this first-hand.
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    Trading Wherry 'Lady Garnet'

    Hello James, I have been put in contact with a timber yard (and let me tell you, this place has to be seen to be believed, I will try to get video of it next time I go there) and they have lots of grown oak bends which will be suitable for the framing. Once I loft the boat out full size, I can...
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    Trading Wherry 'Lady Garnet'

    Here are the lines, and also the link to the video in which I talk about how (and why) I designed the plans: I'll be using grown oak bends for the frames. Steaming, as you say, would be extremely difficult, and I'd rather not laminate if I don't have to. The planks are oak as well.
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    Trading Wherry 'Lady Garnet'

    Thank you! The engine hoist is a lifesaver, perhaps quite literally!
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    Trading Wherry 'Lady Garnet'

    Down time? What's down time! ;) I actually did consider going full-on traditional and shaping the backbone pieces with axe and adze, but ultimately decided that would add years to the project, so bought an electric chainsaw instead... Those illustrations are fabulous!
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    Trading Wherry 'Lady Garnet'

    Thanks Andy, it is indeed hard work, and I'm very appreciative of my sister Alexandra for helping me on her days off! I'll tell you something else. Last year, when I was looking for a place to build Lady Garnet, I had found a piece of disused agricultural land. The owner was keen for me to put...
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    Trading Wherry 'Lady Garnet'

    Another update... Wet rot, woodworm and stacking green oak to dry. It's been a busy time at Building Lady Garnet! It won't be long before actual boatbuilding can begin.
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    Trading Wherry 'Lady Garnet'

    Another video, trying to get a handle of all this oak! I've sorted a lifting device for the future, which is a relief because manhandling all those planks was not easy! (Also, no background music this time, which I know caused comment)
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    Woodworm

    Thanks. I've had no experience with woodworm before so I really do appreciate all the advice. I've begun dousing all the problem pieces with killer. Also, just a note on the YouTube - I get your comment about the music. It's a real challenge to put together a video that doesn't need music, but...
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    Woodworm

    If I can destroy the bugs and fill the holes, there's no problem. I don't have the money to just push a ton of planks aside, this project is costly enough without throwing pieces away. If I can fix the issue, that's the way I will go.
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    Trading Wherry 'Lady Garnet'

    Shallowness of draft, ease of rigging (less crew required), clinker-built (I prefer clinker to carvel). There are also much fewer trading wherries left than Thames barges, so from a historical perspective, more important to build a new wherry. A new Thames Barge (Blue Mermaid) was built not that...
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    Trading Wherry 'Lady Garnet'

    Thanks Andy! The 3RR is great, sadly because I'm so busy with the wherry, I'm going to give it a miss this year, although I might watch it as a spectator. I remember Windjammer, I think she raced the last three years. It's a hard enough job paddling a Thames A-Rater through Potter Heigham...
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    Mike's ext'n & renovation (solar panels)

    Absolutely splendid work Mike, love the doorbell!
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