Chuck Passaro's planking Videos - Where are they?

[Chuck]

Sometimes but not for strength.  Its just cosmetic.  I do t find any need to clamp or use pins to fix the planking in position.  But once planking is finished if I want that look I will treenail.  Like below.

 

 

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[H March]

On 1/26/2020 at 9:54 AM, Chuck said:

Here is another tip.....

 

I know this may waste some wood.  BUT it is much easier to bend a strip not so close to the end of the strip.   You can get a much nicer and smoother bend a bit farther back.   Obviously then the excess after bending will need to be trimmed and discarded.   But that is OK.   It is very hard to bend a strip edge-wise so close to the end of a strip.  So this is just another option you might want to try when a tighter bend is required.

Chuck, I have seen your videos regarding using an iron for edge bending planks which I have done and it worked quite well. How do you yourself do bending in the other direction? In other words to follow the curve of the hull of the ship from bow to stern. I have seen articles on steam, hot water and I have heard of using a hair dryer.
Thanks,

Harry

[Chuck]

I use a hair dryer.

[Rach10199]

On 1/26/2020 at 8:42 AM, Gregory said:

Here's part 4..

 

 

Hi Chuck! I found these videos to be extremely useful,  thank you for taking the time to make them. The kit I have came with balsa wood hull planks and I'm wondering if the hot iron  technique will work for these? I'm concerned the delicate balsa would scorch.  What are your thoughts?

[Chuck]

I would give it a try....its probably basswood and not balsa.  

[glbarlow]

Assuming it’s basswood it’s no problem. Even if you scorch it a bit it’s easily to lightly sand off. 

[Rach10199]

1 hour ago, Chuck said:

I would give it a try....its probably basswood and not balsa.  

It is definitely balsa according to the kit’s item list. At any rate, I’ll test it on some scrap pieces. 👍

[glbarlow]

42 minutes ago, Rach10199 said:

balsa

Is replace that. Balsa won’t hold up very well

[Rach10199]

4 minutes ago, glbarlow said:

Is replace that. Balsa won’t hold up very well

Balsa is so flimsy! I’ve only placed 3 planks of it, hopefully I can remove them without too much trouble. I’ll look for another type of wood to use, any suggestions?

[glbarlow]

Basswood and walnut are the usual.

[Rach10199]

13 hours ago, glbarlow said:

Basswood and walnut are the usual.

Great,  thanks 😄

[Syzygy]

Chuck, I am about to work on slightly curved planking for the transom and counter at the stern of my latest build. I just found your videos so I’m very appreciate of the information provided.

Thanks,

Roger

[Gus M]

@Chuck Thank you for the video tutorials and pdfs, really very instructive.

[glbarlow]

In addition to these 4 videos there is one more of Chuck using his Cheerful prototype to demonstrate plank bending at a work shop, filmed by someone attending. I can't seem to locate that more informal but very helpful video. Does anyone have a link?