Steam bending on real ships

[gak1965]

I thought people might find this article from Atlas Obscura about steam bending planks for the replica Gotheborg II to be interesting. Puts some perspective on our steam bending problems...

 

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/18th-century-steam-boxes-gotheborg-ship?utm_medium=atlas-page

[dafi]

Here the smaller version on the ship yard of the Skellig in Douarnenez in France.

 

 

Let the plank steam for 1.5 hours, then be fast as you only have about 2 minutes to put the plank on 🙂
As after the first bending the planks can´t be put into the oven again as for the curve, it had to fit on the first go. 

And this is what they did there

 

More here:

https://www.segelschiffsmodellbau.com/t291f235-Un-Langoustier-pour-Douarnenez-Werftbesuch-bei-der-Skellig.html

It is in German but the automatic translator can be activated on the left bottom corner "Sprache wählen"

 

All the best, Daniel

 

 

 

Edited November 11, 2021 by dafi

[dafi]

An d here is the one from the Batavia yard in Lelystad.

 

 

Taken apart and stacked on top of each other.

 

XXXDAn