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Building a Steam Box and Steam Bending Oak Frames, S2-E8

The Art of Boat Building

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In this episode of The Art of Boat Building we follow along the building a steam box. The box is then tested for steam bending oak frames. The white oak frames are then installed in the Haven 12 1/2. Following a plan by Greg Rossel in his book "Building Small Boats" we see how to build a steam box for bending wood.

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20 Comments

@williamballew4443 7 years ago Pinned

I absolutely love your videos this is always been my dream to build my own sailboat I don't think I could do it like you though I never see you make a mistake LOL but I think you've inspired me to try thank you

@michaelarmbruster586 3 years ago

Nicetrick on measuring the water level

@ThePieman1972 1 year ago

glad i did not skip this video.....thanks for sharing

@marcosrobertojuppa2107 7 years ago

I have to be very grateful for there being people like you who are predisposed to teach.
As always a great video. Thank you.

@stevenpatterson5319 2 years ago

Great work and documentation

@sheiladunk7583 5 years ago

Hi,( roly) brilliant bubble tip,so simple but effective.

@richardbohlingsr3490 6 years ago

The steam bent frames went well and they should last a long time. She is coming along great.

@michaelclark2840 3 years ago

That's a great build indeed. You can also have a small drain pipe from your weep hole feeding back into your boiler to recycle the water.

@davidc6510 4 years ago

That steam box sure did work well with those frames. Great progress Bob. On to the next segment in this binge watch. Thanks for sharing.

@daleskidmore1685 7 years ago

I do like bending wood. I use a wallpaper stripper and vacuum food bag rolls and found that very effective, albeit slower. A luthier's bending iron can be useful too.

@SuperHyee 6 years ago

Thanks !

@dennisdownes9319 7 years ago

Very nice Bob.....great comments about not "over-pressurizing" the boiler and box! "They" make all kinds of rubber/foam pads to kneel on...........your knees will appreciate it! I love how a "first-fire" test turned into almost all the frames being done! Nice!!! DD

@jimjenkins673 7 years ago

Nice “test” ......16 frames later......awesome work.

@mrfrontranger7911 6 years ago

Sure do enjoy your videos

@lenniereagan2362 5 years ago

Thank you so much. Very helpful video. Plus, I really like your work.

@CarlWinter-oy8uf 2 years ago

Nice workshop --wonderful when you can have all the modern latest tools and equipment at your fingertips! come to Africa --theres bugger all here mate !

@alanhortin9620 6 years ago

So enjoying your series. Keep up the awesome work. Great video quality and production!

@tomtruesdale6901 7 years ago (edited)

Another great video, the boat is coming along and will be a beauty when she is finished. There is just something satisfying about bending wood. When I built my plywood Jon boat I didn't have an steam box for the plywood bottom so I put wet towels in a microwave till they were boiling hot and laid them on the area where I needed the bend to be. Worked like a champ. I used the same technique for bending the bottom runners but it didn't work out as well.