Materials and Tools

(Painting, oar making, and rope splicing will be covered in a later installment.)

Item

Sides
Stem
Mold
Spreader
Transom
Corner posts
Keel batten
Bottom
Side cleats
Outer stem
Thwarts
Guards
Stem band
Tholepins
Pads
Oarlocks

Material

Select white pine
PT pine, oak, etc.
Pine
Pine
White pine
P T pine, oak, etc.
Oak
Cedar or white pine
White pine
Oak or other hardwood
White pine
White pine
Brass or bronze
Hardwood
Hardwood
Bronze

Quantity

4 pieces 1 piece 12 lin. ft. 1 piece 1 piece 2 pieces 1 piece 50 sq ft 8 pieces 1 piece 4 pieces 2 pieces 1 piece 8 pieces 4 pieces 1 or 2 pair

Size
1" x 10" x 16' ( ³⁄ 4" x 9 ³⁄ 8" actual)
2" x 2 ³⁄ 8"x 26" shaped per plan
1"x 5"or 1"x 6"nominal
3"x 35"board
³⁄ 4" x 10" x 36"
1 ¹⁄ 4"x 1¹⁄ 2"x 20"
⁵⁄ 8"x 3 ¹⁄ 2"x 14' long
³⁄ 4" total thickness
³⁄ 4" x 8" notched for thwarts
1 ³⁄ 8"x 1 ³⁄ 4" x 24"
³⁄ 4" x 8" (total about 12')
³⁄ 4"x 1 ¹ ⁄ 2"x 16' scarfed from scrap
¹⁄ 2" half-oval or half-round
⁷⁄ 8" diameter, 4 ¹⁄ 2" long, tapered
1 ¹⁄ 4" x 2"x 5"bored to suit
standard open type

Fastenings

Box (100 count) 1 ¹⁄ ₄" #10 for keel batten, stem, transom, and guards

Box 1 ³⁄ ₄" #10 for bottom

Box 1 ¹ ⁄ ₂" for mold and temporary fastenings

Miscellaneous

— 1 pint epoxy with slow hardener, filling and fairing compounds

— Mixing container, gloves, acid brushes, putty knife

— 1 canister 3M 5200 adhesive, with gun

Tools

Block plane

Spokeshave

Hammer

Drill (cordless preferred), with drivers for drywall and slotted screws

Fuller taper drill & counterbore for #10 screws

Sabersaw

Table saw

Workbench with vise

Full-scale plans for the Lumberyard Skiff are available from Maynard Bray, P.O. Box 52, Brooklin, ME 04616. Cost for the set (four sheets) is $35.