Frame, stem & keel repair
This work provides practical advice from experts who have done frame, steel and keel work themselves. They share their knowledge by taking the reader through specific projects and describing the step-by-step procedures so the reader knows what, how and why they did it
Print Book, English, ©1996
WoodenBoat Publications, Brooklin, ME, ©1996
ix, 133 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
9780937822425, 0937822426
36634539
Why bent frames break, and how to fix them
Bending wood
An unpressured approach to steaming
A steam box primer
A steam box scrapbook
Reframing a yacht
Stem, transom, and frame repairs for a 12 1/2 footer
Extending the life of a St. Lawrence skiff
Removing tension in new frames
Making laminated frames
An alternative frame-repair technique
New floors and frames
Gazel's new timber
The repair and replacement of stems
A new stem and new frames
Replacing a powerboat stem
Bending stems
Keelbolts: removing the old, installing the new
Removing rusted keelboats
A new keel for an old boat
A keel lamination in place
Replacing a keel and a centerboard trunk. Why bent frames break and how to fix them; bending wood; reframing a yacht and a small boat; making laminated frames; stem repair and replacement; bending stems; removing keelbolts; replacing a keel; laminating a keel in place; rebuilding a centreboard trunk. (Part contents)
By J. Murray Abercrombie and others