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These days I’m working at the boat shop of McClave, Philbrick and Giblin in Mystic Ct. Readers of Wooden Boat have probably bumped into one or two of Ed McClave’s articles. He brings a phenomenal depth of engineering knowledge to his writing. Andy has assembled an excellent crew of builders at the shop so the level of work that we can do is truly as good as it gets.
When I’m not at the shop I’ve been writing a blog for my old school. You can find it on the home page. I may be doing another one following another boat project, but we’ll see… Yeah, it’s a cheesy tease.
October 28th, 2009 at 6:55 am
I discovered your wonderful blog while looking for info on thole pins. I’m now reading my way through from the beginning. I noticed in the Aug 2, 2007 entry on fairing in the stern post and horn timber that the stuffing box nuts don’t seem correct-different sizes, short nutted, etc. I was taught the correct way is the thinner nut on the bottom, the thicker nut on top as described here. http://www.epcserver.com/Structural/Analysis/connection/info_jamnut.asp
Thanks for sharing your experience.
October 28th, 2009 at 6:44 pm
Hey Bill,
Nice article on the proper use of jam nuts. I’ll pass that along to Rob. Rob is now the lead guy in charge of the Charles W. Morgan whaling ship restoration at Mystic Seaport. And, last I checked, Roanne was out of the water, so they would have access to those nuts.
Tom