Comments on: Woodwork http://corribee.org corribee.org | corribee.wordpress.com Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:23:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: colin powell http://corribee.org/technical/woodwork/#comment-1862 Wed, 14 Apr 2010 21:44:30 +0000 http://corribee.org/?page_id=1644#comment-1862 Update:
Iroko is specified on the Newbridge ‘Standard Boat Specification’ sheet, Jan.1980, for all exterior woodwork, including rubbing strakes.

(BTW, these spec sheets are on the reverse of the Newbridge Order Form.)

The Jan.1982 Specification Sheet specifies Danta for all exterior woodwork, with the exception of the rubbing strakes, which are listed as Iroko. I’d never heard of Danta before this.

Presumably Danta must confer some advantage over Iroko – otherwise, why change the spec ? Especially as Iroko is a far more common timber.

Danta’s scientific name is Nesogordonia Papaverifera, and alternative names are: Kotibe (Ivory Coast), Otutu (Nigeria), Owoe (Cameroon), Arborbo (Gabon), Kondofindo (Zaire), Naouya (Angola), Abumana, Akumaba, Epro (Ghana).

It’s listed in http://fp1.centurytel.net/amww/wood.html and
http://www.unctad.org/infocomm/anglais/timbertrop/characteristics.htm

Hope this helps/clarifies.

]]> By: scorribee http://corribee.org/technical/woodwork/#comment-1774 Sun, 11 Apr 2010 07:40:49 +0000 http://corribee.org/?page_id=1644#comment-1774 Strange – I haven’t heard of Danta before, and it’s not shown on the Robbins Timber website – is that a local name for something else? My Corribee definitely uses iroko for all the exterior woodwork including the grab handles and grab rails.

]]> By: colin powell http://corribee.org/technical/woodwork/#comment-1721 Fri, 09 Apr 2010 13:49:49 +0000 http://corribee.org/?page_id=1644#comment-1721 Coromandel (x2)

Rubbing strakes are made from Iroko.

All grab handles and slides are made from Danta.

Iroko would be a better choice for hatch slides – mine have rotted out due to standing rainwater. Stay with Danta for the handles – it was chosen because it has a cross-linked grain. You’ll need to through-bolt if you use Iroko/ Teak etc.

Email me if you want measurements of the original hatch slides.

]]> By: J wilkey http://corribee.org/technical/woodwork/#comment-874 Sat, 13 Feb 2010 14:39:22 +0000 http://corribee.org/?page_id=1644#comment-874 I have purchased a Trapper 28 but came across your web site by accident/ cross ref. All I can say is well done! What a fantistic, useful, informative, technically literate bunch Especially the woodwork input. Keep it up
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]]> By: Jay Blackburn http://corribee.org/technical/woodwork/#comment-189 Wed, 26 Aug 2009 20:21:15 +0000 http://corribee.org/?page_id=1644#comment-189 My hatch just slides on Tufnol strip about 1″ wide and not much thicker than formica. No woodwork under it.

]]> By: Declan McKinney http://corribee.org/technical/woodwork/#comment-184 Tue, 25 Aug 2009 18:26:10 +0000 http://corribee.org/?page_id=1644#comment-184 YM Sep ’82 Coromandel review states that the internal woodwork is ‘varnished mahogany ply’.

]]> By: ecorribee http://corribee.org/technical/woodwork/#comment-182 Tue, 25 Aug 2009 18:15:04 +0000 http://corribee.org/?page_id=1644#comment-182 I’m working on it. These have been built to scale using Google Sketchup and if you open the source files in Sketchup you can get all the dimensions. However, WordPress (where this blog is hosted), does not allow Google Sketchup files to be posted. This should be solved in a day or two – please be patient! By the way, are you also making the rails that the hatch slides on? If so, do you know what materials they are made out of and their dimensions? I have all the woodwork but not the rails and need their dimensions.

]]> By: Jay Blackburn http://corribee.org/technical/woodwork/#comment-181 Tue, 25 Aug 2009 18:10:03 +0000 http://corribee.org/?page_id=1644#comment-181 These Drawings are very nice but need dimensions and details. I am in the process of making new companionway slides and to do so from the drawings is impossible. However Its a great job of rendition !!

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