Have formed a yuloh from Matt's plan for the Paradox yuloh. Interestingly, the plan calls for the yuloh to be curved with 30mm of camber. I laminated a couple of tight grained douglas fir boards together to form the curved blank. After trimming the laminated boards to dimension on the band saw, I took the trimmed off scraps and laminated them back onto the blank to build up sections that were a few mm under dimension. The blade area needed to be a few mm wider and the handle needed to be a few mm thicker.
Here is the squared up blank with trimmed off strips laminated on to build up the low areas.
Yesterday I shaped the yuloh with a hand plane, a fairing board and a sander. Then filled some nicks and sanded the yuloh today. The photos don't show the ingenious shape of the plan. I put it on the deck of the boat to see how it will stow. (blade alongside the deckhouse). I fits beautifully. The curve conforms perfectly to to the curve of the deck. How did he do that?
1 comment:
Very nice looking yuloh! I have the Paradox plans and see the 30 mm longitudinal curve, but I didn't realize it meant the entire length of the yuloh. Thanks for pointing that out.
When the yuloh is stowed on deck, does the end form a bowsprit, or does it stay inside the stem?
Are you planning to use an oarlock or will you go with the pivot pin shown on the Paradox drawing?
Looking forward to a video of you sculling Fantasma .
Dave
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