This time, we forget the plywood that was used for couples and we work with real wood, solid wood, tree wood. To make his transom, Lucas buys his supplies from the sawmill. He buys Sipo, a tropical wood with red tones from Congo.
Then follows the explanation of woodworking on the machine tool with cutting, planing and planing to obtain boards ready to be glued together.
Lucas explains the gluing technique in detail, with the choice and meaning of the pieces of wood. Finally, he goes to press. Special presses that he designed and manufactured himself (see the explanation on the manufacture of the presses in this video). After the unavoidable drying time of the epoxy resin used as glue, he starts cutting and finishing his transom.
Faithful to his desire to work as much as possible with wood by hand, Lucas shows us how to erect this piece with a planer and finish it off with a scraper. Gestures and shavings that make you want to start building...
