Ripping Oak and Ash Ripping Oak and Ash Ripping Oak and Ash

One almost feels bad chopping up beautiful fresh boards into tiny ribs and what not, but just almost. When ripping the slightly thicker, 8 mm Oak for coamings, it was so flexible coming off the saw I had to resist the temptation to try and bend them in a coaming shape without steaming them! The grain didn't look perfect from the side but a half-informed gamble choosing these planks seems to have paid off.

On a sidenote, I bought screws, glue, planks and boards for kayak stands, forms, a table and maybe some more miscellaneous bits and pieces we might need to make. Oh and a sh**tload of clamps!