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Oakum and tools for caulking Hemp Prisoners picking oakum at Coldbath Fields Prison in London. Oakum is a preparation of tarred fibers used to seal gaps. Its traditional application was in shipbuilding for caulking or packing the joints of timbers in wooden vessels and the deck planking of iron and steel ships. [1]
Traditional caulking (also spelled calking) on wooden vessels uses fibers of cotton and oakum soaked in pine tar.These fibers are driven into the wedge-shaped seam between planks, with a caulking mallet and a broad chisel-like tool called a caulking iron.
Traditional caulking was made from combining the fibers of cotton and oakum, a type of hemp rope fiber soaked in pine tar. The sticky caulk mixture would be driven into a wedge-shaped seam between the wooden boat hull planks, with a caulking mallet and a broad chisel-like tool called a caulking iron to create a watertight seal.
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Caulking was generally tarred moss that was inserted into curved grooves, covered with wooden laths, and secured by metal staples called sintels. [8] The cog-built structure would be completed with a stern -mounted, hanging, central rudder on a heavy stern-post, which was a uniquely northern development. [ 10 ]
Damaged boat mid-reconstruction; carvel planking partially removed Caulking irons and oakum Caulking a wooden boat A sheet plywood sailboat during construction Brady 45' strip-built catamaran under construction Construction of the Naga Pelangi in 2004, a Malaysian pinas, using traditional edge-dowelled techniques.