Spiling (boat building)

For environmental engineering, see Spiling.
Spiling batten in use

Spiling is a technique used in building wooden boats in which a smaller component is used as a pattern against which the outline of a larger component can be drawn. This is often used for creating planks on traditionally built boats that have complex shapes..[1]

When used for making a new plank for a boat a piece of timber the same length as the desired plank but both thinner and narrower is cut. This is called the spiling batten. This is then temporarily attached to the boat in the place of the plank required. The shape of the plank required can then be traced onto the spiling batten using a compass, or a dummy stick. The spiling batten can then be lifted out and placed on the new stock, and moved around to find the optimum use of the stock material, the using the same compass or dummy stick, the exact shape required can be traced off the spiling batten onto the new stock, ready to be cut out[2]

References

  1. ↑ Chapelle, Howard I. (1994). Boatbuilding : a complete handbook of wooden boat construction. New York: W.W. Norton. p. 240, 302. ISBN 978-0-393-03554-4.
  2. ↑ Pardey, Larry (1999). Details of Classic Boat Construction. W W Norton. p. 210. ISBN 978-0-9646036-8-4.
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