Join us as we design and build a set of interlocking 16 inch square cribbing boxes. These will be used to stabilize the trailer with sailboat for restoration...

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hi I'm your host Terry J and in this

video we're going to discuss building

cribbing boxes for the Erickson

restoration project during the

restoration of this Erickson 27 sailboat

I found the need that I have to raise

the boat and trailer as a complete unit

so that it can be supported safely and

then I'll be able to add a third axle to

this two axle system so in order to do

this I needed to design a set of

cribbing boxes so using a software

package called SolidWorks

which is 3d design and modeling tool I

created a set of CAD drawings in this

binder right here we're going to be

using those to construct cribbing boxes

to construct our 16 inch square cribbing

blocks we will need to cut a whole bunch

of identical pieces so to do so what

I've done is I've built a miter table

out of an old concrete form I have this

pre-cambrian Ryobi miter saw and I

needed to get a set of risers this Ryobi

saw is about three and a half inches the

same size as a 2x4 so it was easy to

build a couple of risers so we can

support our artwork and make some nice

square cuts on our Crippin boxwood the

other thing I needed was a stop this

stop has been measured out so that it is

exactly the 16.9 four inches that I need

to build one identical piece of wood

so each 2x6 makes five usable pieces for

the crib and to make a bottom the middle

and a top we need 15 pieces therefore

the three two by sixes required to build

a single cribbing blocks so let's cut a

few so this is the waste piece that

we're going to get we're going to get a

number of them from this project the

crib just so that you can see what it is

going to look like when it's done

it's basically set up like this and laid

out in this format right here it's kind

of really hard to get this all aligned

up there's going to be a lot of

measuring to do it's going to be a lot

of work I don't want to do that so what

I did is I designed a jig and we're

going to build a jig so that we can

quickly and easily assembly this all the

woods out in the right portion before

the next card comes and then get it

ready to be nailed down

can you believe this this is six

cribbing boxes that I have to build

there's going to be a mountain of wood

here

I own thing really safety first

dear phone hang on don't let go of that

it's a good idea wear safety goggles

that was cool

so this is how many Jenga blocks this

table and support that was good I was

kind of happy that I rescued that

well that's all the wood cutting so now

what we need to do is build a jig I've

designed a jig and we're going to cut it

up from a spare - bye for now

in my plan book which again all the

plans are available up here if you click

on that link or down below if you click

in the description you can get a copy of

these plans so plan number zero zero

seven zero one zero cribbing box

assembly jig for 30 nice long name plan

looks like this the we're going to need

some of the same sizes the 430 s so

we'll continue using our stop that we

have and we're going to cut three pieces

for our jig okay so now that those are

done the next thing that I have to do is

we have to cut three more pieces but

there are a lot smaller they are I

checked my plans book they're 200

there's two of them that are 236 so

we'll just use the old measuring tape

236

and we'll just snack this one on top

buttered up against the saw so we'll

need those and then the last one is 196

millimeters long and that's everything

we need for that so once we finish

cutting the cribbing bolts pieces Loren

and Adam sort of figured out that

they're kind of a good

Jenga arrangement what we did is we

played Jenga for a bit and then we

continued recording this video you want

to see how the Django works you should

maybe have a look at one of the other

videos that we have in our list and

it'll be everybody playing Jenga also

the plans for Jenga are also included on

the website so you can download those

now that we got the pieces cut for our

assembly jig 4:30 what we're going to do

is put it together now I was originally

going to nail this with a Binford but

I've decided to go with screwing it down

with 2-inch screws so to put this fit

together is relatively simple what we're

going to do is I'm actually going to

screw it to my board because it'll be

handy for it to be held down while I put

the pieces together

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so there we go

that's basically our assembly jig

completed so how does it work

simple oh that's why as it goes like

this let's see how offices it's been so

long since I designed it that I forgot

okay so how does the jig work we're

supposed to slide it in like this put

this like that put this like that and we

have one part now that we've got the

assembly jig build let's build some

middle sections of the cribbing box they

basically go in here here and we're

ready to go with the Binford set on auto

mode we go and we have built a cribbing

blocks section isn't that fantastic

beautiful

now that we're finished are all the

Middle's that we need what we're going

to do is disassemble our disconnect our

jig from this unit and we're going to

build some comps and bottoms the top is

easy to do all we need to do is put down

two pieces on the outside one top to

build a bottom we take a middle and we

flip it upside down and we have a bottom

piece build how does the cribbing box

work now well we put the bottom down

throw a top on top of the middle and

there we go but we have enough here to

build six cribbing boxes for our trailer

and this is going to lift it in our next

video we're going to be utilizing these

cribbing boxes to stabilize the Erickson

trailer behind me I hope you found the

information in this video useful if you

want the digital versions of the plans

they're available in the description

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