January 08, 2012

Gerald N. - making of flakes

Had a casual visit with Gerald this morning and showed him the videos.

"... there are wood lots with trees that grow so close together that there aren't many branches... they are called longers and are used for building stages and flakes.  You get in trouble if you cut them down for firewood..."

Ted told me one time that when building boats, they would go into the wood to look for tree branches with special shapes.  These shapes are perfect for particular sections for a boat.


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