Bending a sheer-strake (dari) timber

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posted on 2025-02-07, 13:50 authored by Swarup BhattacharyyaSwarup Bhattacharyya

A wedge driven between a sheer-strake (dari) timber and a stake in the ground adusts the torsion on the timber, and hence the ultimate longitudinal 'twist'.

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Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

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Rights owner

Swarup Bhattacharyya

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Namasudra

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India

Place

Dihimandalghat, West Bengal

Cultural context/event

Building

Date of creation

2022-10-28

Unique ID

2022SG04-B10-0719

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boatbuilding hull sheer strake wedge. fire bending

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