KINGSTON — A breeze off the Jones River wafts through the open door, swirling the dust and curled wood shavings covering the cement floor. The smell of wood — some weathered with age, some freshly cut — hangs thick in the warm air. Smiling, his forehead beaded with sweat, Reuben Smith pops up from the belly of a 24-foot Fenwick Williams canoe yawl. Somewhere amid the sawhorses, schematic drawings, handmade benches, tools and boxes of nails, a telephone rings. “Your boat will be done by next Memorial Day!” Smith shouts toward the sound. He laughs, but there is a kernel of truth to what he said. The owner of the Tumblehome Boatshop knows that the traditional restoration and building of boats is a long, slow, careful process. Smith grew up in the Adirondacks. His father and uncle, whom Smith started working for at 15, were boat builders. Smith, who now lives in Plympton, Smith began teaching classes in boat building at the Hull Lifesaving Museum in 1997. Working out of an old diesel box truck, he would travel from town to town, plying his trade. Smith said there are still a few little shops like his up and down the coast, as well as a handful of expert craftsmen to supply them with the tools and fittings they need. Together, they form a unique collective that is carrying on centuries-old traditions. “All of us find identity through tradition. We’re bookish,” Smith said. “Artisans today have to be part scholar, part grunt. You have to go to libraries, museums So much about …
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Dogwood doin’ their thing…

NON-SWEDISH PEOPLE: subtitles coming up very soon!

DISCLAIMER:
I do not claim to own any of the music tracks featured in this video, they are owned by their respective owners. But only small parts of the songs are featured and I hardly believe it will affect the owners’ abilities to sell their products.

The people in the group either wrote down information about their specific areas, or recorded themselves speaking, audio or video, to be edited by me.

It was supposed to be around 7 minutes, this one is over 18! Because YouTube doesn’t support videos longer than 11 minutes, I had to split it into two parts.

Credits:
Joel Hagroth: editor, video, audio – Swedish/Viking history and more
Måns Åberg: video, audio – uses/properties/chemistry (Månsshow)
Björn Alvinge: video, audio – history in general
Love Wahlström: video, audio – extraction/chemistry (intro)
Tobias Unger Ahr: information – uses/samurai history
Hampus Lindberg: information – cast iron

Most of it was recorded and edited 2010-02-17 – 2010-02-23, however several edits were made afterwards.
Cameras used were Panasonic Lumix DMC FX-35 (Månsshow), Sony Handycam DCR-SX31 (Björn) and Pentax Optio M30. It was made in Macromedia Fireworks (images, both visual and for green screen) and edited in Magix Music Maker 10 deluxe and converted to a 640×480 resolution 25 fps Windows Media Video.

Thanks for watching!

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YouTube channels:
Joel Hagroth – SwedishBerzerker
Måns Åberg – Bananboms
Björn Alvinge – 93alvbjo
Love Wahlström – RatchetClank93

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