Monday, Get those packages in.
What is a dutchman? Where did the term originate? Warning, even my answer is suspect so don't devote your life to this. Also the term has thrift as only part of my answer.
Monday, Get those packages in.
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Norm refers to "butterflies" as Dutchmen...although I really don't know why.
Tommy
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I have heard it used by carpenters to describe a crude patch or splice.
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That's because the Dutch are too cheap to replace a defective piece of wood. They call it a design element.
From a Dutchman
John Veerkamp
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#5It was originally a boat builder's term.
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From a friend out of Seattle. The first I ever heard of a Dutchman not being a patch on a table or seat was in boatbuilding. In that context, it was a method to correct a plank that wouldn't spile (spile is a peg in this case, not a spigot) correctly.
I was told it got the name "Dutchman"� because of the extreme roundness of the Dutch botter�, a beamy shallow draft vessel with no keel and lee boards to keep it from drifting that is very difficult to plank because of the bend, twist, and edge set required to achieve the shape.
A Dutchman was used to correct a plank mid span, whereas a "stealer" (timber wedge in function) was used to correct either end of a plank.
To look at a model botter boat and get some great Christmas book ideas.. http://www.eldrbarry.net/hatr/wdshpbks.htm
Tim was more correct today.