Building a tinny

[batten]

Hi ausfishers, i was wondering has any body, especially quallified welders/sheet metal worker tried building their own tinny, i was thing of a flat bottom punt mainly. u would buy all the material ur self, design it ur self (dream boat) bend as much of it as u can ur self, then if u cant weld, sent it to someone who can. u would then hav ur very own boat, brand new, custom made, ur design, eg 4 a car topper. ould the price be cheaper, even or more expensive than a brand new boat. i was onlyreally thinking of a punt tho, nothing serious.

[finga]

It'll work out a lot more expensive then buying a mass produced punt in my opinion.

The differences in the aluminium costings between Joe Blow and say Quintrex would be staggering. ie sheet of 2mm for Joe is about $150-180 (is that right or is it more expensive now) and Quintrex may buy it for $80

The differences in the fabrication costings would be staggering. Joe Blow would be around the $80-90/hr. Quintex pay somebody say $15-20/hr

[Noelm]

certainly will be more expensive, and you could end up witha real dud, I was part of a "team" that built one at TAFE a while ago when I was doing a night class for Aluminium welding, even with all the tools and welding experience available to us, it was still a big job, when finished it was certainly OK, but I reckon you could have bought two for the price it cost us, (don't know who inherited it later) think long and hard about it, if you do not already own a good Aluminium welder and can use it, then scrap the whole idea, not to mention bending/folding machines, if you do attempt it, you will have an apreciation as to why Boats are priced like they are, trust me on that one!

[NormC]

Another alternative is a ply boat. Don't laugh.
My son just bought the plans for a 12 or 13 foot ply boat from America. It is apparently rated for a 30 HP motor, providing it is built properly I guess. Doubt he'll put anything that big on it though.

Just a fun project. He knows he can buy a new tinnie the same size for well under $2,000. But how good would it be to go fishing in a boat you made yourself!

[finga]

Another alternative is a ply boat. Don't laugh.
My son just bought the plans for a 12 or 13 foot ply boat from America. It is apparently rated for a 30 HP motor, providing it is built properly I guess. Doubt he'll put anything that big on it though.

Just a fun project. He knows he can buy a new tinnie the same size for well under $2,000. But how good would it be to go fishing in a boat you made yourself!

How were the plans delivered matey?
Are they full sized or scale or PFD etc?
That's a goal od mine

[Dirtysanchez]

I think someone on this forum did that once (Troy) I think his name was.. he fab'd and welded his own platey (not a std tinny)
Came up OK but it was not without its setbacks and challenges.
Tinnys are rolled / stretched sheeting I believe, you couldn't replicate that in a garage environment IMO

I agree with the ply concept, that would be fun

[NormC]

How were the plans delivered matey?
Are they full sized or scale or PFD etc?
That's a goal od mine

The plans are full size. So you mark out the ply direct from them for cutting.

He ordered the plans on the net. I think he said they cost him $15. Don't know if that was US or AU $. Probably US. So at today's lousy exchange rate $25. Possibly $30 or so with postage.

Norm C

[savagetin]

Try www.dolphinboatplans.com if your interested in plywood boat plans. The plans come on a cd. The best part is they are only $14 inc. postage.

Tony

[ozbee]

yeah there was a few made up here in the north much the same as the 12 ft punt but 8 ft wide they were great for casting for prawns etc but just weren't so great for going around coroners . some one in the end made a fibreglass mould over the top of them than built them out of fibreglass and put a few more ribs in the bottom to make them grip better to turn still some running around thirty years later.

[FNQCairns]

Hi ausfishers, i was wondering has any body, especially quallified welders/sheet metal worker tried building their own tinny, i was thing of a flat bottom punt mainly. u would buy all the material ur self, design it ur self (dream boat) bend as much of it as u can ur self, then if u cant weld, sent it to someone who can. u would then hav ur very own boat, brand new, custom made, ur design, eg 4 a car topper. ould the price be cheaper, even or more expensive than a brand new boat. i was onlyreally thinking of a punt tho, nothing serious.

What about a steel one?

cheers fnq

[mcchaddy]

This is what you need.

http://www.storerboatplans.com/Punt/Punt.html

Cheap and easy to build. I plan on build one myself.

Cheers

Michael.

[batten]

i see ur point, i would probably just get a cheapis one & really do it up nice

[Matt76]

Mate I am a sheety but it wasnt cost effective to make my own. I bought a basic hull and put my own stuff in from there like side pockets and floor gussets etc.

Thats the way to go I reckon.

[tunaticer]

It would be probably a self satisfaction thing to create your own small plate boat. Something that the off the shelf tinnies can't be related to becuase of its structural integrity with all your own modcons etc.

Nothing worth doing yourself is ever that cheap.

Jack.

[tin can marlin]

imo you are much better off buying a new one for a couple of grand try cunninghams they have some nice allycrafts in stk at the moment and they are keen to talk.