Building own Plate alloy

[scottv50]

Yes definitely keep the story and pictures coming. This is something I have thought about before so to see this from start to finish will be a big inspiration.

[young_mind]

love the design good one looking forward to end it .
I would love to build myself I am motor body builder and been looking for a kits up to 6.0 with more open allround to do it at home.
where you get the kits and like to have more detail ta THAT TOPS

[stuart]

Young_mind

Have a look at www.nomadmarinekits.com. Adam is great to deal with and has more patience than a nun. You can buy a kit or have one designed from the ground up.

Stu

[finding_time]

Stuart

Really looking foward to this mate!! I have interested in doing something like this for a long long time!!

Could i ask how much welding experience you have had? If i had to put a box trailer together i would have no worries but i would baulk at this sort of stuff, i'm probably being over cautious. I would be very interested how you attack the problem of weld quality

Ian

[stuart]

Finding Time

Yes I know what your saying mate. I haven't had all that much experience welding but have been shown by some extremly experienced welders which helps to no end. I'm confident in welding non structural sections but when it comes to the hull I'm leaving that to the expert, my boiler maker Friend with a billion years experience in alloy welding. I'm taking it all together with no prob's and welding other section myself with out any heart failure just yet. Once you have been shown by a good welder its common sense to some degree. I suppose its important to have the right amps set along with gas flow per minute, and wire feed. Have any of these out to far and the weld wont stick or even worse it wont penetrate. I wouldnt be held back from building a boat based on your lack of welding experiance, their are Tafe courses and amny people to help if you ask. I cant tell you how much satisfaction you get out of building a boat.

Stu

[stuart]

Another up date. I have finished placing all the fames in and the stringers, The chines went on today in a matter of 20 minutes, no real fuss. I did how ever have to pay a visit to the doctor to stich my hand back up. Looking at bone and ligaments cant be good. I had the 5mm plate bottom pulled up hard and ready to spot weld when the clamp slipped and stopped on top of my knuckle. Pulling the bow up on my own was a bit of a headache but its don and all is straight as a die and all measurements are with in 2 mm overall. I now have to run a straight edge in between each frame with a spirit level and place timber blocks under each frame to keep that level. Once the hull is spot on over all then I will be dropping the side sheets on then it’s time to roll it over. Its no were near as hard as what I thought and I would encourage anyone with some degree of mechanical aptitude.

Stu

[stuart]

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[StevenM]

Thanks for the progress report mate

hope the hand dont slow you down

cheers

Steven

[BrandonH]

Looking good mate!!!!!! hope your had is ok and as Hi-Yo said hope it dosn't slow you down


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Brandon...

[sid_fishes]

stuart,mate hows the hand[ all good i hope and welcome to the world of what a metalworker does for a living]i do hope that it is all good.. so how,s the boat comming along where,s the pics and if i can give you a hand just yell ... cheers ian

[young_mind]

Oh mate! careful next time and wear gloves as alloy sharp edge can be pain Love to see more next time.
Got some info from normadmarine very keen and nice design. Keep up your good work

[stuart]

Ian,

May take you up on that mate, sure could use some expert hands when it comes to forming some of this thick alloy. The hand coped a bit of a wack and needed some stitches, I just took them out myself, the dam things kept getting in my way. I got the wife to hold them up and sniped them out. She did almost faint but that was part of the fun. Young mind, Adam is a nice guy and knows his stuff. I will be posting some more pics in the next day or two so stay tuned.

Stu

[stuart]

Finished taking up the bow and placed the last two frames in. Here is the first of the horizontal frames in the bow.

[stuart]

The last of the horizontal frames. The bow isnt going any where in a hurry.

[BrandonH]

Looking good its great to be able to watch as you build this from scratch never knew how they did the pressed tinnys..

Looking forward to the next update

Cheers N
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Brandon...