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08-19-2017, 09:36 PM #1
The grid thing
Ok the process building!, glassing !,the steel frame ready to be glassed to the mould!, 3 ready made grids and a old mould that has seen better days !
these are for smaller boats but each model had its own grid ! because of hull shape and size and if it was a open boat or a small cabin style family boat with a vee birth and foot well up front !! fuel tanks sat in a proper recess and supported from the grid . simple ,easy to make light weight and worked very effectively and saved lots of time during the assembly and building process !!
Its is also possible to add a element of give and spring by changing the shape of the sides of the stringers on a grid to allow and have a slight spring effect!! add to that a special semi flexible solid glass hull made with the right glass the right way and behold you can have a soft ride production hull !!
Didn't see that one coming did you !!Last edited by tunnels; 08-20-2017 at 02:46 AM.
Messing round with boats is fun !! the learning never stops ,even after more than 30 years there's always something new happening somewhere ! BUT somethings never change and some problems never go away and just keep reoccurring !!so moved into Composite Forensics , Now that something completely new !!
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