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Well, after posting these last night we were woken up by the house alarm at 3:30 this morning. My garage and hobby room have PIR sensors connected to the house alarm. They broke into my shed, found nothing and moved onto the garage. Thank heavens for the alarm. It went off as soon as they stepped foot inside. If they had got into my room I don't know what damage they would have done. However, the alarm worked, and the build lives on!!!
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Finally got another 3 hours at it tonight. Firstly I noticed the one of the gun port patterns at the stern had flared out with a large "blob" of glue under it. I scraped this away and re-glued. Got the first 2 planking strips glued into position on both sides tonight. That's it so far, but hope to keep at it a bit more regularly now.
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Both sides went really well actually. Although I couldn't get them to sit flush with the tops of all the bulkhead extensions. I don't think that this should be an issue though, as they are removed down to deck level anyway. I didn't manage to get any more done last night, and I am busy tonight and tomorrow night. The England game is on Friday. So it's looking like it could be the weekend before I get a chance to start the first planking. I also need to drill the holes for the mounting pedestals.
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Build Board MK II. Front sliding clamp bar is wider with the screws away from the hull. I have also added a removable aluminium front bar. This has 3 bolts in it to jack the strip onto the keel to get a firm hold. The front strip is then clamped down, and the aluminium bar removed to give working access. Last night I fitted the second gunport pattern. Hopefully I'll be starting the first planking tonight.
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I haven't really though as far ahead as that. The build board would require a slight modification to the design if I built another one. It is difficult to slide the clamping strip tightly up to the keel in the middle of the length. The width of the bulkheads hinders. Not a problem before the bulkheads are in position, but a bit of a pain if you want to take it in and out after they are fitted. Mark 2 is being designed in my head right now. I'm thinking of maybe some jacking studs through 6 mm tapped aluminium plates attached to the edge. 4 plates along the edge should suffice. Slacken off the countersunk screws, jack against the keel with the studs, and then lock up the countersinks. Might be something I do next week. If so I will post an updated photograph. Actually I have just realised that once planked I can't get to the screws anyway. Jacking studs with the screws slightly loose looks they way to go.
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Hi Ken, The board is manufactured from Polyethylene. The same material as chopping boards are made from. I have my own company and we manufacture most of our parts out of this material. I have a 1.6 Mtr x 0.9 Mtr CNC vacuum bed router. I drew up the parts on the CAD system and programmed them for manufacture on that machine.
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06/11/13 All bulkheads are now glued into position. I have also fitted the Stern Extensions.The Gunport Pattern Formers are assembled, and the Gunport Patterns are shaped. One has been shaped and clamped to the Bulkheads to help keep its shape, whilst the other has been left overnight on the Former. Next is to bevel off the Bulkheads to suit and fit the Gunport Patterns.
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