Wednesday, 8 May 2019

And even more templates

Some photo's of the latest templates. I now will be able to cut the hull including transom, bulkheads and floor frames. The keel templates were finished already...

Keel and centerboard box template

Bottom template

Side
Bulkheads and floor frames

How the bulkheads and frames look like (in wood)




New tools

Early this week I received my first set of extra tools. In this case a grinder with some specialized disks, a metal cutter and a welding helmet from HBM-machines (link at bottom of blog).

The metal cutter is a heavy type capable of cutting 4 mm steel. I guess 4 mm aluminum will do as well. The cutter had some good reviews (youtube) and the company where I bought it as well.

The Helmet is from the same company. There are automatic helmets available from around €200,- and from around €30,- As an amateur I found the second category more than reasonable.
I tested it yesterday at welding classes and it fits well and works nice.

The grinder spins ;-) Thats all I could test on the moment but I am confident that it will do its job.

Next purchase will be the Tig welding machine.