Hey, that's a really cool idea. My prelim math says I need transverse frames at 48 inches so a box girder would simplify things on the interior
I know that thread well. That and a buddy of mine that's a fire chief that showed me videos of fire safety tests involving spray foam convinced...
Up here, floating homes don't have engines. If it has an engine it's a recreational water craft. As it's been explained to me. Home port is...
Awesome. That's pretty much what my original plan was. I was going to do enough of the engineering and design to generate a half decent build...
That's pretty much what I figured. I took a quick look at the barge docs but it was for a push barge, not a motor barge, can you give me the...
I am in the consideration phase of building a 70-80 foot dutch barge in the US. I have the beginnings of a design and such and am beginning to...
yea, i already know i need to get all kinds of equipment to preheat and cool the plates, and a few other things. And im likely not going to do...
Home port is Pittsburgh. Our rivers freeze over every few years up to about 2-3 inches. This past season we had 20 inch ice drifts going down...
I'm using such heavy plate for two reasons, one, this boat is going to live on the Mississippi which is notorious for changing depths overnight...
I can bead it with a welder I suppose. Same effect. Interesting. Thanks
I'm designing a dutch barge. It's a 70x16 footer with a keel plate about 12 feet wide and about 40 feet long of 3/4 ah36 plate. As I'm putting...
Awesome. Thanks. Now when you say double the frames, would I be doing full height frames, meaning from the center line all the way around the...
With the way I'm building it, basically using chain hoists to fold the steel over the frames, I'm worried about making the vertical plates any...
I designing a 75 foot klipper barge for the river system of Pittsburgh. The issue that comes to mind is the fact we had 2 to 4 thick ice on the...
I am in the bar napkin phase of a dutch barge and i was just thinking about all the stuff i would have to deal with. Plus all the lessons learned...
24X15 is what the yard said to use. its 24 ounce roven woven with 15 ounce cut strand stitched to it with a nylon thread. i should have kept the...
yea, it starts at an inch and a half at the keel and gradually tapers up to about 1/4 by the time it gets to the top of the hull. ive been told...
we are not doing anything that thick (yet) and when we do the extension to the hull we will have the guys at the composites shop next door helping...
gonzo, he got that from another post i made. it is for infusion jobs. i need a new skill for the next phase of the boat im building, just trying...
and on the resin estimates, rule of thumb, if i have 10 pounds of glass, i weigh out 10 pounds of resin to start with and have a bit set aside...
