Thanks Tom - interesting - I have never used anything thinner than 1.2mm wire (0.047") - (in 5356) but I am not using a pull feed gun so I am...
Tom - nice looking boat - well done. All people who build boats are boat builders - amateurs have the advantage of being able to build the way...
Ad Hoc From a technical point of view, I agree with most of what you say, but as another marine professional, I do not think the way you have...
Conventional wisdom on weld strength in 5000 series (so called work hardening) alloys is that they retain, at best, 85% of the strength of the...
Are the plates precut? NC plasma cut or otherwise already cut out? If not, how do you intend to template the plate shapes? If the plates are...
Daiquiri - thanks for that - this one is beyond me. Tuhin.name - you sure like big projects. While I am sure that there is a science that will...
Hi Tuhin.name I think we need more information on what you are trying to achieve. Is the hull a chine form or round bilge? You say bending the...
Drawing the sections. I forgot to mention the following in the previous post. You use the elevation drawing to draw the curvature of the...
More than you wanted to know on conic delelopment with Autcad. daiquiri I think we are talking at cross purposes here. I have been describing...
bending plywood Hi Mike No, I think that is the last thing you would do as the stress risers would likely cause the plywood to fail at the...
Gerrs hull speed formula Hi Rick Thanks for that and I understand about the relationship between gravity, density of water and the length of...
Gerr's revised hull speed formula Do you have the source of Dave Gerrs "revised" formula? I have been aware for a long time that the SL of 1.34...
Conic development drawing I forgot to attach the drawing of how the conic development looks. I hope this makes things clearer. Cheers Al
Conical development of sheet material CET, The situation you are describing sounds to me like the conical development you will get anytime you...