metal boat project

Discussion in 'Metal Boat Building' started by Thunderhead19, Mar 20, 2006.

  1. Thunderhead19
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    Thunderhead19 Senior Member

    This boat is now available for demonstration and sale. Demonstrations can be arranged through Dave Garrington at our headquarters in Esquimalt, British Columbia; home of Canada's Pacific Naval Fleet.
    (250) 386 8244
     
  2. joshman
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    As for the cutting problems, Im quite suprised to hear of mis-shapen parts. I used to run a plasma table full time and the only problem we ever had was that the machine itself would start cutting out of square on large items, (less than 1 degree though). This was due to high speed cutting (1000 IPM) and servo slippage adding up over time. Aside from that the only cutting issues that even ordinary plasma cuts could have are thicker or thiner cuts than what the plotting computer/person had allowed for. This would only contribute to 1/16" difference in cut at the most.

    By the way how much $$$$$$$ did you pay for a water jet table? Last time I looked they were $150,000+, plasma is a easy $50,000. Anyway this was off the subject but the plasma table subject excited me.
     
  3. Pavel
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    Pavel Junior Member

    since this thread got alive again, this statement really surprised me. I would love to see a plasma aluminium cut which does not need de-burring if it is to be welded afterwards (i.e. to hull specs. quality welds). Did I sleep over the progress in plasma cutting or is it just a wishful thinking Thunder? I would believe that even laser-cut would need de-burring as opposed to water-jet which in addition to no-deburring cut also leaves no HAZ whatsoever. To me water jet is superior for to be welded aluminium cuts, but I would be only happy to learn otherwise.

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  4. Thunderhead19
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    The table ran us bout $150 CDN. The High def plasma cut plates needed the edges cleaned up a bit, but didn't show a bad amount of "dross". It was similar to what you'd get from a band saw cut, I suppose. There is a miniscule bur on the back side of a waterjet cut plate, its tiny and razor sharp.
     
  5. Pavel
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    Pavel Junior Member

    al2O3

    I think the issue is not the dross but the Al2O3 which is necessary formed during plasma cutting as opposed to water jet or skill saw cutting. This can cause major problem (with in-weld inclusions) with the high quality welds and thus a priory requires de-burring. Or does the new high definition plasma avoid oxidation problem with alu? I wonder...
     
  6. Thunderhead19
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    Never experienced any problems with Al2O3 on this project, or any of the previous 8 patrol boats (also plasma). We had to have our welds x-rayed on the patrol boats-no problems. Many edges were beveled for welding, that may have eliminated the problem.
     
  7. jerize80

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  8. winters
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    winters Junior Member

    I'm also considered about this issue. Did you use any margins and/or settings in Rhino to compensate ? I don't know if i have to but just wondering about the complex parts & different plate thicknesses as you say..
     

  9. Thunderhead19
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    Actually I broke the hull bottom plate into segments, but unequally. By unequally, I mean that I tried to find the true tangents to the surface in a few reasonable places.

    Because of this, the hull bottom plate did not come out fair, but I created frames from them anyway, and faired them out manually. The idea behind doing this was that the plate had to come out to the real surface area and be constrained by as many real boundaries as possible. The frames weren't changed enough by my manipulation to make them fit badly, and it actually compensated quite well for minor welding distortion.

    I made no allowances for plate thickness except for the internal framing.
     
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