Garvey 15 (GV15) Aluminum / Aluminium
Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2016 2:53 pm
Awesome news i've got my plans thanks to the superb email postal service and the commitment from the guys at Bateau to get the plans to me. Just a word of praise Jamie you have been supper awesome!
As for the South African postal service... thanks for nothing! The guys at Bateau could have set the plans on fire and sent them to me via smoke signal and I would have received the plans before you would have ever delivered. Grrrrr...
So i've decided to try build a all aluminum GV15. I know there will be many out there who would be completely against this project but I want to ask those people to please keep the ugly for your own log and vlog's. Building a boat from any material is a huge commitment on its own without even considering all the nasty. And if aluminum appears to be failing I'll recycle the ali and switch over to wood.
I have every intention of keeping this build as detailed as possible. Frequent posts or as frequently as my build progresses. I am sure many out there know how quickly a 1 year project turns into a five year project. I'll also set up a time laps camera and post to YouTube
Not sure when the actual building will start but watch this space.
I am going to try keep to simple methods of building, methods available to most home DIY enthusiasts. So no major machinery apart from CNC cut parts. I'm not overly keen on cutting aluminum plate by hand.
Part of getting ready to CNC cut plate involves converting plans to suitable Cad formats which is a process in its own. Building from aluminum doesn't allow a huge tolerance like you'd have with wood, it's not all that easy to close a gap so once all parts have been modeled I'll computer assemble to ensure minimal clearance.
I'll be TIG welding because welding thin gauge ali with MIG is just asking for burn through. Ali spec will be 5000 series and panel thickness 3mm, deck 2mm with strategic stiffness. Various other sizes will be used and covered as the build progresses.
But for now i'll just keep converting plans to digital...
As for the South African postal service... thanks for nothing! The guys at Bateau could have set the plans on fire and sent them to me via smoke signal and I would have received the plans before you would have ever delivered. Grrrrr...
So i've decided to try build a all aluminum GV15. I know there will be many out there who would be completely against this project but I want to ask those people to please keep the ugly for your own log and vlog's. Building a boat from any material is a huge commitment on its own without even considering all the nasty. And if aluminum appears to be failing I'll recycle the ali and switch over to wood.
I have every intention of keeping this build as detailed as possible. Frequent posts or as frequently as my build progresses. I am sure many out there know how quickly a 1 year project turns into a five year project. I'll also set up a time laps camera and post to YouTube
Not sure when the actual building will start but watch this space.
I am going to try keep to simple methods of building, methods available to most home DIY enthusiasts. So no major machinery apart from CNC cut parts. I'm not overly keen on cutting aluminum plate by hand.
Part of getting ready to CNC cut plate involves converting plans to suitable Cad formats which is a process in its own. Building from aluminum doesn't allow a huge tolerance like you'd have with wood, it's not all that easy to close a gap so once all parts have been modeled I'll computer assemble to ensure minimal clearance.
I'll be TIG welding because welding thin gauge ali with MIG is just asking for burn through. Ali spec will be 5000 series and panel thickness 3mm, deck 2mm with strategic stiffness. Various other sizes will be used and covered as the build progresses.
But for now i'll just keep converting plans to digital...