Aluminium Boat Building Techniques
I hope also it will shed light on what has in the amateur metal boat building world become at times a heated debate. you can review our approach to the various metal boat building methods in our article on aluminum for boats where they are discussed in detail, including the various pros and cons of each approach toward fabricating. in that. There are essentially two types of aluminium boat-building techniques used in australia for recreational trailer boats… pressed sheet ‘tinnie’ construction – good for smaller boats that will be used in calmer waters such as rivers, lakes, estuaries and bays on calm days; and. Sheet aluminium boats (under 3 mm thick) is rarely suited to home boat building, as many of them make use of pressed, rather than welded panel stiffeners. also, the welding of sheet is more demanding than the welding of plate..
For the home boat builder (last up-dated 28/08/09) there are many methods of construction available to the home boat builder - on this page l will discuss the most popular methods used and compare them so that the new builder can make a good choice for his/her boat building project.. Descriptions of various boat building methods for the amateur boat builder, including plywood, stitch-n-glue,steel,one-off fiberglass, and aluminum. for a description of the boatbuilding methods used to build the boats in glen-l catalog see the various catagories listed below.. Boat building requires enough space, under cover, so that the builder can easily move around the hull during construction, or the boat can be built on a trailer so the hull can be moved out of the shelter for construction sessions..
