"Thanks Gottfried you’ve been of great help and consolation for
my angered engineer’s soul. I’ll try and minimize discrepancies filling
with epoxy where needed. I’ll use this discussion to post more photos as I
make…"
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"dear Paolo,
it understand, thanks for the photos. I think the solution 2 will work because the floor is also fixed by the sidewalls with the epoxy seam.
I again checkt my photos from this working stage, but I can´t remember that situation.…"
"It’s a pity after putting the drawings on cad the matching curvature of the lower sides over the bulkheads is
one of the few things I didn’t check. I hate “fixes” but I may have to live with
this one since everything else…"
"This is the fix invented by my friend:"
"As you can see there is space under the bulkhead For it to slide down
on the backbone and the bearer would be flush with the top of the backbone.
However the bulkhead is already sitting on both chines On the sides and thus cannot move down…"
"Thank you so much for you reply Gottfried here are some pictures
showing my hull and a fix invented by my friend who built a 30 years ago."
"dear Paolo,I checked my old photos, but could not find such a problem. maybe I did not understand quit well. Is it possible to send a picture?many greatingsgottfried"
Bulkhead 3 fits ?? Or not - makeshift bearer needed?
HELP.I am fitting the bulkheads in the lower hulls and having a really hard time the lower hull sides are perfect for bkhd #3 sides but the floor bearer sticks up andneeds to go down 15 mm more to rest flush on the backbone . Solutions I have thought of : 1) plane 7 mm offthe lower edge of the sides and raise the backbone by the needed15 mm or 2) makeshift bearer to lower the floor by the needed15 mm.I have heard another builder with the same problemand he adopted solutions 2 (makeshift…See More
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- I am:
- A home builder, I own a Wharram
- What boat (s) are you building or do you own?
- bought 60% built TIKI 30 project nov 2017
- Country, City, and State?
- Italy, Milano
- About me or us?
- civil engineer , glider pilot, sailor, sculptor.
she/Enrica: my lucky strike in life, hystoric painting conservator.
- Looking to?
- finish and sail my Tiki 30 with my friends and with a little help from my friends.
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