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| Hull placed on ply, then shims placed under the ply to bend it up to fit against the hull for tracing. |
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| Ready to cut... |
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| Cut, about 2mm oversize... |
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| Temporary screws fitted in prep for gluing... |
Not quite ready to glue the bottom on yet, so I decided to see about making a template for the cockpit floor.
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| String pulled taught between bulkheads at floor height to provide a center line. |
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| Then measurements were taken at regular intervals along the line. |
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| Measurements recorded... |
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| Then transferred those measurements to a large piece of cardboard I dug out of a recycling bin. |
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| Once plotted I bent a batten around the marks and held it while a helper traced it. |
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| Then cut out and trimmed bit... |
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| And makes a nice fit... |
Won't actually cut the floor out of the ply yet, not until I've got the other hull bottom cut first. The floors come from the remnants of the one 6mm sheet after the bottoms are cut...and one of the floors will have to be in two pieces.
That's it for now..will get to prepping the bits for the other half of main hull for assembly while I wait on some supplies to arrive.
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