25 & 26th Feb 2008
Monday rained on and off, but I managed to get the port side forward walkway welded in place, As the back one was in the right place, this one fitted good at the bow end but not so good at the back end, I had to force out a frame or two 5mm or so to correctly position it.
One side down one to go.
Pic shows a mis alignment of FR12 due to the fact that we had to move it.
During today (tuesday) we attacked the starboard side front walkway.
OUCH!
fitted fine at the back but 12mm under shaped at the bow. Looking at it it meant that Frames 9,10 &11 needed to be moved out 5mm thus giving us the 12 at the bow.
This morning we built the following structure to apply 20 tons of pressure at the same time to the 3 frames, bit by bit out it went. no welds cracked as it gently went out.
Scaffold and 8 ton jacks.
there it is all good,
Note the bow piece is just laid in, it has to come out to finish a few bits.
Dad comes to see progress.
Tonite, I tacked bits of scrap to help carry the tops of the aft cabin, They are ready for welding, just to get help with them.
Busy couple of days, its really comming together now. 1 weeks time will make a huge difference.
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