The start of February 2016 saw us do the first tests for creating the hull using my brothers CNC machine and this quick move shows how the cutting process will work, which allowed us to see if there were any flaws in the CAD drawings also allowing us to...
Articles for March 2016
CAD Drawing Begins
January 2016 sees the start of the research process reviewing all the plans and planning out the build process. Towards the end of the month we have 50% of the hull complete as a CAD drawing and has been made using the cross sections from the 1901 drawings. Tests...
Digital Plans Arrive
At the end of 2015 we received digital copies of the 1901 to 1903 drawings, which are works of art in there own rights, and you can even see the changes drawn on the plans and the dates these were made. The plans we are working from are of...