Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] bending metal plates for a boat hull

Doug: Thanks for posting this. Very interesting indeed. Carey

Doug Fortune wrote:

> OUTWATER ~ KEITH J /5G3110 wrote:
>
> > Bruce Roberts (the naval architect of the vessel I'm considering) told me that
> > approximately $30,000 USD of the cost of his metal kit is cutting charges!
> > That's what's motivating me to think about building a cutting machine.
>
> Once you have the plate steel cut, then you have to bend it - hopefully
> fairly precisely to match the other plates, all to be assembled into a hull.
> I presume there must be a method other than trial and error.
>
> Here is a webpage concerning cutting hull parts from thick plate:
>
> http://www.kastenmarine.com/NCparts.htm
>
> and here is a picture of the pieces to be cut (but if they are doing it by
> NC, why pre-paint the lines?):
>
> http://www.kastenmarine.com/10m_cut_plate.jpg
>
> Doug Fortune
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