Re: bending metal plates for a boat hull

Doug -
I haven't read Boatbuilder (I think I'll check itout). Nearly all of the info
I've gotten has been from Bruce Roberts' web site. For a 'radius chine' hull
they say that the chine plates need to be rolled prior to assembly. Mostly that
applies to sail boats.

For a displacement or semi-displacement power boat hull (that's what I'm
considering), the chine design looks much different and there seems to be much
less pre-rolling of the plates involved.

There a a number of links on Robert's site showing powerboat construction; it
looks fairly straightforward as near as I can tell.

Keith

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> Keith;
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> There were some articles in Boatbuilder some time ago about steel boat kits.
> Have you read it?
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> I recall that bending (and some compound forming) is done with heat.
> Actually, lots of heat.
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> Doug
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