On wednesday, we talked about how to set up the striped plank and we devide by two teams. One team worked outside planking, the other team worked inside. However the mashines had fixed for 3or4 days so we weren't able to use the speed sanding which make it 8mm. That is why we just set up only inside. james and chris cut and beveled, the others glued these planking and then it was holding by nails.

Acorrding to the machines had fixed, we made a decision to build the top side first so we discussed that top side, how we going to build, which part it is and how it looks like. First of all we imagined that how transom looks like. As we can see the body plan of the transom, we noticed that it has a centre case, side deck, cockpit and girders. We also talked with Rob who is a designer this boat about how we're going to build a deck something like that. Afterthat we had to think about how we're going to build forward and aft together. Everyone thougt about it and sketched it. Anyway we made a decision to build it beside of the boat to set up the frame so we have to figure out that how we're going to sep up these as well as how we going to build the other things.

chine

planking ....thickness has to be 8mm.



The chine need to be beveled so 3or4 people were holding the chine to the clamping for measuring the gap between frame and plank and then draw the line on the planking we can bevel.  

Ater draw the line, we started to bevel the planking. The most important thing is that make sure the fair because when we plane, we somtime make a miatake some part is fair other part isn't so we did plane carefully and went straight way. The FP should be very sharp. we also make some block which is beveled because some frame which is foward doesnt fit on the waterline which means, we need to twist the striped planking and then screw on the block to make sure its fit on the waterline.

we set up the chine and did glue striped planking. The foward was clamping to doesn't move. However the problem part was that chine because chris suggested that forward of chine should be laminated but no one remeber that way and chris didn't happy with it so we took it out for laminating. Some reason why we laminate the chine is that it will be easier to twist. As you can see that picture, we cut it divided by three piece so it's getting flexible. The other reason is that it will be more strong. This is one of the function of the epoxy. After glue these, taping each foward dosen't move. 



setting up

Before the frame legs set up, you should make sure clean the floor and  you draw the base line to use the trammel arm. It will be easier to make a right angle. Afterthat draw the all lines follow the Auto Cad plan as well as set up the frames. All the frames has to be level and fair so when you set up these, you just chek each side of the frame by dumpy which means, clamping storyrod each side of the frame and then someone looking the storyrod by dumpy to make sure the both storyrod lines exactly same. If you think the both line definately right, you should tell to others then they screw the frame and glue the wedge. This way is going to be continue to last station.

build a new boat.

we started build a new boat which is rob's designed. This boat is a sailing boat so it's totally different dory which we built the last project. I think everyone looking forward to it.

This picture is the theory what we are going to build a boat. This time we are not going to seperate each team, we are going to work just one team, so everyone has a charge each task like setting up, strip planking transom, foam, c/case etc. we also support each other doesn't meaning change work as a team.

1) setting up.

This is the frame all we need, those frame seprated each side so we needed to make some gussets which are connecting each frame side. The gusset length was 500mm but all heights were diffrent so we measured all heights of the frame. Before we connect each side of frame, we did a little bit sanding for making rough because we was going to glue on it. Actually we tried that way but failed. Because the frame had a gap, which means didn't fit right way so we tried to frame jig set up again

when we were the frame jig setting up again, we figured out Pythagoras theorem because if that measurment is right, it will be exeactly perpendicular. After that, make sure the frame has no gap and two people step on the each side of frame to doesn't move and then use a role to make some place between gusset and top side of frame, when we make sure all those things, then drilled and screw on it. when you finished the screw, you just a little bit unscrew and screw it again. This way can be make it much stronger rather than just screw.

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What makes a good team !

$ what makes a good team $ ... chris asked us what makes a good team and he wants to answer it on the blog. so i started to think about my team. Actually our team hasn't got a good team work. That's why we are behimd than the other teams. In my case, I have many experience of working as a team when i was in my county. when i was in the army, work and sports club. However, this team is the most difficult team i have ever had. I think the most prblem is that communication. Communication is very important to work but we don't discuss a lot and don't listen others. Thus, we should discuss a lot even though Elglish is the second language. We should try to give opinion as well as try to listen. Then we support to each other. The second one is that responsiblity. The meaning working as a team is that share work with others. Thus, if someone get a work of the team, he have to responsible to it as well as on his best what he has to do. Otherwise, the team cannot finish the work successfully and not going well. There are many works in team work so it cannot finish only one or two people. In conclusion, as i mentioned above, the cmmunication and responsiblity are benefits to makes a good team.

Unsafety things ~

Bottom

First of all, you lofting the bottom according to the plan and you should think about the place on plywood because the bottom and transom has to be togeher on the plywood. Also you think about the scarf part because this plywood is not long enough so we made a decision to give it 60mm for scarf. when you cut this cardbord, you should cut a bit longer than you drew it. "Longer is always good ! better than short ! " that's always chris say to us because if you make it bigger or longer, you can fix it but if it isn't, you won't. that's pretty important to student for learning.

this is the picture which we was scarfing the bottom as well as the transom. when you scarf these, you need to plane skill and before plane, you should make your plane sharp. Also make sure doesn't move the bottom which you scarf it. when you plane, you should plane strraight way. if you don't, the grain will be curve and doesn't fit.

when you glue it, you should on plastic up and under the wood because it just protect to scarf from another thisng such as sticky other piece of wood and dusty. After glue these, you should pressure the scarfing. if the glue squeeze, it will represent the pressur but don't too much glue it because after dry you have to sand it a lot of time.

Before the bottom on, you make sure all staions flat. Otherwise, it has a gap between bottom and stations. when you check it somthing heavier put on the ends of the bottom. It's easy to check and fast as well as doesn't need to many people. After mark which you going to plane or cut, you should make it fair and leave it longer, especially aft. I thimk cutting forward is ok as long as leave aft longer.

midship frame

these are same way to make a stem, laminating is used many time when we build a boat. After steaming these are clamping with piece of wood. When we laminating, i made a mistake to set up laminating block inside because nomally it set up outside. so i just made a decision to set up outside when i glue these but it didn't fix. Both size should be same but it wasn't. that's why we had to try it again so it took us many time to work. After this mistake, i realised that how i have to hurry when i clamp these and how to do it well. After steaming these going to be cold so you have clamp very quickly if you do it with your teams, it will be more fast and easy. Also you should remeber that clamp with piece of wood because these doesn't clamp mark on it and the laminating block should screw inside and outside to doesn't move when you clamp.

left timbers clamped outside and right ones were inside. As you can see, these looks different.