Friday, January 30, 2015
So this last week I was on vacation and I was supposed to spend a chunk of that time building the boat. Alas, it was not to be, as several events occurred which conspired to steal my time. I did get the frame parts finish sanded and Ive purchased all the supplies and tools I need to assemble the frames.
However, I was able to spend some time thinking about the garage where I will be building the boat. To start, the assembly requires a building form to attach the frames to in order to set the length and shape of the boat.. This form will be nearly the same length as the boat so I had to determine how it was going to be placed in the garage.
The form needs to be either anchored to the floor or if movable, then a means of preventing it from moving needs to be devised. The boat is 21 feet long and 8 feet wide. My garage is 21 feet and 5 inches deep and approximately 12 feet wide in the area where the boat will be placed. Furthermore, the floor is stepped at the back of the garage for approximately 4 feet with the step being approximately three and one half inches higher than the remainder of the garage floor.
Heres the rub. In order to provide enough room for myself to work on the boat, I will need to make the building form movable This will allow me to slide the form sideways when I need to access the side nearest the garage wall. I have enough room to move it 3 feet from the wall, normally it will be 1 foot from the wall. For the length, I am okay except when I need to work on the back of the boat. It will then need to be slide the form out of the garage approximately 3 feet.
What this all means is that the form will need to have wheels and some form of locking mechanism to keep it in place. Furthermore, since the aft end of the form will be on the stepped portion of the garage floor, I will need to have some way to support that end when I slide it out of the garage. Otherwise the rear legs and wheels will be dangling above the floor by 3 inches - not good.
Your probably thinking Im crazy about this time, but Ive worked all the details out and I believe I can make this work. It will be tight and a pain at times but I knew this when I decided on the Vera Cruise design. Why didnt I choose a smaller boat? Well frankly, I did consider that early on in the process but I just fell in love with the design I choose so I decided to make it work.
Im working on some final details for the building form before buying the lumber I need to build that. Between the building form and assembling the frames, I have enough work to keep me busy for the next month so future updates will be covering these processes.
Until next time...........
However, I was able to spend some time thinking about the garage where I will be building the boat. To start, the assembly requires a building form to attach the frames to in order to set the length and shape of the boat.. This form will be nearly the same length as the boat so I had to determine how it was going to be placed in the garage.
The form needs to be either anchored to the floor or if movable, then a means of preventing it from moving needs to be devised. The boat is 21 feet long and 8 feet wide. My garage is 21 feet and 5 inches deep and approximately 12 feet wide in the area where the boat will be placed. Furthermore, the floor is stepped at the back of the garage for approximately 4 feet with the step being approximately three and one half inches higher than the remainder of the garage floor.
Heres the rub. In order to provide enough room for myself to work on the boat, I will need to make the building form movable This will allow me to slide the form sideways when I need to access the side nearest the garage wall. I have enough room to move it 3 feet from the wall, normally it will be 1 foot from the wall. For the length, I am okay except when I need to work on the back of the boat. It will then need to be slide the form out of the garage approximately 3 feet.
What this all means is that the form will need to have wheels and some form of locking mechanism to keep it in place. Furthermore, since the aft end of the form will be on the stepped portion of the garage floor, I will need to have some way to support that end when I slide it out of the garage. Otherwise the rear legs and wheels will be dangling above the floor by 3 inches - not good.
Your probably thinking Im crazy about this time, but Ive worked all the details out and I believe I can make this work. It will be tight and a pain at times but I knew this when I decided on the Vera Cruise design. Why didnt I choose a smaller boat? Well frankly, I did consider that early on in the process but I just fell in love with the design I choose so I decided to make it work.
Im working on some final details for the building form before buying the lumber I need to build that. Between the building form and assembling the frames, I have enough work to keep me busy for the next month so future updates will be covering these processes.
Until next time...........
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