Imagine a vectorized time, which could be pointed, say left. Why do we always talk about time going forward and backward anyways? Well, conventionally, we have pointed ours straight forward. The bow stem is in process of fitting onto the boat. The stem profiles have been cut, they need to be laminated now. Furthermore, the forward crash bulkhead needs to be redesigned due to the stem remake. The bulkhead, stem and keel, plus the keel edge will all meet in a single section measurable perhaps by a couple of deciliters. Bolts have to be fitted here, since the protruding part will take considerable stress. We have bought the needed PCB sewage pipes to start building our steambox. Before adhering to complex methods, we will try simply pre-bending the stringers and see whether they will take the stress. Progress is slow due to school and occasional moodswings, it is autumn after all, but we will push forward.
Pointing in the direction of travel.
Bringing (bending) the best out of the wood.
I would like to see exactly how the wheel/tyres are used for the bending. I don’t know the dimensions but when I had to bend the keelson for my Micro, I think it was 1.5 inch by 1.5 inch I had the timber longer than actually needed and simply used a spanish windlass by using a loop of rope with a length of pipe through the middle and turn for tension. A little bit each day over a few weeks done the job, along with some towels covered with boiling water.
Well, there is nothing to it really. The wood is suspended between the wooden board you see on the picture and a computer case on the other side. We simply put two tires on top of the stringers, roughly in the middle. The elasticity of the wood changes due to variations in air humidity. My idea being that when the humidity rises, then the tires will press the wood further down. On it’s own, the wood probably does not have enough strength to push the bend back up, so in a sense it is a self-generating system. With this in mind, we put a smaller go-cart wheel below the bend area to act as a stopper, just in case. On the picture, essentially, are the uppermost stringers contouring the deck. After the tire process, we will continue bending on the bulkheads.
Oh. I see now. I didn.t see that it was suspended. Thanks.