The Sea Axe: Keel Beam & Frame Assembly

The construction begins with the assembly of the frame designed prior, we where advised that tabs of 3.5mm were required for the 3mm card; I suspected that this would be too much play, however we ran with it, but yeah it would have been better to have a closer fit between the part stringers (the long beam members) and the webbed transverse frame pieces.

Parts Sheet

The parts sheet was good (the numbers were not scribed) but I wasn't the last person to look at the file, and one of the frames came back that was unusually too high. It was unusual because they all came out of the model which should have been scaled together. I will assume that particular piece somehow got modified accidentally.

We popped the pieces out and labelled them with a pencil and began the assembly

We used some Styrofoam as a mount during construction. The following is a mock up of the keel beam and stingers, note that this is actually upside down so we had a flat surface to construct on. Our design allows for us to encase the entire frame in the hull. The other teams have for some reason used beams above the hull that needs to be cut off later. This would have been a major hassle and I am glad that we didn't do this.

Working in groups is somewhat annoying, because sometimes people come up with what seems like a great idea or they rush in to it thinking "she'll be right mate"; Nek Minute haven't thought of all the repercussions for future processes. Thankfully our team is not opposed to taking some time to talk things out and listen to all the reasoning before going ahead. This has made the build significantly easier.

Frame Compared To The Model

Next Post: Strip Planking & Sheeting of the Hull

The following post will be about the strip planking and sheeting of the hull

Previous Posts:

Part 1: Part-1-Introducing The Sea Axe 5009

Part 2: Part-2-CAD Modelling The Sea Axe 5009

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