Globe Mini 5.80 Hull 113

Here begins the construction of the hull.  It starts with building the ring frames.  These are the "annular" frames inside of the hull.  We'll orient these properly on the strong back, connect them with stringers, and then plate the hull with big sheets of plywood. So, the process is simple.  I learned most of this from Hull 79.  But first, let's start with a tool/supplies list. Cordless drill/impact driver Get a good one of each.  It's really handy to have a drill bit loaded and impact phillips driver at the same time. Flat table Something large with legs.  We made one by doubling up the lids on one of the crates and another with saw horse legs and a piece of 3/4" ply.  Both work.  Eight feet long is plenty, but a couple of the frames are over 48" wide, so scabbing a 6" wide piece on with a couple of 2x4s is good.  The most important things are that your table is flat and convenient to work on.  We had a low one too, but is was a little rough on th

 I haven't posted for a bit because, I think the day after the last post, I received my  B&B Yacht Designs  CNC plywood kit.  Once it got here, I got super excited and started building as soon as I could. Since I'm working closely with  Hull 79 , we pulled everything out of the crates and made sure that we both had all of the pieces.  We did this because the crates weren't treated particularly well as they made their way across the US, and one had a fair hole punched in it, and the other was pretty well crushed, missing an end wall and had some of the contents stacked on top of the crate.  But, we got lucky and nothing inside was damaged and there was nothing missing. First up was building the strong back.  This is a jig used for assembling the ring frames in the proper (hopefully close to perfect) orientation to start assembling stringers and hull plates.  It's not a tough thing to build, but there are a couple of things to consider. Start by always thinking about