Glen-L Canyon Cruiser Boat Project

[sschefer]

Here's the first 12 feet of my 21' boat. Fun stuff.. The frames you see are 1/4" 5052-H32 with a 1/4x1-1/2 6061-T6 flange formed then welded to them. These are tacked and ready to be ground and fully welded. The face edge gets welded and then ground flush also..



Here's one I finished tonight.



The plans don't call for full welds and you wouldn't see this in a store bought boat because it would put too much cost into it. However, it's my boat and I have plenty of time to go the extra mile. Besides, it's good practice doing all that welding and not warping the crap out of it. LOL...

Here's the face edge.



Try bending this all in one piece and do it close enough to TIG it... Gotta remember it's 6061 T6 so you can't heat form it. Don't even ask me how many times I went from back and forth from the bender to the frame checking it.



See, I don't just sit around talking about welding, I actually do it.

[Ram48]

That is going to be some boat when you finish it. any previews of the finished product?
Ray

[sschefer]

Ray here's a link to the preview plans

http://glen-l.com/designs/hankinson/canyoncruiser.html

and a link to my build thread

http://www.glen-l.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=10779

[Ray]

Man that's alot of weldng, how much gas have you gone through so far?

[sschefer]

Man that's alot of weldng, how much gas have you gone through so far?

I'm on my second 300 of Ar and down to 1500psi on my 300 He tank. I've only done 70 feet of welds on the boat frames so far but I did a lot of other welding before I started on them. I've got another 30 feet on the frames. I went through 2lbs of 1/8" 5356 rod today and will probably use another lb of 3/32 finishing them up.

When you mix gas you use a lot more but the difference in penetration is amazing. I can run down that edge weld at 185amps and not blow over the edge without using pulse. Once I get into the thinner stuff I'll use pure AR and drop back from 30cfh to 12-15cfh.

It doesn't call for all of the full welds that I'm doing. It's probably overkill but what the heck.