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Strip: Lofting Cockpit Forms
By:Rob P
Date: 11/12/2001, 12:31 pm

Hey all:

I started laying out the forms for the Guillemot from the offset table in the book this weekend. When I got to the cockpit areas, I could only find data for a straght line across the pattern at the cockpit height (the bottom 2 rows in the table for forms 8,9 & 10). I could not find data points for the area above the recess. The text explains to build these forms as break-away, meaning full forms with reglued cuts at the cockpit recess height. It further explains that the tables include information for the forms above cockpit height. The pictures in the building section of the book clearly show full forms for this area. Wouldn't these points appear where the blank boxes are in the table? Am I just missing something simple here? I'm working in autocad - should I just eyeball the deck area and hope the forms are fair? I'm starting to wonder: If I can't do something simple like lay out the forms, I surely can't build the boat! Thanks for the help.

Messages In This Thread

Strip: Lofting Cockpit Forms
Rob P -- 11/12/2001, 12:31 pm
Re: Strip: Lofting Cockpit Forms
David Hanson -- 11/12/2001, 5:19 pm
Re: Strip: Lofting Cockpit Forms
Rob P -- 11/12/2001, 2:48 pm
Re: Strip: Lofting Cockpit Forms
Ben Staley -- 11/12/2001, 1:11 pm
Check the erratta sheet
Dan Ruff -- 11/12/2001, 12:37 pm