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We started to build a 55' x 12'6" barge with rear wheelhouse similar to this one today.

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If enough people show interest I will start an interactive build picture gallery and try to answer any of your questions during the build.

 

It will be along the lines of this previous one Construction

 

Depending on your interest we can keep it simple or get technical, I might even need to ask your advice on what will look best!

 

It will probably be better if I find somewhere to host it but being a director of a web development company that shouldn't be a problem.

 

So let me know if you would like 20 weeks of how to build a barge!

 

Gary

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It might be interesting if you could perm. fix a camera to the factory wall so then you could actually do a time-lapsed animated video/pictures etc.

 

Just a thought!

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Lets go the whole way. if a camera were set up we could watch all day by webcam.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

P'raps not the workers might go on strike for appearnce money then equity would become involved. No forget it photographs will be fine.

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I would love to see it

 

Building a wide beam currently so if you

are quick of the mark you will catch me up and

I can copy how its done!!!! 

 

Glenn

Hi Glen,

Hows your widebeam going ?

Is this your first build ? what snags have you encountered so far ?

What kind of set up have you got there ?

Best wishes.........Rich.

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Hi Rich,

 

I now have no money

 

I have no stopped caring what I look like since all I do is

build the bloody thing.

 

Biggest mistake I have made is building on the canal with access

across a boggy field! next one will def be built in a yard.

 

The boat looks superb with nearly completed modern trendy interior

very much like a trendy appartment but retaining the trad

external look.

 

The boat has modern Double windows, alarm with autodialler

and enables me to switch heating on and start engine remotely!!

 

Completely over engineered but will look superb when done

 

Glenn

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Hi Rich,

 

I now have no money

 

I have no stopped caring what I look like since all I do is

build the bloody thing.

 

Biggest mistake I have made is building on the canal with access

across a boggy field! next one will def be built in a yard.

 

The boat looks superb with nearly completed modern trendy interior

very much like a trendy appartment but retaining the trad

external look.

 

The boat has modern Double windows, alarm with autodialler

and enables me to switch heating on and  start engine remotely!!

 

Completely over engineered but will look superb when done

 

 

 

 

 

Hi again Glenn,

how did you ensure the bottom plate was dead flat, did you have a good flat yard, did you have any problems on that ?

If you've got a round stern, how did you bend the side plate round?

And have you costed up all the weld consumables for the whole job ?

What did you use to shift the plate into position, forklift, gantry ?

 

The boat sounds pretty good, lets see a pic.

Rich.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Glenn

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Is it going to be posted here, or on your site?

 

-also, keep it nice and techy!!!

 

I will find somewhere to host it, then I will start a new thread on the forum to link out from and also to link back into. (No point in reinventing the wheel)

The feed back from the forum can then steer the project in a direction that suits ever one and I can tailor the photos to suit.

 

I wrote the site last night so I should be able to get something up by Monday hopefully.

 

Gary

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