[Jordan Baker]

One of the plates needed to be fixed up as the weld had totally cracked. A new side plate was made as the original had the bolt holes torch cut out. I was going to weld them up and redrill but then realized the plate had been ground down and was too narrow. So I made up a new one with some scrap that happened to be the correct dimensions. The holes were punched using the punch press. I have to say it it much nicer the drilling them. A quick countersink was done and the part was ready to be welded to the original piece. Everything bolted into place on the hull to ensure perfect alignment. It then got tack welded to hold it in position. It was then properly welded up on the bench once off the hull. A quick sandblast was done and it was painted up along with the other plates last night.


One day the rest of the hull will look as nice as this little plate.