Zum said:
Does .125 actually measure .125 or is it like a 2X4,smaller?
I've mic'd some at .123, but aside from minor manufacturing variances, it should be real close to the number.
Howard said:
also,did antone fasten it straight to the boat ribs? Mine are 4 feet wide and drop about 1 1/8" in the center. I guess I can put it in a break and crease it in the center.
If I can, I go straight to the ribs. On the G3 I completed last week, I used .090, as it was what we had the right size drop of. The ribs in that boat were about 12 inches apart, and it had a flange bent at each end, as well as the slight bend due to the mod v of the hull. Had I not been able to put the bends in it, supplementary support or .125 thickness would have been needed.
In the past though, there have been times (my old Yazoo, for instance), where I had 16 inch or so rib spacing, and only had .090 available, as well as a flat bottom, where I couldn't put a lower bend in, and the only feasible solution there was to add in structure, in the form of 1 x 1 tube placed lengthwise, on top of the ribs, with a much closer spacing.