A good look at the bimini as it stands so far. The stainless frame structure is pretty much in place and the hard top is making good progress :-)



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Tony

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hi i'm tony this is svita patchya we're

building this cruising sailboat and uh

this week's been all about working on

the on the bimini

which is a

stainless steel frame it's going to have

a wooden

top on it a shape wooden top

and working on both those fronts on the

framework and the and the top so

uh we'll have a look at it and you can

see behind me i think you can see

the forward part of the frame uh i

should grab the camera now and show you

some of it so this is the forward end of

the of the bimini frame

and you've seen me making this a couple

of weeks ago

as you can tell now it's fitted

uh

completely mounted

and it's simply through bolted through

the deck there with those acorn nuts on

and uh the only thing i've really had

left to do to this before i could mount

it was to give it a quick polish up

yeah the other piece of the frame is

this half section

which looks like this at the moment

and uh

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last time you saw it was two l sections

so the first job of course was to was to

weld it together into one piece that

joint there

and then i cut out some straps

and i'll just come down it and cut that

these straps and welded those on

so that i could actually prepare the

mounting of it one strap onto the ball

works one onto the after end of the deck

boxes

welded them on and then i was able to

put the thing on there

and offer it up

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what became clear was that the the legs

were a little bit too long that they

protruded down into those um

scuppers

so

next job is to trim them off

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and i fitted these

handy grab arches here which also

obviously

are structural

that make for a good grab there

they were a bit of old stainless um

stanchion that i had that i cut out of a

stanchion gateway

and welded in there and they've come out

quite nicely i think on each side

obviously

then at the moment this is only fitted

temporarily but i was then able to

put it in place

so

so having got the framework made up

next job is to make the hard top section

and uh it's here behind me

first job was to make up these five

stringers

that that run underneath and a shaped to

give it that crown

the outer ones are thinner and just

simple but the the three middle ones are

laminated up out of thin pieces to give

it that

bit more strength

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then there's a case of setting them up

on this sort of strong back frame

arrangement

to get them in position hold them in

line keep them at the correct angles

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cheers

yeah i'm pretty sure it is yeah

does it look like you're standing

so

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yes

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hello

but as soon as i set it up on the frame

there it was clear that um the two

not the center one but the two either

side of the center string were not thick

enough and i had to go back to the

workshop

and put a bit more on there

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initially i screwed them from the top

uh down into these

uh lower frames

but later on i could stand it up

uh and screw it from the bottom because

of course once it flies on then it won't

be possible to get any screws out from

that i put on the top so i stood it out

as i say screwed on from the bottom laid

it back down and took the screws from

the top out again so it was then ready

to be

fitted with the ply

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okay

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having that ready next job is to get it

up on some stands so it's a comfortable

working height

and uh fit the ply

two sheets of five millimeter ply with a

glass

from the underside

second layer will be glass from the top

so it's encapsulated

yeah looking good

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so

second layer on and then it'll be

glassed again on this top with some good

thick

actual glass

and so that's the state of play at the

moment it's deliberately a little bit

oversized at the moment

plan is to fit it up on the framework

have a final look at it decide on the

final dimensions obviously curve the

corners off

and then there'll be various bits of

strength and in framework going on here

some edge pieces i've got some very nice

grab rails that will go along the top

there

um a

bit across the aft end that will serve

as a boom crutch

um

so yeah various things going on here and

also four solar panels can be fit on

here 460 watt solar panels

plenty of room for them about 60 watt

460 watts 240 watts would be enough for

me for my requirements our requirements

but yeah that's all designed for that

system for this thinking the grab rails

here so you get a good grab on the top

of it boom crutch

and solar panels all coming on top of

here and it is already even with five

mil plies it's already strong enough for

me to walk on

time i'll get the second layer on 10 mil

and

the various other bits of fittings on

there will be

pretty stable

so

that's where we are

that's it for this week

um yeah and several heartfelt

big

thank yous to come karen yes

um we actually wanted to do this

angel mud run this weekend but

unfortunately it has been cancelled

due to corona numbers going up again

um very frustrating but

we will

do it as soon as it's open again we will

do it

i'm i was really looking forward to it

i

also wanted to thank you for all the

lovely comments the supportive remarks

and all the good wishes

that you sent over that was really

lovely i i'm yeah

thank you all

and we keep you posted very much

appreciate it and also of course massive

thank you to you guys for watching

our support was on patreon and paypal

you guys are fantastic

over on the patreon page there's a new

behind the scenes video where i talk a

little bit about um arc or stick welding

so if you're interested in watching that

so everybody get over to the patreon

page

otherwise we'll see you next time for

pushing on with this bimini

that's it for now bye

hey

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okay

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you