Posted by C.Ray on November 25, 2002 at 20:37:35:
In Reply to: Re: Building an ALUMINUM Boat? posted by FredO on November 23, 2002 at 13:24:38:
rivited aluminum - little or no welding.
: There is a line of jet-fishing/boats in BC/Seattle area - beautiful boats, not cheap. All welded aluminum. I believe they even leave them unpainted.
I believe the rivited ones were simply caulked at the seams (can't tell for sure, the ones I've seen had the caulking so well cleaned off the exposed areas...)
The new welded ones you're talking of are the Duckworth style- Very nice & VERY spendy! A coworker just got one for $38,000!!! Nice boat, but you could buy a lot of salmon at Safeway for $38K! ;-)
C.Ray
PS You're in the Pac-Nor-Wet as well? I'm in Troutdale, OR- suburb of a Portland suburb...
PPS Easiest way for a beginner to weld AL is to use a wirefeed welder set up for AL using, I believe, 100% Argon shielding gas(?). Set the wirefeeder machine above the work surface to weld, believe it or not, gravity helps the AL wire feed through the gun easier...