Making a Set of Moulds
3 videos • 2,380 views • by Traditional Maritime Skills Marking a set of moulds for a boat is an important step in the process of constructing the said ‘boat’. The origin of the information for the design of the boat will determine what has occurred before this process. Designs can come from: ● An existing example of a boat (this is the source for this example, reviving the Mayflower class of sailing dinghies) ● Table of offsets ● Loft floor ● Lines drawing ● Computer design ● Computer cut template Realistically, in the last two you wouldn’t make moulds from templates, you would simply get them cut from the computer mould and so remove this step. For the Mayflower project, the design was lifted from an existing hull (see Taking the moulds of a boat), then it was lofted full size (see Lofting) and the templates were amended. Taking this information and converting it into moulds to be used in the next step (construction of the hull) will be covered in this skill. It is a key link between the design and the final hull. - See more at: http://www.boat-building.org/learn-sk...