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Hi,

For a bit of a change yesterday’s project was to make the aluminium fore deck for the Henley.  The thinnest aluminium in stock was used, which is thicker than the original would have been, if some thinner stock becomes available another deck will be made.
 
A cardboard template of the Henley’s bow was made, some sums were done to calculate how much larger the base of the template would need to be to raise the deck in a curve. A cardboard copy of the template with a larger base was made.  A section was cut from a sheet of aluminium and a set of rolls was used to create a tapered incomplete tube.

The larger of the templates was held around the aluminium tube with clear tape. A set of metal shears was used to cut the aluminium to the shape of the template. With a certain amount of persuasion with a file and leather mallet the aluminium deck was fitted to the hull.

There was evidence on either side of the hull for supports for the deck and a couple of screws were used for this. The aluminium deck had cut-outs made to locate on these screws. Whether the deck was supported in this way isn’t known.
 
Take care Tony.

 
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