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Bill and Judy Fisk's Vintage Hydroplane GP-317
 7 liter Lauterbach
 
measuring the hull
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cutting the transom
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click here to see a video of our Techno CNC router cutting the frames for this project

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The restoration of this hull started with a full inspection of the hull after the decks were removed.  The damage to the Hull along with repairs made to her during her long racing carrier dictated the extensive rebuild. The lines were taken from the hull and lofted on the computer. We generated a 3D model of the hull. The Model allows me to pull measurements from the existing hull and compare these measurements to the model without totally disassembling the boat. Using the model we can generate sections of the hull at the frame stations convert these lines to a format that allows us to cut the frames and many components of the hull on the CNC router.

After the lines are generated and faired in the lofting programirishmanframes.JPG a frame board is engraved with the station lines. These lines are used to assemble the frames.

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 updated: Dec 5th, 2008

Hickman Wooden Boat Works 611 Murfreesboro Rd Woodbury TN 37190 Phone  (615)563-5339

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