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Tabs welded to stringers for bulkhead attachment.
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Coser view of bulkhead tabs. They slot over the stringers and are fully welded so that they cannot overturn or break free under load.
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Mooring bollards being fabricated from steel tube and solid bar.
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Bulwark attachment plates, with stanchion bases and chainplates being welded on.
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Cutting base plates for cockpit winches, using a home-made circle-cutting attachment bolted to the cutting torch.
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Winch base plate ready for cleaning and drilling bolt holes.
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Checking for proper fit of winch and base. The base will be welded to the cockpit coaming.
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Mooring fairleads are formed through the bulwark attachment plates. Here the fairlead opening is being rounded to minimise rope chafe.
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Hatch frames being welded up from angle and/or flat bar.
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Hatch frame ready for welding to deck. The deck opening will be enlarged to fit the frame. The hatch will be bolted down on the frame.
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Hatch opening completed and primed.
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Flanges for seacocks. The one flange is welded to the hull skin. The seacock, screwed to a threaded tube, is bolted to the other flange. This allows the seacock to be unbolted for servicing.
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