GMD 7.5m build
Submitted by Bryce Day on Thu, 2021-07-29 22:19
Start of the 7.5m Global Marine air rider build. Complete video in YouTube as build progresses. Not building them for a living so it is not a buisness f*%$ that just a personal build over the next 3 months. Will cover everything from trailer/boat build to complete fit out. Will do most of it myself with help from time to time. Should be working on it most days. Couple delays atm... waiting on Fronius to arrive and some 100x100x6 shs oh also axles from the East coast... should be in Perth tomorrow hopefully. I plan to have all the frames on the jig tomorrow and the catch tank drain lines run with a few stringers in along with the cable duct then a big shed clean.
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Jim
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Certainly beats my shed!
Certainly beats my shed!
Bend over
mungus
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Good luck, thanks for
Good luck, thanks for sharing. Looking forward to following the build.
sea-kem
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Just looking at the welder
Just looking at the welder there, not using pure Argon? Arrgh it's ok see it in the previous pics. Good luck with it all.
Love the West!
Bryce Day
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That's just a little mig for
That's just a little mig for tacking/welding the carbon jig together in the shop alongside. Keep all that seperate so no cross contamination
Mitch88
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What you doing with your old
What you doing with your old air rider mate?? Too big so down sizing?
scotto
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tilt panel shed!
very jelly!
Swompa
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Very keen to see how this
Very keen to see how this progresses.
pelagicyachts
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fk that is a lot of work....-
fk that is a lot of work....- look forward to the updates :-)
Bryce Day
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Quick update, frames are in
Quick update, frames are in and stem plate sitting on top. Off to pub
Stoinka
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Great stuff mate, text when
Great stuff mate, text when your there, will drop in that trade BLA catalogue.
Boat craned back onto trailer today, into shed for staino work and electrics.
Getting closer to being wet.
Rick
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watching
Will be watching for updates, looks like a hell of a build.
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Bryce Day
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Just waiting for the video
Just waiting for the video editor to show up to shop so he can start doing all the YouTube stuff. Not really a how to but more of how I did it. And what to avoid
Brock O
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Nice...the Air rider do look
Nice...the Air rider do look good.
Bryce Day
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Picked up the flat bar bender
Picked up the flat bar bender today off gumtree, so frame 6,7&9 can come back out so I can fab the 40x6 FB stiffness. Welder will be here Wednesday so I have started to fit some stringers as well. Will also start bending up fuel tank, catch tank battery box and cab on Tuesday. Hopefully trailer will be out of the workshop by weekend as well. Will just edit original post to add pics. Also still waiting for the video dude to arrive, seems to have gone mia
Swompa
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Out of curiocity, why that
Out of curiocity, why that design?
Bryce Day
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I owned one previously a
I owned one previously a 7.8m and that is an amazing vessel. I have repaired/built a few other designs and honestly very few vessels compare to the structural standard of the AirRider that met my requirements. Yes it takes a bit more time to build but the results far outweigh that. I guess it comes down to what you want to get out of the build.
Bryce Day
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Axles are here so I to the
Axles are here so I to the trailer so i can move it out of shop
Bryce Day
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Stem is in
Stem is in
Bryce Day
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Picked up the new CEA 3200
Picked up the new CEA 3200 Vision Pro from burnback today. Couldn't Jstify $24k for a single build Fronius. Should start welding the hull sheets out Sunday/Monday if plans don't change for weekend
Bryce Day
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Picked up the new CEA 3200
Picked up the new CEA 3200 Vision Pro from burnback today. Couldn't Jstify $24k for a single build Fronius. Should start welding the hull sheets out Sunday/Monday if plans don't change for weekend
sea-kem
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Nice mate I recently bought
Nice mate I recently bought a Cebora Evo 350 for general welding and it's a cranking unit. But have a stand alone WIA 500i for all my ali work, puts out beautiful clean welds and at around 4k to the 13k I looked at for a Kempi has pretty well paid itself off. But for a boat build like yours a pulse is the way to go. Hopefully you don't need a computer engineering degree to set it up like the Kempi.
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Bryce Day
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Seems pretty
Seems pretty straightforward, ran through a few settings today with Wade @ Burnback. Setup the double pulse so less heat input when welding side sheets and the likes. There are lots of settings I'll never need to use that would come in handy for a fab shop. A 500 machine would be good but way to big for my needs. Another machine to look at is Everlasting I would have gotten one except the wait time was crazy so I ended up with an AC/DC Esab Tig. Gotta love the Binzel handpiece with amp control on it. Pretty much set and forget until i change material thickness and then it's just a quick dial turn on handpiece.
Saw the Kempi/Fronius display units today. Pretty much gave up just trying to turn them on
Rob H
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Fronius is similar set and
Fronius is similar set and forget pretty much also, as long as you have the correct handpiece for it.
I have 2 mates with Fronius, one has a different handpiece on it, real pain in the ass...
Give a man a mask, and he'll show you his true face...
The older you get the more you realize that no one has a f++king clue what they're doing.
Everyone's just winging it.
Bryce Day
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Outboard knee braces
Outboard knee braces installed, transom will be on tomorrow
Rob H
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Good looking build Bryce,
Good looking build Bryce, I'm also in the process of building, gotta get around to posting something I suppose
Give a man a mask, and he'll show you his true face...
The older you get the more you realize that no one has a f++king clue what they're doing.
Everyone's just winging it.
Bryce Day
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Transom in, and will start
10mm transom in. Will start hull sheets Thursday. Been pretty slack with the build the last 2 weeks. Trailer will be finished next weekend. Welder making things easy.
pick up the fish finder on friday
Brock O
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Keep the photos coming, reads
Keep the photos coming, reads as a great unit Bryce with the Dual pulse.