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André Langevin André Langevin is offline
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Default Recommended book for aluminum boatbuilding ?

I'm about to start the construction of a Robert 434 in aluminum next summer.
I have experience in aluminum welding but boatbuilding is a different
subject that just doing butt join. I'm wondering if someone on the group
has some experience in doing the final welding of an aluminum boat and if
there is a book where i could find such knowledge.

I currently have a lot of books on steel boat construction (Colvin, Klingel
and others) and i have ordered Boatbuilding with Aluminum from Stephen F.
Pollard. Any other would be helpful.

Altough i know how to do X-ray quality weld from 1/8 to 1/2 in 5034 alu,
what stresses me the most is the specific welding techniques to remove
stress point in the hull and so on.

Thanks !