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Default Silly questions - aluminum plank construction?

Richards recommendation at this site looks interesting.

http://www.mlvsloepen.nl/aluminium-sloepen/mlv-57 A refresher course
in Dutch, might help things along.

Have you thought of "forging" a hull? Have the male, and female molds
made out of almost solid oak, maybe pad with felt, bury it partly in
the driveway with your aluminum between them, and drive your Hummer,
or 18 wheeler over it.

You seem to enjoy thinking outside the box, Some kind of experiment
to alleviate splits, and cracks will need to be conducted.I used to
put sheets of plastic over molds in the oven to make model airplane
canopies. same idea.

I really like the looks of the " http://www.mlvsloepen.nl/aluminium-sloepen/mlv-57
" rig. Super smooth transom welding. Communicate with them, and see
what they say.

Den
48YF EAGLE