Cut n Shut.......

[Stilldrillin]

WOW!

http://www.liveleak.com/ll_embed?f=4627a8984ac8

David D

[Bluechip]

WOW! indeed ...

Aint this stuff



Just wonderful ... 

Dave

[rudydubya]

Amazing.  Enjoyable.  Thanks for sharing, David.

Regards,
Rudy

[Meldonmech]

David

                                Amazing but I just don't fancy a cruise in her now.

                                                    Cheers  David

                                               

[dawesy]

That's amazing. Wonder how the strengthened the join?

[Stilldrillin]

I was surprised to see how thin the skin, between inside, and outside! 


David D

[AndyB]

Cracking video, thanks for sharing.

As to the thickness, look at all the bulkheads throughout the section, it is like a cantilever bridge, everything supports everything else without having to have heavy plates which survive 15 inch naval gunfire.

The lighter it is, the more economical, the cheaper the tickets, so we can go on cruises for the same price as a reasonable hotel break (well, here is the UK anyway).

Andy

[bp]

Thanks for that.  Classic case of "bought by the yard".  Most modern ships are built initially in units, say 20 to 50 metres of hull that are sat on the slipway, or in dry dock, and then have adjoining semi complete sections welded to it.  Interesting that they do it with existing ships.

I wonder if that was the dry dock that had Bismarck in it?
cheers
Bill

[hanermo]

Nice !

Did you notice the keel rested on wood blacks ?
You can see them bend when they pull out the first part of the ship, in the beginning.

[bp]

As far as I can remember they use wood blocks because they are cheap, (relatively) easy to move around and they are readily available.  They do use well aged hardwood, generally "dogged" together, like giant staples.
Docking/undocking, sliding hulls down slipways, and so on are really interesting exercises in practical pragmatism.
cheers
bp