Hi Blu Skys, glad to have helped. I was going to have the lintel made from 8mm stainless steel and cut out by CNC but it was horribly expensive. I was fortunate to have a contact who was able to make it up from Aramid / Kevlar cloth and epoxy - light weight and super strong so if you can find a shipwright who can make one up for you I'd definitely recommend this material. Thanks for watching
Looks nice SIr : ) Butt how did you hold the presure UP againt the "roof". I am thinking about the "self made tingy" you used and bolted and fasten to the wood.
Hi Per, Stu and Marina, the blue bar you can see was attached to my car jack and I just made sure I had some extra timber padding between its base and the top of the keel (under the floor) and then loosened off the stays and wound the jack up which pushed the roof up. It was a really stressful process cause I really didnt know if it would work or if it would potentially cause even more damage ie: cracking the floor, splitting the roof or even losing the rig all together. As a result of my stress over it I totally forgot to film that process 😬 but you can see what I did in Ep2 at around 1:20
Hi Per, Stu and Marina, the blue bar you can see was attached to my car jack and I just made sure I had some extra timber padding between its base and the top of the keel (under the floor) and then loosened off the stays and wound the jack up which pushed the roof up. It was a really stressful process cause I really didnt know if it would work or if it would potentially cause even more damage ie: cracking the floor, splitting the roof or even losing the rig all together. As a result of my stress over it I totally forgot to film that process 😬 but you can see what I did in Ep2 at around 1:20
I have the same boat with the same problem. Thanx for beating a path. Blu Skys
Hi Blu Skys, glad to have helped. I was going to have the lintel made from 8mm stainless steel and cut out by CNC but it was horribly expensive. I was fortunate to have a contact who was able to make it up from Aramid / Kevlar cloth and epoxy - light weight and super strong so if you can find a shipwright who can make one up for you I'd definitely recommend this material. Thanks for watching
Looks nice SIr : ) Butt how did you hold the presure UP againt the "roof". I am thinking about the "self made tingy" you used and bolted and fasten to the wood.
Hi Per, Stu and Marina, the blue bar you can see was attached to my car jack and I just made sure I had some extra timber padding between its base and the top of the keel (under the floor) and then loosened off the stays and wound the jack up which pushed the roof up. It was a really stressful process cause I really didnt know if it would work or if it would potentially cause even more damage ie: cracking the floor, splitting the roof or even losing the rig all together. As a result of my stress over it I totally forgot to film that process 😬 but you can see what I did in Ep2 at around 1:20
Thanks for watching and for your comment
Looks good! Same question than @perfstaas7188
Hi Per, Stu and Marina, the blue bar you can see was attached to my car jack and I just made sure I had some extra timber padding between its base and the top of the keel (under the floor) and then loosened off the stays and wound the jack up which pushed the roof up. It was a really stressful process cause I really didnt know if it would work or if it would potentially cause even more damage ie: cracking the floor, splitting the roof or even losing the rig all together. As a result of my stress over it I totally forgot to film that process 😬 but you can see what I did in Ep2 at around 1:20
Thanks for watching and for your comment