keel cut complete, drilled for bulb and some welding 

Today the rounded part of the keel was cut , 12.5mm holes drilled for the bolts holding on the lead bulb

 and a small triangle of steel was welded to the leading edge of the keel,

this saves having to cut out a big chunk of steel on the front of the keel to achieve the correct shape.and of course the welder ran out of wire in the middle of the first weld, so I had to replace the 5kg spool

old wire packaging, so I have a record of it

new pack of wire installed

weld with new wire, it has slightly different characteristics
so I changed travel speed mid weld

finished up at 23h00, so I cannot grind and wire brush or it will disturb the neighbour so more to happen in the am

 keel drawing and cutting

Today the keel was drawn out onto the 12mm plate and cutting started.

 It was suprising that the Makita grinder cut it much easier than the Bosch grinder, both are 720w both run at 11000 rpm but it somehow felt and sounded like the Makita was running at slower rpm and it seemed to cut much easier, with less grabbing and less chattering. ???

So far 5 discs used

tomorrow the rest of the cuts will be made if there is time, socialising time tomorrow

 Scarfs cut,and planning for keel cutting

Yesterday the scarfs were cut in preparation for glue up, and today some final shaping was done on the directional fins and rudder. and the workshop was prepped for the cutting of the steel plate, all this has to be done before the strongback is set up and the hull build begins as there will not be space to manhandle and cutand shape the 12mm steel keel plate.