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Message: <blockquote data-quote="typed by ben" data-source="post: 330365" data-attributes="member: 11717">thanks and yeah that was eye opening.  they must have all kinds of randos in there slapping these things together and bucking rivets.  i cant imagine trying to run a manufacturing business without consistency.  i did some cardboard as well in my planning stages to get a better idea of what relationships i would have.  i should have read the cards right there and noticed that the boat was out of wack but i chalked it up to operator error and the flimsiness of the cardboard.  it took actually cutting the boat and cutting metal before i could see it for what it was.   i think where prototyping is really going to come in handy is laying out the deck (because its expensive to mess up a sheet) and making bulkheads for the trolling motor and foot pedal recess.</blockquote>