Good to hear from you Robert. Dave has had a change in staff and weld issues appear to be a thing of the past. I am certainly impressed with the effort that has gone into my tub and have no quibbles with the quality of the job. All of the bottom joins are beautifuly seam welded to prevent the ingress of moisture and, as can be seen from the pictures, the other welds look great. The roof issue appears to have been solved also, with roof sections being pressed overseas to be mated to an accurate rear bulkhead that Dave fabricates in-house.
Yes, time is always a problem, for us all. I know there were concerns with your tub re the amount of time it took, but one has to remember that Dave was starting very nearly from scratch and wanted to get things accurate - hence an awful lot of time spent doing research and confirming the accuracy of measurements (not always a straitforward task). With the staff change mentioned above and all measurements now known, plus CNC laser cutting of many parts rather than hand cutting and forming, the time taken to produce a tub has been reduced dramatically. I guess we owe you one for being so patient and acting as the guinea pig. I hope you can get back to your monocoque sometime soon . It would be nice to have a couple of them in this part of the world.
Best wishes, Brian.