jehler wrote:Nope
It would keep the side from flexing. It wouldn't be as strong as flat stock, but it would accomplish the same thing.
jehler wrote:Nope
you shouldn't have to bend anything.FlintRiverFowler wrote:I don't have a brake to bend the gussets
NuffDaddy wrote:you shouldn't have to bend anything.FlintRiverFowler wrote:I don't have a brake to bend the gussets
FlintRiverFowler wrote:NuffDaddy wrote:you shouldn't have to bend anything.FlintRiverFowler wrote:I don't have a brake to bend the gussets
Ones I'm talking about are bent to a square and fit around the brace. They have three sides.
Flightstopper wrote:I'd run one solid brace in the middle instead of the seat. Then lay down a .100" aluminum floor and you'd be golden.
Bootlipkiller wrote: all the mallards I killed today had boners do to my epic calling.
assateague wrote:I've always thought "gusset" sounded like some sort of clothing from the 1800s.
Bootlipkiller wrote: all the mallards I killed today had boners do to my epic calling.
3legged_lab wrote:assateague wrote:I've always thought "gusset" sounded like some sort of clothing from the 1800s.
I would imagine you to have a pair of "gusset".
i hate trusses, and cranesassateague wrote:jehler wrote:love to throw around the word gussets on jobsites with new guys, that mullions and purlins always confuses themassateague wrote:I've always thought "gusset" sounded like some sort of clothing from the 1800s.
I had a gusset slice my knee open like a scalpel once. We were swinging trusses on a big ass side by side duplex, and I was middle man. The crane guy was in a hurry, apparently, and had that bitch sky high to clear the ones we stood already, and was swinging fast into the wind. Right as it cleared the last truss we set, the one I was standing on, it sandwiched, and came off the hook , with the tails screaming down. I tried to make my whole body 1 1/2" wide, and hide under a chord of the truss. Not like there was anywhere else I could go. That sonofabitch went whistling by so close that I thought I had bought it. But the only thing that happened was a gusset sliced my right knee open, not even very deep, on it's way down. Smashed through the first floor deck, and the tails ended up about 5 feet into the basement. I wanted to go cuss the crane guy up one side and down the other, but I was shaking too bad to even get off the truss I was standing on, much less go fight somebody. Probably would have peed on myself a little, had my pecker not been running for my stomach when that fucker broke apart right over my head.
3legged_lab wrote:Flightstopper wrote:I'd run one solid brace in the middle instead of the seat. Then lay down a .100" aluminum floor and you'd be golden.
Like a shower?
AKPirate wrote:Jason is usually right but sometimes wrong
Olly wrote:I hope to God you've finally found a motor to be happy with.
FlintRiverFowler wrote:N
Oh and I got me some of these sweet LED shark eyes nav lights. Probly gona wait til Olly comes to town to install them bc he's much better with wiring than I am.
The old $600 junker is coming together nicely.
NuffDaddy wrote:FlintRiverFowler wrote:N
Oh and I got me some of these sweet LED shark eyes nav lights. Probly gona wait til Olly comes to town to install them bc he's much better with wiring than I am.
The old $600 junker is coming together nicely.
Red goes to the + on the battery and black goes to the - on the battery.
FlintRiverFowler wrote:NuffDaddy wrote:FlintRiverFowler wrote:N
Oh and I got me some of these sweet LED shark eyes nav lights. Probly gona wait til Olly comes to town to install them bc he's much better with wiring than I am.
The old $600 junker is coming together nicely.
Red goes to the + on the battery and black goes to the - on the battery.
Yeah but he heat shrinks stuff and makes it look purdy. I'm (olly) is gona be puttin in a switch panel too. he just dont know it yet. Also the engine has a generator that I want to wire to the electrical system of the boat. Ill ruin it. Electricity is not my thing.
FlintRiverFowler wrote:NuffDaddy wrote:FlintRiverFowler wrote:N
Oh and I got me some of these sweet LED shark eyes nav lights. Probly gona wait til Olly comes to town to install them bc he's much better with wiring than I am.
The old $600 junker is coming together nicely.
Red goes to the + on the battery and black goes to the - on the battery.
Yeah but he heat shrinks stuff and makes it look purdy. I'm (olly) is gona be puttin in a switch panel too. he just dont know it yet. Also the engine has a generator that I want to wire to the electrical system of the boat. Ill ruin it. Electricity is not my thing.
RonE wrote:Someone suggested you put an aluminum floor in the boat. that is a good idea. Take the boat to welder and have four or five 1x2" box tubing pieces welded to the ribs the length of the boat. From the center of the boat working for and aft, port and starboard, pop rivet the aluminum floor to the stringers. Leave the foam. It will provide flotation and make it ride quieter.
Use a couple of 3/4 PVC pipes as wire chases to get wires for lights and such for and aft under the floor or along the sides of the boat it that is easier. Your seat is probably already filled with foam but if you are putting foam in the floor you might remove the foam from the seats and perhaps reinforce them somewhat and put hatches on the seats for storage boxes. Between the transom and the sides of the boat near the gunnels, place a couple of triangular gussets that are at least 3-4 inches tall on the edge of the gusset that is not welded to the transom or the sides. These will make a face for your switch panels and perhaps a 12 volt outlet for a spotlight. If you don't have an stern/anchor light on the top of your engine you can also use one of the gussets for a removable mast mounted stern light. Looks like your project is coming along well.
Next you will want a bigger boat.
Tomkat wrote:I have heard of people putting alluminium blinds on duck boats.
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