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Windshield / Grab Bar Installed
I didn't do my usual today. I had too much going on getting this Windshield laid out, holes drilled in the Acrylic and Console aligning the Windshield slope with the Backrest slope.
I needed the Windshield installed so I could fabricate a Grab Bar to protect it from damage.
I will back up the mounting hardware with extra thick Aluminum washers on the inside of the Console for improved clamping of the 1/4-20 SS Screws & Nuts.
All the weld are painted with Hot Shot, the additional welded pads were painted too. Boat is finished just waiting on paint to dry.
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Boat went out today. No more projects for friends the rest of the year and after that a very weak maybe. Time to stick steel to Crappie. Best time of the year to fish, Winter!
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Awesome work
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I like it! Time to settle down for a long winters nap or…
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Winter fish! I fish these trash piles out in the rivers 20+ft down with micro jigs and 8# braid. If you use mono you can't feel a bite. I very slowly lift and lower my pole just a little checking for weight or slack in the line. A lot Of the biggest fish I catch all year just suck the jig in and sit there with it in their mouth. When raising a Monster Slab to the surface you got to take your time too or possibly straighten or pull the hook.Originally Posted by BuckeyeCrappie
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Installing the Lights Today
I've had the boat here for a few days but needed to finish the Peach wine, Christmas, and processing enough wine bottles to bottle 40 bottles of my Tripletail wine.
Starting out with a Light Mounting Bracket I used a pair of Spring clamps to layout the location of the mounting bolt hole on all 8 Mounting Plates. After locating the hole I used a Transfer Punch to center punch a mark for drilling.
Of course when the 1/2 inch holes were drilled huge burrs was left on the exit side of the drill bit. I used a deburring bit to bevel both sides of the mounting holes.
here is a quick picture of the TIG welds. I Bump Weld Anodized so I can weld in one pass without creating a Heat Affected Zone in the weld.
The wiring is a bit of a pain to deal with as there are numerous "Tees" I tied all the power and control wires as best I could to keep them off the deck. Each Light has a Ballast and the Mfgr of the Lights provided a harness to tie all the ballasts for each side together and mount them remotely. Here I have the Ballasts screwed to a piece 1/2in piece of King Starboard using 1/2in Screws so the ballasts will be isolated from the boat hull. The thickness of the ballast flange is enough to prevent the screws from touching the hull.
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I will get a few pictures in the field. I have to tune one of my Compound Bows for fishing once this is finished.
