On 11 Nov 2012 14:52:44 GMT, harry wrote:

GuzzisRule wrote:
On Sun, 11 Nov 2012 06:17:53 -0500, Meyer wrote:

On 11/10/2012 9:41 PM, harry wrote:
Meyer wrote:
On 11/10/2012 8:40 PM, harry wrote:
wrote:
I was just at West MArine and happened to see some "outrigger backing
plates", ewwwwwwww, pretty shiny aluminum............$68.00 WHOA, are they kidding?
Good GAWD, my CNC mill could do those for nearly nuthin. Even better, I
could do it out of my fav material, G10, garolite and it wouldnt cause corrosion.
What Y'all fishy people think? Do people really pay that much for a
couple pieces of shiny aluminum with holes in em?

Just find the welding shop that handles installs and repairs on fire
department stainless steel, buy some stainless scraps, and have the shop
drill the resulting plates to match your outriggers, anchor rollers, et
cetera. $10 each for 1/2" stainless steel. Never heard of garolite.


Good on you. You stopped running from the tax man long enough to nicely
answer a boating post.


Next time you are in Oz, get a working brain. I just use Harry's handle
because it so ****es off right-wing losers. You know, losers like you.


You use a loser's handle to **** off losers? Your logic escapes me.

You'll notice that Krause's lying abilities haven't improved.


if you boys were any dumber, you'd be on life support. Actually, I'm
Kevin. No, I'm Loogy,

Yet you respond to a post about Krause's lying abilities.

You're much worse than Kevin, Krause, and he's pretty damn easy to catch!

GuzzisRule wrote:
On 11 Nov 2012 14:52:44 GMT, harry wrote:

GuzzisRule wrote:
On Sun, 11 Nov 2012 06:17:53 -0500, Meyer wrote:

On 11/10/2012 9:41 PM, harry wrote:
Meyer wrote:
On 11/10/2012 8:40 PM, harry wrote:
wrote:
I was just at West MArine and happened to see some "outrigger backing
plates", ewwwwwwww, pretty shiny aluminum............$68.00 WHOA, are they kidding?
Good GAWD, my CNC mill could do those for nearly nuthin. Even better, I
could do it out of my fav material, G10, garolite and it wouldnt cause corrosion.
What Y'all fishy people think? Do people really pay that much for a
couple pieces of shiny aluminum with holes in em?

Just find the welding shop that handles installs and repairs on fire
department stainless steel, buy some stainless scraps, and have the shop
drill the resulting plates to match your outriggers, anchor rollers, et
cetera. $10 each for 1/2" stainless steel. Never heard of garolite.


Good on you. You stopped running from the tax man long enough to nicely
answer a boating post.


Next time you are in Oz, get a working brain. I just use Harry's handle
because it so ****es off right-wing losers. You know, losers like you.


You use a loser's handle to **** off losers? Your logic escapes me.

You'll notice that Krause's lying abilities haven't improved.


if you boys were any dumber, you'd be on life support. Actually, I'm
Kevin. No, I'm Loogy,

Yet you respond to a post about Krause's lying abilities.

You're much worse than Kevin, Krause, and he's pretty damn easy to catch!

I enjoy responding to posts I think will elicit dumb responses from dummies
like you, dummy.

On 11/11/2012 10:18 AM, harry wrote:
GuzzisRule wrote:
On 11 Nov 2012 14:52:44 GMT, harry wrote:

GuzzisRule wrote:
On Sun, 11 Nov 2012 06:17:53 -0500, Meyer wrote:

On 11/10/2012 9:41 PM, harry wrote:
Meyer wrote:
On 11/10/2012 8:40 PM, harry wrote:
wrote:
I was just at West MArine and happened to see some "outrigger backing
plates", ewwwwwwww, pretty shiny aluminum............$68.00 WHOA, are they kidding?
Good GAWD, my CNC mill could do those for nearly nuthin. Even better, I
could do it out of my fav material, G10, garolite and it wouldnt cause corrosion.
What Y'all fishy people think? Do people really pay that much for a
couple pieces of shiny aluminum with holes in em?

Just find the welding shop that handles installs and repairs on fire
department stainless steel, buy some stainless scraps, and have the shop
drill the resulting plates to match your outriggers, anchor rollers, et
cetera. $10 each for 1/2" stainless steel. Never heard of garolite.


Good on you. You stopped running from the tax man long enough to nicely
answer a boating post.


Next time you are in Oz, get a working brain. I just use Harry's handle
because it so ****es off right-wing losers. You know, losers like you.


You use a loser's handle to **** off losers? Your logic escapes me.

You'll notice that Krause's lying abilities haven't improved.


if you boys were any dumber, you'd be on life support. Actually, I'm
Kevin. No, I'm Loogy,

Yet you respond to a post about Krause's lying abilities.

You're much worse than Kevin, Krause, and he's pretty damn easy to catch!

I enjoy responding to posts I think will elicit dumb responses from dummies
like you, dummy.

Whatever floats your boat.

On 11/11/2012 12:05 PM, wrote:
On Sun, 11 Nov 2012 09:27:09 -0500, GuzzisRule
wrote:



Whoops!

http://tinyurl.com/7v7nczx

I found a 14" chop saw at a garage sale for $6 and I will never pick
up a hack saw again.


Never say never.

On Friday, November 9, 2012 1:59:30 PM UTC-5, wrote:
I was just at West MArine and happened to see some "outrigger backing plates", ewwwwwwww, pretty shiny aluminum............$68.00 WHOA, are they kidding?

Good GAWD, my CNC mill could do those for nearly nuthin. Even better, I could do it out of my fav material, G10, garolite and it wouldnt cause corrosion.

What Y'all fishy people think? Do people really pay that much for a couple pieces of shiny aluminum with holes in em?

Looking on e-bay, I find Taco outrigger backing plates for $72.00. WOW. Now, I doubt there is much of a market for any individual type and short of going into West with a caliper and measuring, how would one go about finding correct dimensions for various types?

On Sun, 11 Nov 2012 09:09:03 -0800 (PST), wrote:

how would one go about finding correct dimensions for various types?

===

You could call or write the manufacturer for templates, or look on
their web site for an installation guide. Alternatively you could
make a tracing or ask your customer to supply one.

The only critical dimensions to a backing plate are the whole spacings
and diameter.

On Sun, 11 Nov 2012 13:41:22 -0500, Wayne.B
wrote:

The only critical dimensions to a backing plate are the whole spacings
and diameter.

===

Make that hole spacings. :-)

In article ,
says...

On Friday, November 9, 2012 1:59:30 PM UTC-5, wrote:
I was just at West MArine and happened to see some "outrigger backing plates", ewwwwwwww, pretty shiny aluminum............$68.00 WHOA, are they kidding?

Good GAWD, my CNC mill could do those for nearly nuthin. Even better, I could do it out of my fav material, G10, garolite and it wouldnt cause corrosion.

What Y'all fishy people think? Do people really pay that much for a couple pieces of shiny aluminum with holes in em?

Looking on e-bay, I find Taco outrigger backing plates for $72.00. WOW. Now, I doubt there is much of a market for any individual type and short of going into West with a caliper and measuring, how would one go about finding correct dimensions for various types?

You would buy them and measure them.

In article ,
says...

On Sun, 11 Nov 2012 13:41:22 -0500, Wayne.B
wrote:

The only critical dimensions to a backing plate are the whole spacings
and diameter.

===

Make that hole spacings. :-)

Yes, all of them!!

On Sun, 11 Nov 2012 09:09:03 -0800 (PST), wrote:

On Friday, November 9, 2012 1:59:30 PM UTC-5, wrote:
I was just at West MArine and happened to see some "outrigger backing plates", ewwwwwwww, pretty shiny aluminum............$68.00 WHOA, are they kidding?

Good GAWD, my CNC mill could do those for nearly nuthin. Even better, I could do it out of my fav material, G10, garolite and it wouldnt cause corrosion.

What Y'all fishy people think? Do people really pay that much for a couple pieces of shiny aluminum with holes in em?

Looking on e-bay, I find Taco outrigger backing plates for $72.00. WOW. Now, I doubt there is much of a market for any individual type and short of going into West with a caliper and measuring, how would one go about finding correct dimensions for various types?

I found this on the Grand Slam Outrigger installation instructions:

To find the proper location of the mounting plate keep in mind that the handle of the GS-270
requires 8" of clearance from the center of the 3-1/8" hole in order to rotate the outrigger 90
degrees from facing aft to the outboard position. The handle positions can be changed on this model.
If you are going to weld your own mounting plates to the frame, unlace the canvas and remove any
wires that may be inside the tubing of the brace bars and the T-Top frame where you are going to
weld. If you are using one of our weld-on or clamp-on plates, steps 3 and 4 have been done for you.
If you are using our clamp-on plate it is not necessary to unlace the canvas.

If you are having plates made, they should be 3/8" thick by 5" wide and long enough to fit between
the brace bars. When drilling the holes, it is best to cut the 3-1/8" hole and drop the GS-270 into
the hole and mark the location of the 4 mounting holes right through the holes in the unit. When
determining where to place the 3-1/8" hole in the plate, refer to step 1.

Perhaps you could call the outrigger manufacturer of interest and get the dimensions from him. Or,
make the backing plates, drill the center hole, and add instructions to mark the location and drill
the mounting holes, etc.