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Outrigger backing plates
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? |
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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? Would it actually pay to make these things out of G10? I figure that if my local West has em they must sell them to somebody. |
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On Fri, 9 Nov 2012 16:51:11 -0800 (PST), Frogwatch
wrote: Would it actually pay to make these things out of G10? I figure that if my local West has em they must sell them to somebody. === Are you looking at this as a potential business? If so you've got to get a handle on what the potential market is, what your distribution channels are, along with your costs, price point and ROI. Frankly I doubt that it's a big market unless you can become an official supplier to either a boat builder or outrigger manufacturer. If you have NC machine tools sitting around idle that would help to kick start a small scale manufacturing operation. |
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On 11/9/2012 4:37 PM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Fri, 9 Nov 2012 10:59:30 -0800 (PST), 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? === No doubt. Many people don't have the tools, materials or the skills to use them. Buying is easier for them and saves time. Damn, have you seen the price of Aluminum stock lately? Might be cheaper to buy them after all.. |
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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? Yes, my CNC mill is idle much of the time and I am looking for work for it. We do a lot of stuff from G10 so it would be a good match. For distribution, ,maybe ebay. I have started a new business, Gulf Marine Technologies, Inc. (no website yet) making collapsible fabric radar reflectors, floating stainless steel fabric lightning grounds for boats, and collapsible fabric parabolic satellite TV dishes. I am having the CNC make dovetail mounts for boats where the dovetail locks an instrument in place but can be removed. Strong enough to support a persons weight. Could support boarding ladders, grills, etc. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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? G10 grade Garolite is amazing stuff. Stronger than steel and lighter than aluminum is an epoxy/glass high density composite. IF you use it instead of Aluminum, you have no corrosion problems. I used it for backing plates on my homebuilt boats. Biggest problem is that it wears out tools but as we use a lot of it, we can deal with that. There is something even better coming out that is almost as strong as carbon fiber epoxy composite but considerable less expensive. It is like G10 but uses basaltic glass. So, you fishing people, would it pay to make some of em and sell em on e-bay? |
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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. |
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On Sunday, November 11, 2012 12:19:05 AM UTC-5, wrote:
On Sat, 10 Nov 2012 20:06:40 -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............$68.00 WHOA, are they kidding? Good GAWD, my CNC mill could do those for nearly nuthin. Even better, I could do it out of my fav material, G10, garolite and it wouldnt cause corrosion. What Y'all fishy people think? Do people really pay that much for a couple pieces of shiny aluminum with holes in em? G10 grade Garolite is amazing stuff. Stronger than steel and lighter than aluminum is an epoxy/glass high density composite. IF you use it instead of Aluminum, you have no corrosion problems. I used it for backing plates on my homebuilt boats. Biggest problem is that it wears out tools but as we use a lot of it, we can deal with that. There is something even better coming out that is almost as strong as carbon fiber epoxy composite but considerable less expensive. It is like G10 but uses basaltic glass. So, you fishing people, would it pay to make some of em and sell em on e-bay? The good thing about Ebay is it costs virtually nothing to try. Bang out a few, float them out there at an obscene profit (still a third of We$t Marine) and see what happens. My guess is these are not huge volume sellers but that is what Ebay is for if you just want beer money.. Just make sure to describe them well so they'll get hits when someone googles for the product. I needed to replace the "flavor bars" in my Weber grill. Weber makes them in porcelained steel or stainless ($$). When looking I got a hit from someone selling replacements on ebay that were stainless, thicker gauge than weber's, for about 60% the cost. Made by someone at a metal fab shop that had the shear and brake to cut and bend them. Great product. |
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On 11/11/2012 9:25 AM, 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. It doesn't even embarrass him that he's been outed as a scum sucking low life leech on society. |
Outrigger backing plates
On 11/11/2012 9:27 AM, GuzzisRule wrote:
Whoops! http://tinyurl.com/7v7nczx I have something similar. The wheels seem to dustify rather rapidly. But they work. |
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On Sun, 11 Nov 2012 07:17:32 -0500, Meyer wrote:
On 11/11/2012 8:01 AM, wrote: On Sunday, November 11, 2012 12:19:05 AM UTC-5, wrote: On Sat, 10 Nov 2012 20:06:40 -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? G10 grade Garolite is amazing stuff. Stronger than steel and lighter than aluminum is an epoxy/glass high density composite. IF you use it instead of Aluminum, you have no corrosion problems. I used it for backing plates on my homebuilt boats. Biggest problem is that it wears out tools but as we use a lot of it, we can deal with that. There is something even better coming out that is almost as strong as carbon fiber epoxy composite but considerable less expensive. It is like G10 but uses basaltic glass. So, you fishing people, would it pay to make some of em and sell em on e-bay? The good thing about Ebay is it costs virtually nothing to try. Bang out a few, float them out there at an obscene profit (still a third of We$t Marine) and see what happens. My guess is these are not huge volume sellers but that is what Ebay is for if you just want beer money.. Just make sure to describe them well so they'll get hits when someone googles for the product. I needed to replace the "flavor bars" in my Weber grill. Weber makes them in porcelained steel or stainless ($$). When looking I got a hit from someone selling replacements on ebay that were stainless, thicker gauge than weber's, for about 60% the cost. Made by someone at a metal fab shop that had the shear and brake to cut and bend them. Great product. Old bed frames make great flavor bars. Cut em with a hack saw or whatever. Make sure you burn the paint off before cooking over them. I got one of these at Harbor Freight to cut some 3/8" steel plate. Worked like a charm! |
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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. |
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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, |
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On Sun, 11 Nov 2012 08:45:58 -0500, Meyer wrote:
On 11/11/2012 9:27 AM, GuzzisRule wrote: Whoops! http://tinyurl.com/7v7nczx I have something similar. The wheels seem to dustify rather rapidly. But they work. And the price is right. |
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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! |
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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. |
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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. |
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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? |
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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. |
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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. :-) |
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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. Sure. |
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