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?

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?

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No doubt. Many people don't have the tools, materials or the skills
to use them. Buying is easier for them and saves time.

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.

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.

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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.

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?

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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..

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.

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.

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.

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.

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?