Recent content by jimmyjams4110

Thanks, pretty proud of the fit. Actually made the platform in the garage and had a buddy weld it up. Bought a $100 12 ton pipe bender from harbor freight, used 1 1/2" SCH 40 pipe for the main legs, used 1 1/4" pipe for the front legs that bend up, and used 1" for the deck band, the top is...

I'm am finished. it's been a fun and enjoyable process, will do again. Fits perfectly snug in the garage too! Here's the final product.

All done with the cosmetics, time to pop the motor on and get to work!

Thank you for the comments. We continued the stitch all the way, staggering the locations to minimize metal distortion. Worked out pretty dang well! After that, I grinded down any high spots, scuffed up the seam and both sides and filled with metal reinforced bondo. End result is what I...

Used .125 on mine.

It's been my first time modifying an all welded aluminum boat and wanted to ask a couple of questions since the majority of the information I've used to do the project was from here. Little back story, I bought a 2000 17.5' Empire Jon boat a month or so ago, wasn't set up ideally for fishing so...