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Jon and V Boat Conversions & Modifications
My 1968 14ft Alumacraft project (Finished!)
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<blockquote data-quote="offdutyangler" data-source="post: 285910" data-attributes="member: 9926"><p>My deck bracing,</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]43751[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>I started by drilling out the rivets that held in the bench seat in. This was pretty easy to do, I used a punch to make a divot then drilled the top of the rivets off until they popped off. I'm leaving both of the braces on to attach to a side rail i'm adding.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]43752[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Here is the bench seat removed, talk about different! Over 25 years of fishing in this boat.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]43753[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>I contemplated using wood for the bracing but after many hours of looking through other peoples mod's I decided to use aluminum. However since I'm trying to do this as cheap as I can I decided to use an aluminum extension ladder I had. Talk about easy (so far.)</p><p>I attached the two ladders together and this is what I came up with,</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]43754[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Which left me with a gap in the middle of the boat,</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]43755[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>After thinking of ways to fill the gap, this is what I came up with, I cut off a couple pieces of the ladder foot things and slid them in. I'm very please on how well they worked. </p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]43757[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]43758[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Later today (after running to the Depot for supplies) I will be riveting everything into place and adding the deck.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="offdutyangler, post: 285910, member: 9926"] My deck bracing, [ATTACH type="full" alt="floorfromabove.jpg"]43751._xfImport[/ATTACH] I started by drilling out the rivets that held in the bench seat in. This was pretty easy to do, I used a punch to make a divot then drilled the top of the rivets off until they popped off. I'm leaving both of the braces on to attach to a side rail i'm adding. [ATTACH type="full" alt="brace.jpg"]43752._xfImport[/ATTACH] Here is the bench seat removed, talk about different! Over 25 years of fishing in this boat. [ATTACH type="full" alt="seatout.jpg"]43753._xfImport[/ATTACH] I contemplated using wood for the bracing but after many hours of looking through other peoples mod's I decided to use aluminum. However since I'm trying to do this as cheap as I can I decided to use an aluminum extension ladder I had. Talk about easy (so far.) I attached the two ladders together and this is what I came up with, [ATTACH type="full" alt="level.jpg"]43754._xfImport[/ATTACH] Which left me with a gap in the middle of the boat, [ATTACH type="full" alt="floorgap.jpg"]43755._xfImport[/ATTACH] After thinking of ways to fill the gap, this is what I came up with, I cut off a couple pieces of the ladder foot things and slid them in. I'm very please on how well they worked. [ATTACH type="full" alt="gapsolution1.jpg"]43757._xfImport[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="gapsolution2.jpg"]43758._xfImport[/ATTACH] Later today (after running to the Depot for supplies) I will be riveting everything into place and adding the deck. [/QUOTE]
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