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Rhyan Craft: Now BRINE CRAFT
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<blockquote data-quote="Brine" data-source="post: 149296" data-attributes="member: 1053"><p>With the way I have my uprights spaced, I would think that the 6063 (angle without the radius) would have worked fine, but I don't know enough about the alloys to have a good understanding as to how much of a difference it would be. As noted in a previous post, the 6063 is roughly half the strength of the 6061, I just don't know what that really equates to as a deck in a jon boat. </p><p></p><p>If I were doing it over, I wouldn't go the same route with the spacer. I'd probably just use tubing for the whole build. The only reason I would use angle is to make angle brackets to attach the tubuing. I am paying $27 for a 24ft stick of 1/16 tubing. I might consider using 1/8" if I wasn't going to have as much support from below as I do now. </p><p></p><p>I cut all of the aluminum angle and tube with a 12" mitre saw with a wood blade. I can get the specifics if you'd like, but I know that it was just a blade that was on there from when I did a pergo installation. I'm not sure without looking of the tooth count though. It worked good, and is still going strong. </p><p></p><p>No worries on the questions, that's why we're here. To learn.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brine, post: 149296, member: 1053"] With the way I have my uprights spaced, I would think that the 6063 (angle without the radius) would have worked fine, but I don't know enough about the alloys to have a good understanding as to how much of a difference it would be. As noted in a previous post, the 6063 is roughly half the strength of the 6061, I just don't know what that really equates to as a deck in a jon boat. If I were doing it over, I wouldn't go the same route with the spacer. I'd probably just use tubing for the whole build. The only reason I would use angle is to make angle brackets to attach the tubuing. I am paying $27 for a 24ft stick of 1/16 tubing. I might consider using 1/8" if I wasn't going to have as much support from below as I do now. I cut all of the aluminum angle and tube with a 12" mitre saw with a wood blade. I can get the specifics if you'd like, but I know that it was just a blade that was on there from when I did a pergo installation. I'm not sure without looking of the tooth count though. It worked good, and is still going strong. No worries on the questions, that's why we're here. To learn. [/QUOTE]
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