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Smackdaddy's "Pole Dancer" 1652 Polar Kraft flush deck jet b
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<blockquote data-quote="smackdaddy53" data-source="post: 407967" data-attributes="member: 10154"><p>Tough crowd here lately! I guess I will just post up step by step photos with detailed instructions for you guys to learn from. I guess no one ever did what I'm about to do to my boat, they probably just buy a new hull and modify it.</p><p>I decided to buy enough for sides and bottom and have some drop left for other stuff. A 96x240" sheet of 5086 1/8" should do the trick and I won't have to weld seams like I would with a shorter sheet. </p><p>9 sticks of 2x2x1/8" angle for strakes and 10 sticks of 1/8"x2" flat bar to weld to the existing frame front to back then spot weld the hull to it then weld continuous angle strakes over the spot welds. Not painting it this time. </p><p>I plan on selling my Minn Kota CoPilot 80 and going with a 55# thrust to eliminate one heavy battery and also do away with the house battery and just run a solo cranking battery to offset the extra weight of the thicker material.</p><p>I am going to pull all wiring, the console, fuel tank and poling platform to flip her over and drill out all hull rivets and neatly cut the hull apart to use as a pattern for the new sheet. I will weld 1/8"x2" flat bar longitudinally to the framework and run the sheet over it. I plan on spot welding the hull sheets to the flat bar and covering the welds with the angle strakes and welding them completely for strength. </p><p>Let me know what you guys think and if you have ever heard of anyone doing a "re-skin" like this let me know. I am sure I can pull it off. </p><p></p><p></p><p>Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="smackdaddy53, post: 407967, member: 10154"] Tough crowd here lately! I guess I will just post up step by step photos with detailed instructions for you guys to learn from. I guess no one ever did what I'm about to do to my boat, they probably just buy a new hull and modify it. I decided to buy enough for sides and bottom and have some drop left for other stuff. A 96x240" sheet of 5086 1/8" should do the trick and I won't have to weld seams like I would with a shorter sheet. 9 sticks of 2x2x1/8" angle for strakes and 10 sticks of 1/8"x2" flat bar to weld to the existing frame front to back then spot weld the hull to it then weld continuous angle strakes over the spot welds. Not painting it this time. I plan on selling my Minn Kota CoPilot 80 and going with a 55# thrust to eliminate one heavy battery and also do away with the house battery and just run a solo cranking battery to offset the extra weight of the thicker material. I am going to pull all wiring, the console, fuel tank and poling platform to flip her over and drill out all hull rivets and neatly cut the hull apart to use as a pattern for the new sheet. I will weld 1/8"x2" flat bar longitudinally to the framework and run the sheet over it. I plan on spot welding the hull sheets to the flat bar and covering the welds with the angle strakes and welding them completely for strength. Let me know what you guys think and if you have ever heard of anyone doing a "re-skin" like this let me know. I am sure I can pull it off. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk [/QUOTE]
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