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[cape man]

I am not sensitive at all and all comments will be taken without insult.

Careful with this crowd!!

Glad to see you are building again, but dang it man...gonna make me build another one myself if you guys keep going.

Jen did notice and was real quiet...

[dborecky]

Cape man,

I have tough skin so no worries....

If you ever get the urge to build, you can always drive over to my place and have at it..

We need to go fishing again!

[Aripeka Angler]

Jen did notice and was real quiet...

It might be a good time for her to counterpunch by bringing home a new car

We need to go fishing again!

That is the best idea I have heard all week....

[dborecky]

I got home early today and Joseph asked "can we build the boat" soooo.. We went in the garage and finished the strong back. Here is a picture with Joseph in it for scale. The strong back is 16 ft long by 4 ft wide. After flipping it, I realized the wheels don't have brakes and the thing really moves around. I guess I will need to make some blocks so it won't roll around on me when building and sanding.

Now to put the frames on it followed by glueing up the panels and stringers......

[Cracker Larry]

You don't think it might need a couple of wheels in the center? That's a long span.

I think you might need to clean the rest of the garage before you put a boat on that strongback

[sitandfish]

You don't think it might need a couple of wheels in the center?...

And maybe you can find a pair with brakes.

Cool boots, Joseph!

[dborecky]

CL,

I thought about the wheels in the middle but at 20 bucks for each wheel I thought I could get away with the four. I could be wrong. I know that they can handle the weight with 770lb rating for each wheel. I may bite the bullet and get another pair and put them in the middle..... The 2X6's are on there sides which should help with stiffness.


sitandfish,

I had a hard enough time finding these that could handle the weight. I will just block them with wedges when I need to. Much cheaper that way...

[Prarie Dog]

Dborecky, I built a long table that is 16' X 8'. I put casters in the middle and on one end and put legs on the other end. When you want to move it I use a floor jack to jack up the legs an inch or two and move it where I want it. I kick the casters on the opposite end in line and it won't move. This same setup should work good for a strongback.

[Steven]

Just move the wheels in from the ends 2-3 feet. That's what I did for the OB19. Never had any downward flexing in the middle. Measured and watched carefully. 3 sets of wheels wasn't an option as I like to roll it out of the garage, which has a 1.5" lip to go down.

[majorgator]

Glad to see you are building again, but dang it man...gonna make me build another one myself if you guys keep going.

Everybody here just calm down for a minute There's not a day that goes by where I don't consider building another, or re-building one...and I haven't even finished the one I got.

Derrick - I'm pretty interested in this style cause you don't see too many of these around our neck of the woods. Should be neat!

seth