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cut this hinge into 2 sections make two hinges

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Here on the port side the aft ss bolt was removed from the bowsprit / anchor roller mounting brkt to temp install a black reg 3/8" X 3" bolt for installing the stiffner brkt's from there to the ancor locker
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here is the inside veiw from underneath of the floatation chamber that surounds the ancor locker u can see the stiffner brkt installed between the hull & the ancor locker this will all be attachhed to the rear mounting brkt . the right bolt is coming through from the ancor roller mounting brkt & hull then accross to the ancor locker sidewall this means everything is attached to the deck & hull below the deck hull joint thus releaving any stress from the deck hull joint
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inside ancor locker side mounting brkt to be cut once postition of cross brace angle is determined
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The cross brace will be 3" allum channel , here shown is 3" alum flat bar as a demo
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anyone wanting to copy these pics for further refernce are welcome

this is all just temp. installed once fitted properly then have to make sure these brkt's will fit the starboard side before marking & drilling the S/B side brkt's & once the inside ancor locker angle mounting brkt's angles have been determined & measured everything will have to be removed to cut these brkt's then checked for exact fit then all re-installed this part of the process is very time consuming climbing in & out of the boat a hundred times , then onto the front brkt for completion & installation a little more accessible up front above the bow eye access panell the ancor locker brkts r accessed through one 5" round access panell on each side a big pita I may see if I can buy a wall access panell from home hardware the kind u buy for ur house walls for about 20$ be much easier for further access & re-installing the floation

J

Truck hinges. Brilliant! So they did almost fall off the back of a truck, then.

So how did you come across them in that stage of (dis)assembly? Is there a plant near you?

Nice work as usual.

-B.

Progress was slow this wk-end , bought more Alum material 65$ , SS hardware $130.00 fri morn , then spent the rest of Fri & Sat with my Daughter & granddaughter
So back @ it on Sun morn started with a peice of Alum Angle 6" X 6" 3/8" thick for the front mounting brkt
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Now back to the rear mounting brkt's access is through two previous installed 6" deck plates
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These have now been removed & replaced with a 17" X 17" house wall access panel 21$ giving me lots of room for access for this & many more if needed future mods this also makes it a lot easier to remove & re-install the floation

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Here's the panel frame
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Will post more pic's tonight of the frame installed

J

Here's more pic's the panel frame inserted
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The panel lid
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J

more progress
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Here u can see the peice that came out of th slot cut out as u can see the anchor locker lid has a balsa wood core so after I cut the slot out a little more wider then it will have to be resin core the edges to seal them from the water
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under the locker lid the center brkt here is just a proto brkt will be replaced with a one peice brkt once I buy more 3" alum angle will post that next wk-end
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J

When you're done it'll be solid enough that you'll be able to put it to good use in the off-season, John.

As a stump-puller!

-B.

seahouse wrote:When you're done it'll be solid enough that you'll be able to put it to good use in the off-season, John.

As a stump-puller!

-B.

Brian

I'm completly Stumped !!

J

I like the new chain locker.... "To boldly go where no man has gone before!"

Something of the engineer in you, Scotty.

Ha ha. We're such a bunch of "cut-ups"!
- B.

Well bought more material 16" X 3" x3" x 1/4" thick Alum Angle yesterday Fri , & today sat got right back into it freezing my butt off inside both my shops as I'm toooooooooo, cheap !! to heat the joints !! ,

anyway made & finshed off the inside brkt's for the anchor lock
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The brkt looks un-even & lop-sided just due to the angle the pic was taken
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S/B inside locker side brkt
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port side inside locker brkt
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httNew one peice inside locker center brkt

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This is the complete brkt's assembly it is a 9 peice alum brkt's & 4 plastic "cutting board" backing plates that once assembled altogether inside the boat it all bolts together bringing the hull on both sides & the anchor locker walls making them a one peice assembley so their is no stress on the deck or deck joint
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PS Well going back out now to install my new on firesale glove box

Nice work J

Cant wait to see it in operation this summer

When r we getting together with Rock for beers?

G

Well got to weld the two end cut-out slots on the center brkt , then paint the inside anchor locker brkt's then the rear brkt's r ready to install along with the front hinged mounting brkts , so tomorrow Sun I have to make the top swivel mounting plates & premount everything to make sure it all lines up perfect , then maybe hopefully next wk-end or the one after if it ever warms up this monkey needs one more monkey one outside the boat & one inside to install this contraption Oh & a third monkey to be the gofer for the other two monkeys bringing the hardware & Beers & be the center comunication guy passing the Buck back & forth , I said right u dumb A$$ no u'r other right ,S/B > u hear S/B no thats port ur looking @ the Aft of the boat instead of the Bow Gez good help is really hard to find , just how many beer's u had already !!!!!

J

Lookin good John! Bulletproof.

Well into the top swivel & base brkt's these r taking alot of time
here's the top mounting brkt with the front hinges mounted with temp pre install fit
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Here's the top swivel plate it had to have timed slots made into it so as it can turn from center to either port or starboard anchor rollers

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J
Sorry moved these so I had to repost them sorry for any inconveince