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11-14-2006, 10:11 PM
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Bracket Project
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#2
11-14-2006, 10:17 PM
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Re: Bracket Project
Chuck's been helping me make a bracket. I got into a little mess after doing some nice glass work . . . I guess I didn't properly catalyze the first layer of glass and the tub of the braket got all fk'd up when I broke open the mold. It's gonna be lots of fairing to make it pretty, but I've got two sides somewhat faired already. I'm hoping it'll be ready by turkeyday.
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11-15-2006, 10:08 AM
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Re: Bracket Project
nice job guys- keeps the pix coming- are you going to add floatation to it???? How much does/will it weigh???
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11-15-2006, 12:45 PM
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Re: Bracket Project
Bigshrimpin....that looks great. Makes more tempted to try that myself....although I want a twin bracket. My questions would be...how did you determine the dimensions???
Especially the height to mount it on the full transom and the height at the rear of the bracket???
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11-15-2006, 04:06 PM
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Re: Bracket Project
  The dimensions were tough to figure out. Luckily strick had worked through it before. This bracket will have a 26" setback. Supposedly you need to raise the motor one inch for every 12" of setback. So I made the bracket 23" tall which gives me a 4" gap at the bottom for the hull drain plugs. 25" + 2" (to account for the setback) => 27" = 23" (bracket height) + 4". The width is 38" b/c that was the width of the fiberglass fabric I used. 13 degrees is what I measured for the angle of the transom. When I calculated the positive floatation . . . I got somewhere around 400 lbs (depending on the final weight of the bracket.
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#6
11-15-2006, 05:48 PM
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Re: Bracket Project
Sorry big, I'm a little thick. The engine mount is higher
than the front top of the bracket....so is the top of where the engines mount now 27" above a line from the keel back?? Or is the bracket 23" high at the front?? I have a stainless marine aluminum twin bracket, but I really like the idea of a fiberglass bracket. This bracket is also flat across the bottom and I think a V bottom bracket that matched the transom deadrise would give more flotation and look better too. I like your gallery of photos....
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#7
12-05-2006, 11:05 AM
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Re: Bracket Project
Totally impressed Great joy
FellowShip _______________________________________________ My motto: Just for the Grins 
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#8
12-05-2006, 10:46 PM
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Re: Bracket Project
like fellowship said.. very impressed.
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02-18-2007, 02:20 PM
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02-18-2007, 05:21 PM
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Re: Bracket Project
Bobby - here's the layup that I used for the Bracket Tub.
2 layers of 1/2 oz mat 2 layers of 1708 8 layers of alternating 1/2 oz mat and 18 oz roving All corners were done with 6" wide overlapping 1708 tape. The bottom/side pieces overlap at the "keel" to there are essentially 16 layers over an inch of glass at the keel. The tub took about 6 gallons of resin. The swim platform part took about 2.5 gallons I'm gonna core the platform, so I'll probably use up another 2 gallons of resin. The widest part of the bracket was 38" (b/c I had 38" wide 1/2oz mat). The engine stand would have helped a lot during the layup. 
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