Braket build

[martin]

Glued in the engine mount pad.. And finish whith a center stringer.. The temps here have dropped and so has my bucket of resin...Lol... I want to mount on boat and load it up with weights before installing plat form.... I want to get a good loaded water line..

[Bigshrimpin]

Hey Martin - Looks good!! What are you using for a vacuum pump?

[martin]

Originally Posted by Bigshrimpin

Hey Martin - Looks good!! What are you using for a vacuum pump?

Hi It is a yellow jacket .. I have a 7.5 cfm and a 1.5 cfm.. also have a 8 cfm robinaire.. They work fine for what I do.. Lay up of small parts...

[martin]

Bracket weight 160 No trim .. No top

[martin]

Hey thanks for the comments .. But I will confess this is definitely a learning curve.. And a big one at that. I installed the center stringer this afternoon. and pulled the bracket from the mold. then went down and tried to weight it.. I would say that is comes in around 160 but i did not trim off excess and install the top.. I have got what i had expected and that was the glass pulled from the mold creating some warping to the inside of the mold. It appears to be all the same all around the bottom is flat and looks god. but the radius corners and forward and aft look awful.. Lots of fairing that has to be addressed. the glass bows inward from the side and the front and back of mold... It looks to be about a 1/4 in in the center on the front and the back. and the same for the sides...If I had t do it again I would use foam and therefor I would not be using much glass and resin.. I think it would be easier to build the bracket... Anybody try it..

[strick]

Not bad for you first one! 160# seems a little heavy without the top.

strick

[martin]

Originally Posted by strick

Not bad for you first one! 160# seems a little heavy without the top.

strick

Strick where did you mount your bracket on your 20 sf... My bracket is 48 inches wide by 25in deep.. and also the sides of your brackets look to be about 10in high.. is that true..thanks for all the help

[Bigshrimpin]

Originally Posted by martin

Strick where did you mount your bracket on your 20 sf... My bracket is 48 inches wide by 25in deep.. and also the sides of your brackets look to be about 10in high.. is that true..thanks for all the help

If you are 25 inches deep with the tub . . . do you have a 30" shaft motor?

[martin]

Originally Posted by Bigshrimpin

If you are 25 inches deep with the tub . . . do you have a 30" shaft motor?

Sorry on25" offset not deep.. 22 in deep..

[strick]

Originally Posted by martin

Strick where did you mount your bracket on your 20 sf... My bracket is 48 inches wide by 25in deep.. and also the sides of your brackets look to be about 10in high.. is that true..thanks for all the help

the sides on the bracket that is mounted to the 20sf are about 11" deep. The sides on the bracket that is going on the 20 sceptre are 10.25" deep.

strick