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ALUMA-JET- Duracraft 1648 SV Jetboat Conversion
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<blockquote data-quote="PSG-1" data-source="post: 224703" data-attributes="member: 6937"><p>Yeah, they are a lot of work. You pretty much have to have your own welding and machining equipment, and the know-how to fabricate and design.</p><p></p><p> If you had to pay for a welder and a machinist to do all of this, you'd go broke real quick!</p><p></p><p></p><p>As far as my switches, they are regular toggle switches I picked up at west marine, they are the type with the illuminated tip. The switch is wired to the ignition circuit, so when the boat is running, all switches glow white, unless turned on, then they glow red. Looks pretty cool at night. Also, I replaced all of the bulbs in my gages with LED's, to minimize power usage at night.</p><p></p><p>The labels you see mounted around the switches, I fabricated, by cutting thin strips of aluminum, and then using a letter stamping set, then securing them with 1/8" rivets. The switch labels and the control handles have since been changed out for bronze counterparts, to dress it up a little.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PSG-1, post: 224703, member: 6937"] Yeah, they are a lot of work. You pretty much have to have your own welding and machining equipment, and the know-how to fabricate and design. If you had to pay for a welder and a machinist to do all of this, you'd go broke real quick! As far as my switches, they are regular toggle switches I picked up at west marine, they are the type with the illuminated tip. The switch is wired to the ignition circuit, so when the boat is running, all switches glow white, unless turned on, then they glow red. Looks pretty cool at night. Also, I replaced all of the bulbs in my gages with LED's, to minimize power usage at night. The labels you see mounted around the switches, I fabricated, by cutting thin strips of aluminum, and then using a letter stamping set, then securing them with 1/8" rivets. The switch labels and the control handles have since been changed out for bronze counterparts, to dress it up a little. [/QUOTE]
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