Recent content by scroggs

I have a Guest 2611A, 2 bank, 5/5

First... complete novice with boat wiring here Second... My general layout is to have a marine starting battery in the stern and a trolling battery in the bow of the boat. My plan is to have a forward center console and mount a bus bar there, wired from the starting battery, that will be...

Yeah, it does look handy. Aircraft Spruce has one for $54 that will handly 1/8" and 3/16" rivets. My only concern is the same as Brine's- it may be too bulky on my drill to get into many of the areas I need to get into. Nice advice on the cleco fasteners- I had to google what that was- but it...

Despite the benefit of having my right forearm look like popeye's, I am really not looking forward to popping so many rivets. I don't have access to pneumatic riveter or air compressor- I found this online and just wanted to see if anyone has used these before. Opinions? Thanks...

I made this for a general template to design my mods. I wouldn't cut my materials from it, but you can do a decent layout from it. Someone may be able to use it in the future, so I am posting it here:

Thanks! I will leave pics along the way. My first question would be.... I have areas where the old plywood was touching the aluminum and has caused some very minor corrosion. I also have areas where i was removing old glue and left paint free areas (aka gouged the aluminum). I was hoping to...

I bought this 2009 1546 Alumacraft as my first boat and without doing enough learning before hand. The previous owner had done some decking and placed a center console- and I liked the appearance. Once I got it home I really started considering that there was ~250-300 lbs of plywood that had not...

I have no idea. This has been my first boat it has been a [i]learning[i] experience to say the least. Once you take a boat apart, you find out what you should have been looking at when you bought it.

Hey folks, I am new here and new to boat ownership in general- so please excuse my ignorance. I recently got a used Alumacraft 1546 that the previous owner had converted to a center console with bass boat layout decking. Well I am having to redo the decking due to wear (cheap plywood) and I am...