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Jon and V Boat Conversions & Modifications
First ever boat project '73 Lund 14'
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<blockquote data-quote="Ictalurus" data-source="post: 385506" data-attributes="member: 2983"><p>For aluminum supports, angle is the most popular choice. However, you can use just about anything, old extension ladders for example. To tie into the boat, use pop rivets into extising structures (seats, ribs). To attach to the ribs, cut some small pieces of angle to make some brackets, rivet those to the ribs and then rivet the support to the bracket. So if you want to add a deck, run some angle over and between the seats and drop some supports down to the rib. How many supports and how much spacing between the framing depends on what you intend to use for decking material and if areas will be supported by foam underneath. Keeping things on plane, you're going to have to start at the front and back of your deck, decide what level you want, and work your middle/inner supports from there.</p><p></p><p>Hope this helps, good luck.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ictalurus, post: 385506, member: 2983"] For aluminum supports, angle is the most popular choice. However, you can use just about anything, old extension ladders for example. To tie into the boat, use pop rivets into extising structures (seats, ribs). To attach to the ribs, cut some small pieces of angle to make some brackets, rivet those to the ribs and then rivet the support to the bracket. So if you want to add a deck, run some angle over and between the seats and drop some supports down to the rib. How many supports and how much spacing between the framing depends on what you intend to use for decking material and if areas will be supported by foam underneath. Keeping things on plane, you're going to have to start at the front and back of your deck, decide what level you want, and work your middle/inner supports from there. Hope this helps, good luck. [/QUOTE]
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