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<blockquote data-quote="CedarRiverScooter" data-source="post: 375869" data-attributes="member: 15465"><p>My buddy had already built a Jet Jon (he used a 150 hp Seadoo!) & he gave me some cross ribs to use, so I decided to utilize that free material. </p><p></p><p>In retrospect, I would have been much better off building a drop-in subframe from alum angle, because my 1 stick-at-a-time approach was time consuming.</p><p></p><p>But to answer your question directly, I welded the extra ribs to the hull ribs + glued them to the hull using Locktite PL30. I jury rigged my 40 year old mig welder to push aluminum wire (a spool gun adapter was going to break my budget). The welding was not pretty at all due to my old machine (why I didn't post any pix of that). At the critical joints, I added some pop rivets, just to guarantee it would never fail.</p><p></p><p>The upper brace is welded & riveted too.</p><p></p><p>The steering support is welded + bolted (It is strong enough to lift the whole boat).</p><p></p><p>Other than that, everything is pop riveted.</p><p></p><p>My advice is to make it twice as strong as you think it needs to be.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CedarRiverScooter, post: 375869, member: 15465"] My buddy had already built a Jet Jon (he used a 150 hp Seadoo!) & he gave me some cross ribs to use, so I decided to utilize that free material. In retrospect, I would have been much better off building a drop-in subframe from alum angle, because my 1 stick-at-a-time approach was time consuming. But to answer your question directly, I welded the extra ribs to the hull ribs + glued them to the hull using Locktite PL30. I jury rigged my 40 year old mig welder to push aluminum wire (a spool gun adapter was going to break my budget). The welding was not pretty at all due to my old machine (why I didn't post any pix of that). At the critical joints, I added some pop rivets, just to guarantee it would never fail. The upper brace is welded & riveted too. The steering support is welded + bolted (It is strong enough to lift the whole boat). Other than that, everything is pop riveted. My advice is to make it twice as strong as you think it needs to be. [/QUOTE]
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