Material Links for your conversion

rgpemt · Post by **rgpemt** » 25 Apr 2011, 11:48

As far as discount steel goes, I placed an order this morning. They are going to cut my order to 8' sticks, and ship it....TODAY! Great company!

Drakedoghunter · Post by **Drakedoghunter** » 27 Apr 2011, 22:08

Can some plez help me post my boat projest on here I can not figure out how to LOL

Post by **Jim** » 27 Apr 2011, 22:24

Drakedoghunter wrote:Can some plez help me post my boat projest on here I can not figure out how to LOL

Are your pictures hosted or are you going to upload them from your pc? Make sure your pictures are no bigger than 800 wide.

Look here for tutorials: https://www.tinboats.net/forum/viewforum.php?f=1

franner11 · Post by **franner11** » 10 Jun 2011, 15:51

Found this aluminum store on ebay...not sure if prices are good or not, but looked cheap to me.

https://stores.ebay.com/metalstogo?_trksid=p4340.l2563

Express · Post by **Express** » 14 Jul 2011, 14:48

Tempress has a great selection of high quality hatches, deck plates, seats, rod holders and other fishing gear. I have two of the hatches and i am very impressed with the strength and quality!

Tempress marine group: https://www.tempress.com/

bobt · Post by **bobt** » 30 Jul 2011, 11:52

Aluminum Angle, stainless as well as most other metal products and shapes
https://www.metalsupermarkets.com/
The prices online are the best I had found and if you are lucky enough to have access to a local store/warehouse like the one in Tampa, you may find the price to be even lower. We did on all the aluminum angle we needed for our rebuild. No minimum order and cut to size so you only buy what you want. They were great to work with.

bobt · Post by **bobt** » 30 Jul 2011, 12:01

Starboard - available in several colors and "cut to size" pricing with free shipping on orders that exceed 3 sq feet.
https://stores.ebay.com/Cesany-Plastics ... 4340.l2563
While I know there have been cautions about Ebay stores, I have used these folks twice and have been very happy with the service, price and delivery.

Bassindude · Post by **Bassindude** » 07 Aug 2011, 20:50

Here is a company I found that makes decking material.

https://www.boatoutfitters.com/store/p/ ... Sheet.html

V8_TITAN · Post by **V8_TITAN** » 28 Sep 2011, 14:54

if anyone is interested, I found a place that sells office supplies like furniture shelves ladders and such. they had a huge supply of real heavy duty diamond plate sheets. they sell it for $3.50 a square foot, and they had plenty of different size sheets to choose from. Pm me if you want any details, its here in tampa fl.

HOUSE · Post by **HOUSE** » 29 Sep 2011, 15:53

Ranchero50 tipped me off to these cool LED lights for interior lighting:
https://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?V ... K:MEWNX:IT

V8_TITAN · Post by **V8_TITAN** » 29 Sep 2011, 16:01

HOUSE wrote:Ranchero50 tipped me off to these cool LED lights for interior lighting:
https://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?V ... K:MEWNX:IT

has anyone used those ? quality ? amount of light they put out ? I want to order like 20 of them but dont want to waste my money.

PSG-1 · Post by **PSG-1** » 20 Oct 2011, 21:26

If you want to make your own wiring harnesses, and you want weatherproof multi-pin connector kits, may I suggest:

https://www.diyautotune.com

Look on there for the "weather packs"...these are the multi-pin connector kits, just like you see used on professional auto and marine wire harnesses.

chabel · Post by **chabel** » 06 Jan 2012, 22:36

seasprite wrote:I purchased my used 18 foot Jon boat and restoring this winter. Since it was a used boat it has seen its share of beaching. All my other boats are semi V's with nice thick keels and I wasn't concerned with beaching. The river I fish has poor launches at best (no docks) so you have to beach each time you go out. I'm a guide on the river so I'm always launching and removing. The 18 footer has 4 keels which are pretty worn. I searched the web for keel guards. A few companies wouldn't recommend using their product on a Jon boat. Until I found Keel Shield https://www.keelshield.com KS Marine Product
These people went out of their way to accommodate me. They sent me a sample of keel guards, and easy to follow instructions, great color selection, and its a life time guarantee. They also make skeg guards, bow guards. I highly recommend them, they stand behind their product!

Just to add to the above info, because my ramp eats keels I've had to replace the KEEL SHIELD four(4) times. So far, I've only paid for the first one. They are great people.
Chuck

200racing · Post by **200racing** » 28 Feb 2012, 19:10

the cheapest post for casting seats i found
https://www.academy.com/webapp/wcs/stor ... =581132421

i got a kit that was base plate, 14''post, and seat plate for less the the 2 plate cost seperately. i couldnt find it online to post a link.

BYOB Fishing · Post by **BYOB Fishing** » 10 Mar 2012, 18:53

Fiberglass consoles, molded consoles, seats, pontoons, fuel tanks, vinyl and carpet flooring...many more overstock, new, new-old stock, and used boat items.

https://www.ebayclassifieds.com/user/Bill5500

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