Recent content by billz

Wait on it. Lithium batteries are only getting cheaper and cheaper and better and better. Might be able to buy 200ahr for the same price as 100 now in a few years.

Please share your info!! I picked up one of these, should have it by next monday. My nephew and I are going to get a youtube degree in tig welding over the next month. The reviews, including yours, on this machine makes me happy I picked this one to buy. I think ill make a blank sheet, maybe...

Thats pretty narrow to be drilling holes in it. Id renforce it with a 1/4" alum plate under it if I were to drill it. It would suck if you put a cleat on and then next time you pickup at that spot it just snaps. I would also use some adhesive putting on the renforcement plate. I would also...

Can you take that picture again with a ruler in there to we can determine how big that handle is. Thinking that handle is 2, 2 1/2ish inches? I would think if you put in size 10 or less bolts you would be fine, probably even better if you thread the holes as those would be as small as possible...

Thanks for describing how you drilled out the rivits, this will help me. I will have to do that in a few weeks on my boat project, I was going to grind them off but that would cause unnneeded damage. Looks like you are making progress, the small steps of a project.

Thank you Axhammer. Those measurements and the rear picture against the outboard are exaclty what I needed to see. Good to know that a 30 inch shaft is 30" from the base of the control unit to the center of the prop. Airshot, measure twice cut once. Then again, dont cut too short. Ha...

Here is the boat. The ribs are pretty bad.

Yea, after seeing this Im in the same boat of 30 - 36" should do it. I need to reenforce some ribs before I make it that far to get the motor. So I can kick this motor size around a bit. I think Ill measure out a broom stick and play with it. On a 30", is it 30" inches from the top of the...

I think I saw that here too, transome to the water level + 20 inches. That would put me around 33-34.

Hi, I just bought a used Jon boat (1436 sears) and am going to pay for this site and make a project, thats the plan. But to get me started I want to get a trolling motor that would be mounted center rear. I see pictures where people get trolling motors with shafts too long and have to reach way...