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Posted by Bob La Londe on July 6, 2008, 7:20 pm
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I have tried to stay off the river during this extended amateur night going
on during the holidays. Last holiday I fished we got speared by a pontoon
boat.
Anyway, as a result I've spent most of the last couple days working out in
the shop cleaning up, playing with things, fixing stuff, reorganizing and
just trying some things. The last tournament I fished I couldn't fing my
balance beam anywhere. It basically a crude balance scale with a hook on
each end and a handle n the middle so you can quickly decide which fish is
bigger, throw back the smaller one, and get back to fishing. Anyway, I
losted or misplaced mine. One of the projects I tackeld was to make a new
one. I picked up some aluminum stock at a local box store. Holy cow!!!
They get big bucks for that stuff. Then I whacked it to length, drilled
some holes and added some stainless steel clips off an old stringer I had on
the wall.
Thanks to the guys here (or maybe it was the welding group, hence the cross
post) I had heard you could cut aluminum just fine with carbide tipped wood
cutting tools. Danged if it didn't work just fine. Cut about like a
hardwood, and easier than some woods I have cut on my saw. This little
thing was rough cut on my table saw, and drilled on the drill press.
http://img389.imageshack.us/my.php?image=pict0044gz7.jpg
I made three of them. This one is the prototype, hence the extra grinding
you see on the corners to balance it out perfectly. Not sure why I need
three of them, but I had that much stock so I made them. LOL. That's one
of the projects we did on the Fourth.
Of course my original store bought balance beam turned up yesterday.
Bob La Londe
www.YumaBassMan.com
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Posted by Jon Danniken on July 6, 2008, 9:28 pm
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"Bob La Londe" wrote:
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> I picked up some aluminum stock at a local box store. Holy cow!!! They
> get big bucks for that stuff.
Yeah they do. If you have a metal recycler nearby, you can get the same
thing for a small fraction of the cost, based on weight.
> I made three of them. This one is the prototype, hence the extra grinding
> you see on the corners to balance it out perfectly. Not sure why I need
> three of them, but I had that much stock so I made them.
Sell them on ebay, and make it known (real life, online forums) that you
make and sell them for other fishermen. Price them competitively with
store-bought items, let people know that they are made here in the US, and
you just might find yourself a way to make some money.
Jon
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Posted by Bob La Londe on July 7, 2008, 6:31 pm
Please log in for more thread options > "Bob La Londe" wrote:
>>
>> I picked up some aluminum stock at a local box store. Holy cow!!! They
>> get big bucks for that stuff.
>
> Yeah they do. If you have a metal recycler nearby, you can get the same
> thing for a small fraction of the cost, based on weight.
Han't thouht about recyclers. That is a good idea. Did figure if I bought
any more I'ld go to a regular metal supplier.
>
>> I made three of them. This one is the prototype, hence the extra
>> grinding you see on the corners to balance it out perfectly. Not sure
>> why I need three of them, but I had that much stock so I made them.
>
> Sell them on ebay, and make it known (real life, online forums) that you
> make and sell them for other fishermen. Price them competitively with
> store-bought items, let people know that they are made here in the US, and
> you just might find yourself a way to make some money.
That's an idea. My son will be taking welding in high school. Maybe I can
get him interested in it as a side project to help pay for his materials.
Bob.
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Posted by Gunner Asch on July 7, 2008, 2:53 am
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>I have tried to stay off the river during this extended amateur night going
>on during the holidays. Last holiday I fished we got speared by a pontoon
>boat.
Im off tommorow, Monday, and will be taking the 13' Force 5 out to the
lake, now that all the drunks have gone home.
Gunner
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Posted by BobH on July 7, 2008, 9:59 pm
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> One of the projects I tackeld was to make a new
> one. I picked up some aluminum stock at a local box store. Holy cow!!!
> They get big bucks for that stuff.
Home Despot and company really abuse you for metal. I buy metal from a
regular metal yard and typically 6' stick at Home Despot costs about
what 20' of the same material cost at the metal yard.
BobH
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> I picked up some aluminum stock at a local box store. Holy cow!!! They
> get big bucks for that stuff.