Bar folded down
The Perfect Pontoon
If at first you don't succeed...throw even more money, blood, sweat, and tears at it!
| Layup using trailer deck as table and square. | |
| Doggone it; I cut it twice and its still too short!! | |
| Aluminum tube with initial bends. | |
| Side rails mounted on tube to determine cross brace and seating placement. Will use fixed oartowers this time and reserve determining where to mount them until the seat braces are placed | |
| Saddling the joints. None of the cross pieces are welded on yet. | |
| View from other end. Notice using trailer as a square again. | |
| Welded up and deciding where to mount the seat and how long to make the footpegs. | |
| Fabricating rear deck and preparing the tube saddles again. Rear hoop is just balanced on for the pic. | |
| Getting very close now. Formed a lean-bar and deciding where to make mounts | |
| Just making sure the seat-to-footpeg and lean-bar is going to fit up. | |
| All welded up, lean bar attached.
Time to start surface prep for painting. Bar folded down |
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| Lean-bar mount, bar installed, in up position. | |
| Time to drill holes for mounting the deck. | |
| Pic of assembled but unpainted frame. You can see the motor/wheel mount has been installed now. | |
| Again. Hey, I just like it! | |
| Front view. | |
| Rear view. | |
| Another from the side, lean bar down, cleaned up ready to paint. | |
Painted up, letting her dry. | |
| On boards, curing. | |
| Man, that trailer is multi-tasking! | |
| Yep. Nothing like watching paint dry. Expecially with 60%+ humidity. | |
| Done. Let the assembly commence. | |
| All together now. Rear deck shortened for better balance and aluminum sheet installed on rear deck. | |
| Final – rear view. | |
| Straps arrived so I set her on the tubes. I like it! | |
| Here’s how she sets now. Waiting on oars so I can give her a try. Will post an update once she sees water | |
| Finished product in the water. Brother Steve is trying it on for size. | |
| Clay standing in the boat he built. | |
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