The center Console Project Boat Outboard Pod Mod

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3 жыл бұрын

The second part of making the outboard bracket shorter, stiffer, and wider to better spread the load on the transom. And hopefully help with the amount of water the rear of the boat drafts.

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@pooh143luv 3 жыл бұрын

Wow you are a genius i love the way you work. Just wish after your done with this boat you start another one love the content

@barrylukebuilds7894 3 жыл бұрын

JG You are the Man! Thank you but not sure if another boat is in the future, time will tell. Barry

@LadyDewBuild 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome stuff as always, that is one beefy motor mount! only way that is coming off is if it take the whole transom with it! Nice work and thanks for sharing

@barrylukebuilds7894 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Donnie! When I get kudos from a hands on guy like yourself I am very grateful. Barry

@softfinesse9673 Жыл бұрын

Be proud Barry you have done a wonderful job Sir

@barrylukebuilds7894 Жыл бұрын

Just saw this, thank you!

@bubbleobill267 3 жыл бұрын

Yes ! Flotation pod is the way to go. Nice work Mr Luke. If you’re making a flotation pod I dare you to go full swim platform width.

@barrylukebuilds7894 3 жыл бұрын

BOB Working on a pod. Thanks for watching. Barry

@joewalton2726 3 жыл бұрын

I like the new bracket, looks great.

@barrylukebuilds7894 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Joe. Barry

@robinfulton9057 3 жыл бұрын

There's a word you don't hear often, Copacetic. My dad would use it and of course I do as well. Barry, you're hanging in there that's for sure.

@barrylukebuilds7894 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Robin, a good word is hard to forget! Barry

@medicmcauley6729 2 жыл бұрын

I was laughing when you were notching the pipe in the vise, aren't there are pipe jaws on the bottom of the vise jaws... Great Work Barry, I'm impressed

@barrylukebuilds7894 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks man! Yea there are pipe jaws but they wont hold the pipe at an angle. That vice is really a piece of crap. It only holds aluminum pipe sorta ok because I can squash the pipe out of round. Thanks for watching and commenting. Barry

@santiagovaldez4237 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome work, been following since the beginning. Always happy when a new video comes up. Maybe if you still have too much weight in the back under way you could consider TRIM TABS!

@barrylukebuilds7894 3 жыл бұрын

SV Thank you much! Trim tabs are an the list of things I want to add. They will help in the go fast mode but not in the sitting still situation, that is what I am currently trying to improve. Barry

@darrindedman8165 3 жыл бұрын

Some nice progress. Your moving quicker than me.

@barrylukebuilds7894 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Darrin! It's no race, enjoy the journey. Barry

@tamaralee4108 3 жыл бұрын

I noticed in one of your earlier videos that you have a small crane weight scale, and that you have a flywheel lift eye for your outboard. If you launch your boat with no extra pod, rig your weight scale to the lift eye, and lift up (maybe with a pulley), on the weight scale to get the stern to the waterline you want, the weight showing on the scale will be the amount of buoyancy you need to add under the bracket for the boat to float at the waterline you want. Fresh water weighs 62.4 pounds per cubic foot, so if the weight scale shows you need 125 pounds of buoyancy, you would need about two cubic feet of pod volume. But the aluminum pod itself will weigh maybe 15 pounds so you need to add that to buoyancy/ volume total so you would need total of 140 pounds of buoyancy. 140/62.4 = 2.24 cubic feet of pod volume. Salt water is 64 PCF so if salt divide by 64 instead of 62.4.

@barrylukebuilds7894 3 жыл бұрын

Tamara Interesting proposal. Unfortunately I don't have the ability to lift the boat while it is in the water, scale or no scale. But I agree with your math, I will just have to work the other way around. This is how big I can fit a pod, how much buoyancy will it add and will it be worth it? Barry

@tamaralee4108 3 жыл бұрын

Understand. Good luck with it. Really interested to see how it runs with the shortened bracket.

@HeikosGarage 3 жыл бұрын

A lot of guys use hole saws in a drill press for notching pipes. Good video.

@barrylukebuilds7894 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks man. The set up for the drill press on those two copes was a little too intimidating. Barry

@j_j_h221 2 жыл бұрын

id love to have scrap aluminum like that laying around lol. great videos!

@barrylukebuilds7894 2 жыл бұрын

Me too! Its all gone now and with no more upcoming pump station construction projects the future is looking bleak. Thanks for watching. Barry

@j_j_h221 2 жыл бұрын

@@barrylukebuilds7894 time to enjoy the boat till another project comes along

@FloatsOne 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Mr. Luke, Great job on the swimming platform, that boat is not a Chris Craft anymore is a "Luke Craft".

@barrylukebuilds7894 3 жыл бұрын

Frank, thank you. Yes, not much Chris Craft left. Barry

@flickerblip9044 3 жыл бұрын

Should be ready for winter🙂

@barrylukebuilds7894 3 жыл бұрын

I hope so Brian! Barry

@baenkt 2 жыл бұрын

Love your videos! I have a "similar" poject brewing. However... Your big problem is not horizontal, its vertical. The pod/bracket needs to extend closer to the bottom to better spread the load of both the engine weight and the thrust. When I saw the last pic, I thought; "now we are getting some where" ;-) Ive built my own bracket from fibreglass. I only put a 115 optimax on it, but the material thickness was similar to your aluminum bracket. However, it was almost twice the hight. I did not like your bracket the first time i saw it, it´s way to "shallow". Sorry if my english is flawed, I´m from Sweden. Best regards!

@barrylukebuilds7894 2 жыл бұрын

Bankt Thanks for the kudos! You are absolutely correct about the bracket, the foot print is just too small. In a prefect world I would have had one custom made to perfectly suit my needs but there is a big difference between $400 dollars and $5000 dollars. To me, the problem is I didn't totally trust my transom and to me the weak point is the top which is in tension pulling out on the transom. The bottom (which certainly could have been a lot deeper) is still below the top of the stringer in the boat. So the forward thrust is pushing in on the transom which is pushing directly against the stringers. I am comfortable with that. By making the top wider it was one, relatively easy, and two it spreads the load to almost a 100% greater area. Time will tell if I am correct or just trying to make myself feel better. Barry