Just a question, as you know the likely fail points, why not reinforce that area, to spread the load more , don’t see why you couldn’t have second plate welded over say a 3rd of the chain plate, little more wight. But not that much, there may be a reason that I don’t get, but would love to know
Well, I'm not an engineer... However these chain plates are significantly larger than those on other similar sized rigs. They made it 30 years, which is very good. We feel that replacing with the same is a good fit.
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Nice attention to detail! Thank you again for taking the rest of us along for the removal & inspection!
You bet! We enjoy showing off our projects. Messing around with boats is SO much FUN!
Great job guys, looking forward to seeing the holes punched👍 One question - how will you bend that plate?
After we get it polished and punched, then we use a big hydraulic press to bend these 4, massive 1/2" thick pieces of stainless steel :)
Just a question, as you know the likely fail points, why not reinforce that area, to spread the load more , don’t see why you couldn’t have second plate welded over say a 3rd of the chain plate, little more wight. But not that much, there may be a reason that I don’t get, but would love to know
Well, I'm not an engineer... However these chain plates are significantly larger than those on other similar sized rigs. They made it 30 years, which is very good. We feel that replacing with the same is a good fit.