Another option for cutting out the live well hatches was to locate the center of one of the well openings on the plywood and cut a hole in it. Then you could have reached thru to the other opening and traced that one out. Then measured back from all four sides of the well opening to find the edges of your ply wood opening. Once that was cut out then reach thru and trace out the other side. Watching every video of this build and loving it!
Very inspiring watching you and Michael Lopez vids! Thanks for taking the time to film and post these so folks can learn from them. What's the plan with the rest of the boat? Console? Regular carpet or hydroturf? Any electronics? Theese are all things I'm planning on my end. Starting by build as soon as I get my boat back from the welder! Very slow in Athens!
Thanks for watching! No console, it had one originally but i removed it because this is an electric only boat. Im planning to use marine grade carpet. I have a cheaper depth finder that i plan on installing in the back for the co-angler. I have no clue what i will use up front, but i want a nicer one. Planning to have under deck LED lights, and possibly some on the deck? i haven't quite figured that one out yet if i do. Athens GA?
FIREANT FISHING Yea I can't decide if I want all electric or not. Outboards are rad but way expensive! I have enough room for a console and I like the idea of all the fancy gauges that bass boats have for my Jon. I found a good deal on discounted / discontinued hydroturf that's supposed to be way better than carpet. This is my first boat/build. Can't wait for more vids. Yep athens ga! Actually Winterville but close enough. You're in the area?
That hydroturf looks great, I personally like the carpet as well. The plus side for me is that I have about 6 or 7 lakes within an hr of me that are electric only. For me to go to a bigger lake that isn't electric only is a little further, so its easier for me to go to the electric only. I'm close, haha. I'm closer to Stone Mountain
i didn't end up using the other hardware. its held together with self tapping screws, and in the places where the screws stripped out of the aluminum, i used rivets
I can see you have really poured a lot of time and love into this project and done a great job. have you crunched numbers and seen what it has cost you over all???
umm yeah some are like rubbermaid bins i found and some are fake milk crates that i got at walmart in the school supplies section. they were like $5 a piece
Thats kinda up to you man, i had a 12' that i decked out and the stability was horrible. Just keep in mind when you deck it out, you have a high center of gravity. The only way to counter act that is to also go wider. So if you are wanting to add decks, i would look for the widest boat possible
216 views and just posted it today. Your channel is growing! I see why you used the screws in places you had to, but I think the nuts/bolts is a better idea for the places you can get to. If you had to disassemble to get back in later to do something.... no new screw holes. I wouldn't want to send a screw back through the hole a second time, but that's what a bolt/nut is great at. So... I guess I'm a little confused. I thought the idea was to carpet the large deck pieces before you attached it to the boat, but looks like you'll do it while it's on the boat. I sure hope you include some detail on that part, because carpeting is the biggest mystery for me right now. Great stuff man, I'm learning a bunch!!
I am doing all this before the water seal and carpet because if i do it after, well putting screws into the wood after water seal would kinda be pointless haha
I see your point. I was thinking of drilling all my holes (wood and aluminum), then sealing the wood (rustoleum enamel with roller like michael lopez uses) then putting the carpet on. I should be able to punch small holes in the carpet where the bolt holes are, then place the deck down and bolt it on. I'd probably do the hole poking after I have the carpet glued to the top of the deck, before I wrap the smaller pieces of carpet around the back side so I can see all the holes? Dunno how well it will work, time will tell. Of course, this is my first time and I have a LOT to learn, but if it only lasts a couple of years and I have to go into it and redo some stuff.... I'll probably have more knowledge at that point. I've been looking at a LOT of videos, and without question you have the most detail and information and I like how you talk to the camera (us) and explain how/why you make the decisions you do.
Hey bud, I'm sure you've thought of this and maybe even mentioned it in other videos that I haven't watched but just in case, remember to account for the width of your carpeting when it comes to cutting out your hatches so they fit right. it looks like yours are cut pretty tight. Anyways, the boat looks good boss cant wait to see it finished.
Yeah I am going to, I haven't mentioned yet because I'm trying to make sure it all fits well. Plus, to be honest, I don't know how much i should trim. I was just going to take an 1/8" off of the hatch doors, and anywhere on the outside decks where they come together. Have you had to do that before?
New sub here. Stumbled on your boat build videos. What I'm curious to know is if you're planning on putting the console back in or are you going to use a tiller?
have you ever tried fiberboard it so much lighter and stronger I just did my boat with it and shaved over 150 pounds off it as long as you cover it your good
the nuts and bolts will work good however those screws will work loose over a short time that is why boat manufacturers don't use them. those tight spots you should use rivets they won't work loose otherwise looking good
yes they will. they sell longer rivets and also rivet washers to make the heads wider. use those two things and your golden I've just seen screws come loose to many times. boats looking good
also one other thing. boat manufacturers use wide head rivets to hold there floors down I've never been able to find them locally to me you might be able to get those close to you. if not rivets and washers work I've done that many times
If you don't mind me asking what size thickness plywood did you use that really looks sharp.
Looking forward to finished product. Looking great
Thanks man!
Lookin good, almost there!
Thanks man!
u guys are great walkthroughs solid ideas I'm glad to learn from u guy's thanks
Thanks man!
You are incredible - this looks great - I hope I can muster you perseverance
Thank you!
Such a great build series, well done man!
Another option for cutting out the live well hatches was to locate the center of one of the well openings on the plywood and cut a hole in it. Then you could have reached thru to the other opening and traced that one out. Then measured back from all four sides of the well opening to find the edges of your ply wood opening. Once that was cut out then reach thru and trace out the other side.
Watching every video of this build and loving it!
It's been awesome watching this transformation.
Very inspiring watching you and Michael Lopez vids! Thanks for taking the time to film and post these so folks can learn from them.
What's the plan with the rest of the boat? Console? Regular carpet or hydroturf? Any electronics? Theese are all things I'm planning on my end. Starting by build as soon as I get my boat back from the welder! Very slow in Athens!
Thanks for watching!
No console, it had one originally but i removed it because this is an electric only boat. Im planning to use marine grade carpet. I have a cheaper depth finder that i plan on installing in the back for the co-angler. I have no clue what i will use up front, but i want a nicer one. Planning to have under deck LED lights, and possibly some on the deck? i haven't quite figured that one out yet if i do.
Athens GA?
FIREANT FISHING Yea I can't decide if I want all electric or not. Outboards are rad but way expensive! I have enough room for a console and I like the idea of all the fancy gauges that bass boats have for my Jon. I found a good deal on discounted / discontinued hydroturf that's supposed to be way better than carpet. This is my first boat/build. Can't wait for more vids. Yep athens ga! Actually Winterville but close enough. You're in the area?
That hydroturf looks great, I personally like the carpet as well. The plus side for me is that I have about 6 or 7 lakes within an hr of me that are electric only. For me to go to a bigger lake that isn't electric only is a little further, so its easier for me to go to the electric only. I'm close, haha. I'm closer to Stone Mountain
Did you just use the self tapping screws to screw the deck in? Or did you also use that other hardware you had?
i didn't end up using the other hardware. its held together with self tapping screws, and in the places where the screws stripped out of the aluminum, i used rivets
great explanation Work in on my 14ft alumacraft this week hopefully have foam carpet and jigsaw money after I pay bills will see lol fingers crossed
I can see you have really poured a lot of time and love into this project and done a great job. have you crunched numbers and seen what it has cost you over all???
haha no not exactly. I have been working on this for over a year now, so I haven't spent a lot all at once
Fella!! Great job I am doing a 12 foot v hall and you posts have such a great help
What did you use for your compartments? Plastic containers?
umm yeah some are like rubbermaid bins i found and some are fake milk crates that i got at walmart in the school supplies section. they were like $5 a piece
Are you around Buford,GA.,or Gainesville or Flowerly Branch what you know bout some bass fishing
Looking good man !
Should I deck out my flat bottom 1436 Jon boat or will the stability play a heavy factor in a negative way or should I go with a v hull like you did ?
Thats kinda up to you man, i had a 12' that i decked out and the stability was horrible. Just keep in mind when you deck it out, you have a high center of gravity. The only way to counter act that is to also go wider. So if you are wanting to add decks, i would look for the widest boat possible
That's what I figured I will just use it to fish my small farm pond for now and just keep saving up for a bass boat, or find a wider Jon to rebuild
216 views and just posted it today. Your channel is growing!
I see why you used the screws in places you had to, but I think the nuts/bolts is a better idea for the places you can get to. If you had to disassemble to get back in later to do something.... no new screw holes. I wouldn't want to send a screw back through the hole a second time, but that's what a bolt/nut is great at.
So... I guess I'm a little confused. I thought the idea was to carpet the large deck pieces before you attached it to the boat, but looks like you'll do it while it's on the boat. I sure hope you include some detail on that part, because carpeting is the biggest mystery for me right now.
Great stuff man, I'm learning a bunch!!
I am doing all this before the water seal and carpet because if i do it after, well putting screws into the wood after water seal would kinda be pointless haha
I see your point. I was thinking of drilling all my holes (wood and aluminum), then sealing the wood (rustoleum enamel with roller like michael lopez uses) then putting the carpet on. I should be able to punch small holes in the carpet where the bolt holes are, then place the deck down and bolt it on. I'd probably do the hole poking after I have the carpet glued to the top of the deck, before I wrap the smaller pieces of carpet around the back side so I can see all the holes? Dunno how well it will work, time will tell.
Of course, this is my first time and I have a LOT to learn, but if it only lasts a couple of years and I have to go into it and redo some stuff.... I'll probably have more knowledge at that point.
I've been looking at a LOT of videos, and without question you have the most detail and information and I like how you talk to the camera (us) and explain how/why you make the decisions you do.
Hey bud, I'm sure you've thought of this and maybe even mentioned it in other videos that I haven't watched but just in case, remember to account for the width of your carpeting when it comes to cutting out your hatches so they fit right. it looks like yours are cut pretty tight. Anyways, the boat looks good boss cant wait to see it finished.
Yeah I am going to, I haven't mentioned yet because I'm trying to make sure it all fits well. Plus, to be honest, I don't know how much i should trim. I was just going to take an 1/8" off of the hatch doors, and anywhere on the outside decks where they come together. Have you had to do that before?
looking great man!!!!
Thanks man!
Great build! Just wondering where you are located?
GA
how thick is that plywood???
Looks great Ive really enjoyed watching the progress. Do you have an engine picked out yet?
Alex Phillips no not yet, it's going to be electric only
Why not build the decks 3ft higher than the boat?
didnt want to I guess
New sub here. Stumbled on your boat build videos. What I'm curious to know is if you're planning on putting the console back in or are you going to use a tiller?
No console, electric only. thats what the lakes closest to me are
whats that tool called that u punch those pins in with
Nebraska Bassin hand rivet tool, is that what your talking about?
Where are you getting your aluminum from?
Lower or Home Depot
very informational video
Good I'm glad to hear that!
have you ever tried fiberboard it so much lighter and stronger I just did my boat with it and shaved over 150 pounds off it as long as you cover it your good
no i haven't?!?! where did you get it at??
I got it from from a boat restoration place by my house
oh ok cool I'm going to look into it
It so much lighter and stronger and the weight I shaved was nice it doesn't mold absorb water but it was 100 dollars a sheet
oh dang...that could add up in a 16' haha
the nuts and bolts will work good however those screws will work loose over a short time that is why boat manufacturers don't use them. those tight spots you should use rivets they won't work loose otherwise looking good
thats a good point. Will the rivets do ok with the wood though?
yes they will. they sell longer rivets and also rivet washers to make the heads wider. use those two things and your golden I've just seen screws come loose to many times. boats looking good
also one other thing. boat manufacturers use wide head rivets to hold there floors down I've never been able to find them locally to me you might be able to get those close to you. if not rivets and washers work I've done that many times
Ok awesome man! Thank you!
When aluminum and steel touch it makes the rusting process faster so those screws might rust out if the paint fell off
Bailey Niedrist yeah I am also using silicone where I can, I also might end up riveting instead of using screws
Like this music..
makes me Wana get another boat project
Sweet
Damn I need you to build me a boat lol but seriously do you make them for a living?
No, I wish I could. I do want to do more builds after this one is complete, and those will be built with the intention of reselling
FIREANT FISHING shoot well you'd have your first customer right here
haha thanks man
win
Lol. Did anyone understand that? Part about how to mark your hatches lol
This is under my daughters account..lol