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prambold Newbie
Joined: 21 Feb 2006 Posts: 3
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Posted: Jun 26, 2006 1:28 pm Post subject: Tower I made |
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Made this tower for a 92 Supreme 19CS. Have a look and tell me what you think. |
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Reheat Newbie
Joined: 19 Jun 2006 Posts: 9 City: Brighton - England
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Posted: Jun 27, 2006 12:43 am Post subject: |
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I think that is one sweet home made tower!!
What size tubing did you use? and how long did it take, if you don't mind me asking?
I am getting a metalworker my boat buddy knows to hook me up with a tower like that.
May I ask which tower you used to design from? I'm going for the "Pro-Flight Swoop" style which looks pretty similar to the one you have there. |
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wesgardner Wakeboarder.Commie
Joined: 16 Aug 2003 Posts: 1507 City: Severna Park
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Posted: Jun 27, 2006 5:39 am Post subject: |
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Sweet - I'm sure you'll get plenty of requests to build more... _________________ just broad reachin' thru life... |
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Buergday Guest
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Posted: Jun 27, 2006 11:17 am Post subject: |
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Nice job! |
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AndyDeeJay Outlaw
Joined: 20 Jul 2004 Posts: 239 City: Belfast
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Posted: Jun 29, 2006 12:46 pm Post subject: |
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you must have a good going tig welder at your shop there. Nice work well done.
My zero flex flier tower, flexed and broke in 4 places with the weight of speakers, lights and 50 miles of sh1t roads. Had to tig weld it and now it looks crap.. _________________ Wakeboarding is so Kool in Ireland! |
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prambold Newbie
Joined: 21 Feb 2006 Posts: 3
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Posted: Jun 30, 2006 1:24 pm Post subject: |
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It is made out of 2" Aluminum Tubing 1/8" wall. All of the joints were machined out of 2" Solid Aluminum. It hinges at the rear with Hein (sp?) joints and has a threaded knob at the front. Used the same tubing for the cross members on the sides and on the top. At the connection to the boat I used 1/4" aluminum on the outside then 1" plywood with 1/4 aluminum plate on the inside with 4 button head stainless bolts. All of the joints were machined out of solid aluminum as well as the rope holder on the top. Mocked all of the pieces out of 2x2 then took it a bender and had the inital bends done by them and we tweeked it the last little bit ourselves. Overall cost 1200.00 including material and labour for the guy to do all of the welding and machining.
As far as a desing. I copied the profile of the window and just eyed the rest of it up knowing what it was that I wanted the final to look like.
I polished it up from what it looks like in the pictures then went and had it powder coated black.
I made PVC speaker cans, used stainless u-bolts covered with clear hose to attach them. Drilled a hole for the wires to go through the tower put a disconnect switch on the boat for the speakers.
The whole thing took me about 50-60 man hours. |
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Svenster Newbie
Joined: 08 Aug 2006 Posts: 1
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Posted: Aug 09, 2006 11:11 am Post subject: |
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Where did you purchase the alum tubing and flat stock? I need a section of either for some ski racks for my tower. Thanks. |
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karkid Soul Rider
Joined: 10 Sep 2004 Posts: 327 City: Tempe
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Posted: Aug 19, 2006 10:31 pm Post subject: |
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Will you take some close up detail pictures of the joints where the top section attaches to the bottom section? i'd really appreciate it |
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2tharubrails Criminal
Joined: 25 Aug 2006 Posts: 51 City: Whistler
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Posted: Aug 29, 2006 3:22 pm Post subject: |
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That's a solid tower mang! I like the ranger in the background to _________________ I'm a hucker |
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prambold Newbie
Joined: 21 Feb 2006 Posts: 3
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Posted: Sep 06, 2006 5:34 pm Post subject: |
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I apologize for not replying to the requests sooner, but I was on holidays. I will take pictures of the tower the next time that I am at the lake. I actually sold the boat to a friend of mine. I still see the boat so the next time that I am out there I will do it. As far as the connections of the top and bottom. There is a flat bar cut in to the tubing at the back with a hole in it that attaches to the hein joint. Inside of the back upright tube there is a machined pug that is threaded to accept the hein joint. This is welded around and plug welded also. The front has a threaded plug in the top upright and solid round with a hole in it on the bottom piece so that the bolt in the front so that the hold down bolt can pass through the bottom and thread into the top |
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teggsr925 Newbie
Joined: 13 Feb 2006 Posts: 14 City: Philly
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Posted: Feb 21, 2007 3:32 pm Post subject: |
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how is it connected to the boat, basically thats the only thing i need to figure out before i finish my plans for a tower? |
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kdip Wakeboarder.Commie
Joined: 08 Apr 2005 Posts: 1412 City: Coquitlam, BC
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Posted: Mar 24, 2007 12:52 pm Post subject: |
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Wow that is sick... |
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Seth818 Criminal
Joined: 15 Mar 2007 Posts: 69 City: Enid
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Posted: Mar 24, 2007 3:20 pm Post subject: |
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nice... |
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waverider Newbie
Joined: 04 Apr 2007 Posts: 5
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Posted: Apr 18, 2007 8:15 am Post subject: |
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Nice job man!! That makes me feel ambitious.. though probably just ambitious enough to PAY to have someone make me a custom. haha Not sure I could pull that off on my own.
www.sportskool.com |
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Wallrat Soul Rider
Joined: 24 May 2005 Posts: 328 City: Huntington Beach
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michigan boarder Soul Rider
Joined: 03 Jun 2007 Posts: 333 City: MI
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Posted: Jul 10, 2007 9:55 am Post subject: |
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that's quite the homemade tower...do u have pics of it on the boat yet? |
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QNev Wakeboarder.com Freak
Joined: 13 Aug 2005 Posts: 2707 City: Kamloops, BC
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Posted: Jul 10, 2007 10:58 pm Post subject: |
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Wallrat, sorry for the jack, but have you finished the overhaul on the interior of your old boat yet? _________________
Quote: | Procrastination is like masturbation: Fun until you realize you're f***ing yourself |
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mucksoup Outlaw
Joined: 07 Jul 2009 Posts: 120 City: eugene
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Posted: May 21, 2010 10:27 am Post subject: |
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now all you need to do is make a boat.... Sick tower though. _________________ Keep on shreddin -SouP- |
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Dashinator Newbie
Joined: 02 Mar 2010 Posts: 7
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Posted: May 21, 2010 7:57 pm Post subject: |
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Whoa! |
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