Lowered Grab Rail

Reduced Height of the Console grab rail. It's 48" tall mounted. This will allow a 14" tall Plexiglass Windshield 10" deep to protect the Console top items.

Console Grab Railing Dry Mounting 12/29/12

Dry Fitted Shallow Mine Console Grab Railing Total Height 49" Mounting it with 5/16-18 SS Barrel Nuts

This SS Grab Rail is about 1" wider than this 32 1/4" wide Console but will fit as is.

Options:
1: Leave it and go Fishing, 
2: Cut top SS rail and remove reweld, 
3: Block out each side 1/2" with Spacers.


Possible blocked out with 1 /12" x 1/2" Starboard Material or 1 1/2" SS round stock.

Shallow Mine Console Electrical Fuse Center

Shallow Mine Console Electrical Fuse Center is located on the Starboard side under the Swing out rod Holder.

Shallow Mine Console Swing out Tackle center

I have Roughed in the Shallow Mine Console Swing out Rod Holders and Console Tackle center.

See the roughed out Shallow Mine Console Swing out Rod Holders and Console Tackle center Closed.

The top Console Tackle center compartment holds 4 each Plastic boxes both Port and Starboard sides.
 Possibly LED lights.

We may fish off this boat yet. Happy New Year.

Stick Anchor on the cheap

Stick Anchor on the cheap

I'm in for $15.00 bucks. 10ft. 3/4" fiberglass rod, one 1" copper tee, one 2 1/2" x 1/4" SS bolt & a bit of mixed epoxy

I cut off about 6" of the 3/4 Fiberglass pole for a handle, tapped it at 3" center, Tapped the end of the 3/4 x 8ft. Fiberglass rod.

Took the 1" copper tee, filled it with epoxy centered the 6" handle, screwed in the 2 1/2" x 1/4" SS bolt ( cut off bolt head ), screwed the 3/4 fiberglass rod on the 1/4 SS bolt bedding it into the epoxy mixture. I smoothed out the edges of the fiberglass rod & handle sticking out of the copper Tee. I wrapper the copper Tee & fiberglass with shrinkwrap film and allowed this to cure for 48 hours. It required a bit of cleaning up but is very soild.

It ain't a pretty as Richard Grimes makes but it will stick Mud and hold. Picture to follow

Center Console Drawn & Rough Sticthed

Last week I drew my Center Console for my new XF20 Shallow Mine boat 3 times.  It took a footprint layout to realize a 28" wide console won't accommodate 3 deep cell batteries along with wiring and steering races.  OK Now my Center Console is 24 3/4" deep x 32 1/2" Wide x 30" tall.  It still needs an inside 3/4" plywood shelve for the 3 Bank Battery charger and upright panel which will hold the Main Power Panel & fuses on the starboard side.

The Center Console will get Epoxy Fiberglass joints, 2x2 blocks on each joint, Extra backing at certain points for exterior rod holders and possible future console Grab Rail. The Exterior and bottom half of the interior will receive a Epoxy fiberglass overlay and the upper half interior will be painted with marine grade paint.

The Top and the slanted instrument panel are 3/4" thick plywood, all other surfaces are 3/8" Plywood

Unloading at Davis house 10 18 2011