(almost) ready to paint - bait table progress

 

finished off cutting all the holes and trimmed the fixed cutting board to size.  drilled through the ally top so that board can be screwed from underneath.  fitted the drain top and bottom, bung and through deck skin fitting for the intake.  drilled the mounting g holes on the boat and fitted it.  Cut the holes for the overflow outlets but haven't drilled for the fastenings yet.

Just need to tidy up a few burrs and it is almost ready to paint.

 

 

 

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 First two photos are up side

Sun, 2015-03-08 17:57

 First two photos are up side down.  don't know why...

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Hehe, this thing looks like

Sun, 2015-03-08 18:25

Hehe, this thing looks like your baby randall!! 

Looks awesome though, it'll make a few jealous I think

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 Looking good mate 

Sun, 2015-03-08 18:35

 Looking good mate 

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 ahhhh, i understand the

Sun, 2015-03-08 18:36

 ahhhh, i understand the drain holes now, are you happy with the dirty bait water/juices leeching into your live well or am i seeing this wrong? 

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The drain in the top will be

Sun, 2015-03-08 18:58

The drain in the top will be connected by tube inside the tank to the outlet bottom middle at the back, so anything going down there won't contaminate the live bait tank. leakage under the lid will so that is something I need to watch for.

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 gotcha. iam not criticising

Sun, 2015-03-08 19:14

 gotcha. iam not criticising ive just been designing something similar for a few years, just never completed my design. the reason why is my concern of to much weight down back

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 Hey gilly.  put the whole

Wed, 2015-03-11 21:14

 Hey gilly.  put the whole tank together tonight and filled it to the overflow drains.  (barring a few leaks where the skin fitting are and will be sealed upon final installation) it took 4 garden buckets to fill.  so what's that? about 36 litres give or take a couple.

 

so these next couple of days will see me give it a good sanding, a clean off, and a coat of etch primer.  I am hoping to get it painted on saturday and final fitting onto the boat late Sunday.

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nice one, should if not

Wed, 2015-03-11 21:35

nice one, should if not fitted yet chuck the bait tank empty onto scales, rough idea of weight

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 14.75 kg (empty of

Wed, 2015-03-11 21:51

 14.75 kg (empty of course).

 

so about 50 - 55 kgs or there abouts.

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  cheers

Wed, 2015-03-11 22:02

  cheers

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Looking good R1

Mon, 2015-03-09 17:54

 Might be able to sea test this weekend, how many likes ha ha

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 Would like to paint it first

Mon, 2015-03-09 18:23

 Would like to paint it first if possible and we're running out of weekends before our annual holiday to monkey mia in april (throw in a wedding before that as well).  The sea trial may be as simple as a quick run on the river one morning when the family have a sleep in (may throw a crab net in fir good measure).

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