Know what’s almost as fun as getting your boat out on the water?

[mr-asa]

Mocking everything up for the first time.
Still need to get the front seat recut, then assembled, but man, putting this all together tonight just put a big ole grin on my face.

I can finally run the steering cables and everything else necessary to knock this out and get it on the water. I also need to find longer control cables for the throttle and shifting box.

[david-bartlett]

Looks great Evan!

[beerman57]

Looks good, I need pics of my Feather Craft transom after I beefed it up to hold the 40/50hp. It’s stout with the 3/16" tempered aluminum addition.

[mr-asa]

That green panel on the back isn’t going to stay, I’m going to see if I can get a 1/8" plate lasercut that covers most of the bolt holes in the back. Try and tie the entire transom together.

[wedgie]

fantastic job on the fabrication and assembly. I enjoy the process too. Also, I find it comforting to know everything is ship shape and safe ’cause you’ve gone through it all. Rigging the steering is fun, and kind of challenging the first time .Could have used three hands. On my 16 foot Crestliner,I agonized about the geometry and mounting location of the pulleys for hours in fear of drilling extra holes. The boat steers pretty good, so it was time well spent.

Hope your spool is in good shape,

http://vid635.photobucket.com/albums/uu … 586b22.mp4

[mr-asa]

Wedgie, I’ve got two spools, actually. One similar to that one (although maybe 2/3 the height? I haven’t counted the twists on it and don’t have the diameter) the other is more like a pulley’s sheave in that there are no grooves on it. I’ve posted pictures of the second one in my other Herter’s thread. The one that’s like yours has a little hump in it where it looks like someone tried to pry it with a screw driver for some reason. No clue which I should use, or why.

I still need an answer as to how to properly size the springs and what sort of tension should be on them. I’ve asked a couple times but haven’t got any concrete answers.

[amuller]

Nice job on the transom! No experience with rigging cable steering, but just recently I saw a quite detailed writeup on how to do it. I think they showed the springs compressed to about half their travel.

[wedgie]

I snug the cable up with the motor in the tilted up position putting a little compression on the spring, maybe an inch or so. That’s to make sure the cable stays on when it is tilted up. When you tilt the motor down it compresses the spring some more putting more tension on it . You will get the feel for how tight it should be by plucking the cable like a guitar string. I made sure to thru bolt the pulley eye straps so they will not pull out. Don’t make it too tight . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lghIDQSbxw8

[dave-bernard]

this is my mockup

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[mr-asa]

Dave, that’s a mock up? What isn’t finished? 😆
Looks great!

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