To make the curved aft panels properly, you'll want to remove the whole topside panels and use the appropriate tools (a buck, English wheel, planishing hammer and old fashioned leather bag and hammers, etc.). You see, the vast majority of these aluminum jon boats are riveted. If you think lumber is expensive, just cost out a sheet of 16 gauge T-6 aluminum and the stamped/extruded shapes necessary to make it as stiff as a hunk of plywood. You also have literally thousands of wooden designs to choose from, compared to just a handful of aluminum designs to select from.Īs to modifying a jon boat, well it could likely be done, but shaping metal on the boat would be quite difficult. In the size you're looking at Woodmendan, a plywood hull will be a good bit less costly to build and probably lighter too (depending on design of course). I do agree with Messabout, in that the aluminum boat could tolerate neglect over a longer time frame, then wood. These things (small aluminum boats) dent up like the back stop at a driving range, so I'm pretty sure you'd have to be a bit more delicate, with the shinny aluminum one. I disagree that you'd have to pamper the wooden boat more then the polished aluminum version. PLEASE SCROLL DOWN TO THE ALUMINUM RUNABOUTS, 4th or 5th picture. Any suggestions on where to get a used one of these boats, or how I should go about making one would be much appreciated! The main thing I am looking for is to get that beautiful "barrel back" design onto a fishing boat. My Grandfather will allow me access to his angle grinders, TIG welders, etc. My dad is a cabinet builder, so I have access to all of his wood working tools. I also plan on installing a wooden deck for the whole boat. I was thinking buying a fishing boat, cutting up the transom, welding additional aluminum onto sides of the boat, and then welding the rear end nice and water tight. I am looking for a boat that had this beautiful shape to it originally, but I have not been able to find one. What I am wondering is how I should go about attacking this project. I have spent most of my winter so far rebuilding and painting the motor. I currently already have a motor, a 25horse Evinrude with controls so I am good in that sense. I am a High School Senior aspiring to make a runabout such as the one attached for use during the summer.
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