Bait board legs
Submitted by stumpie on Wed, 2022-02-09 07:56
Hi all,
Hoping someone can help me or put me on to the right person.
I bought a new bait board which requires straight rod holders. The existing rod holders on the boat are angled and it's near impossible to remove due to the nuts located inside the hull. I'm thinking maybe the legs of the bait board can be inserted into the angled rod holders then bent upwards to form a 90 deg angle so the board can sit on it level.
Has anyone done this before and who does this sort of work?
Or is there a better solution?
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dmck
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Are....
the table legs aluminium or stainless steel? If SS they may be too difficult to bend..
also important is how much (angle) do they need to bend? if its too great the tubes will kink (Al or SS) and lose strength.
You may have to get them cut and welded... not too difficult if you have the right tools and most metal fabricators would do it easily.
Some pics would help...
stumpie
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Date Joined: 22/07/15
Legs are made of aluminium.
Legs are made of aluminium. Trying to locate where I can upload a pic...
Yewiefish85
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Are you sure they are screw
Are you sure they are screw and nut?, they could be self tapping screws
stumpie
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Nah wished they were. I used
Nah wished they were. I used a small drill to try to remove the bolt but ut kept spinning. So I opened the small hatch and could feel the nuts.
Jackfrost80
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Get yourself a set of these.
Get yourself a set of these. I have them on mine so I can flip the board back when the family want to sit on the bench seat without banging their heads on it
chsmith.com.au/Products/Pivot-Joint-Kit-T-s-Baitboard-Mount.html
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Mike17
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Exhaust Places
Just take them to your local exhaust installer and they'll bend them up easily with no kinks.
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