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Built with my own three hands. Fully stainless and aluminum. The big block is angle cut if that makes things any clearer. Anyone? Bueller?



No telling, Bryan

GRILL MOUNT!!

Nice job!

All I can say is that may help you gain another 10 to 20!

cleatus wrote:GRILL MOUNT!!

That was WAY to easy. If I guesstimated my angle right, I'll be bolting it on today. It'll be a little touchy, getting it level on TWO different axis's. The boat tilts to stern with that big motor and lists a bit to port just because. I'll try to correct for both and level that sucker so my weenies don't roll off

Bryden24shp wrote:All I can say is that may help you gain another 10 to 20!

Maybe trying to make it to shore after eating my own cooking

Stainless Steel and Aluminum will result in Galvanic Corrosion .

Seon wrote:Stainless Steel and Aluminum will result in Galvanic Corrosion .

Ya know, I've been reading that forever. There are also those that say no way. I'm somewhere in the middle (like usual).

Certain alloys under certain conditions (salt water) and there might be trouble. I've been doing it for years with quality materials and watching carefully. I see no issues whatsoever. I am not one to make a hard a fast rule after making limited observations tho. The vigilance continues...

Always one to err on the side of caution, I try to avoid the combination in general. In this case, I needed the strength of stainless with the machinability of aluminum. I still broke a tap in the dang stuff

On a further note, I've also been reading about 'cold side (crevice) corrosion'. Aluminum alone can 'rot', even in freshwater conditions. Interesting stuff.

Seon wrote:Stainless Steel and Aluminum will result in Galvanic Corrosion .

Better not tell pontoon manufactures that...

ToonGuy wrote:

Seon wrote:Stainless Steel and Aluminum will result in Galvanic Corrosion .

Better not tell pontoon manufactures that...

Yep, the idiots that built my boat, put stainless screws and bolts all over my boat. Some are even in contact with my aluminum "M" brackets, that attach my logs to the framing for the floor.

Seon wrote:Stainless Steel and Aluminum will result in Galvanic Corrosion .

No problem. You just batter up the interface with Anti-Galvanic Gluon enriched MethylTetraEthylChloroDiFluoroCarboHexaNeutronium and torque it to exactly 448.37 Newton Meters with a helical trimetric bathyspherical knutson valve. Fixes it right up.

Bob is showing off again

tuned wrote:

cleatus wrote:GRILL MOUNT!!

That was WAY to easy. If I guesstimated my angle right, I'll be bolting it on today. It'll be a little touchy, getting it level on TWO different axis's. The boat tilts to stern with that big motor and lists a bit to port just because. I'll try to correct for both and level that sucker so my weenies don't roll off

Bryden24shp wrote:All I can say is that may help you gain another 10 to 20!

Maybe trying to make it to shore after eating my own cooking

Exactly..... 10 to 20 pounds! From eating!!!
I've been putting stainless steel thumbscrews in my aluminum EZFENDERS for 6 years now.... never an issue, yet.
My Manitou had and my Premier has SS bolts on the "M" mounts. They never gave me a problem. And when we re-torqued the Premiers, they all spun fine. I'll look at them again in 15 years and see how they are doing.


BobG, I gotta bathyspherical knutson valve for sale on Ebay, right now... $8672.50 is the current bid... You kill me with what you come up with.

"Wienies rolling off the grill"???? !!! What kinda ship you running there Bub?,,, Maybe Bob can concoct some kind of suave to put on the offending appendage,,,

BobG wrote:

Seon wrote:Stainless Steel and Aluminum will result in Galvanic Corrosion .

No problem. You just batter up the interface with Anti-Galvanic Gluon enriched MethylTetraEthylChloroDiFluoroCarboHexaNeutronium and torque it to exactly 448.37 Newton Meters with a helical trimetric bathyspherical knutson valve. Fixes it right up.

Now I've seen some really bad advice on the internet before but that just takes the cake. Some people just know enough to be dangerous, but they cannot keep their mouth shut when they da#% well should. Bob's advice is almost right, just close enough to be dangerous. Do exactly what he suggests but for God's sake do not finish that off with a knutson valve -- that's just stupid.

tuned wrote:

Seon wrote:Stainless Steel and Aluminum will result in Galvanic Corrosion .

Ya know, I've been reading that forever. There are also those that say no way. I'm somewhere in the middle (like usual).

Certain alloys under certain conditions (salt water) and there might be trouble. I've been doing it for years with quality materials and watching carefully. I see no issues whatsoever. I am not one to make a hard a fast rule after making limited observations tho. The vigilance continues...

Always one to err on the side of caution, I try to avoid the combination in general. In this case, I needed the strength of stainless with the machinability of aluminum. I still broke a tap in the dang stuff

On a further note, I've also been reading about 'cold side (crevice) corrosion'. Aluminum alone can 'rot', even in freshwater conditions. Interesting stuff.

I am very confused...

BobG wrote:

Seon wrote:Stainless Steel and Aluminum will result in Galvanic Corrosion .

No problem. You just batter up the interface with Anti-Galvanic Gluon enriched MethylTetraEthylChloroDiFluoroCarboHexaNeutronium and torque it to exactly 448.37 Newton Meters with a helical trimetric bathyspherical knutson valve. Fixes it right up.

Now it makes perfect sense....

Bob's gotta ease off on the shrooms