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A Jon boat journey - Life and times, and mods, of a G3 river Jon.
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Originally posted by SaltwaterSlick View PostUnless you really need the sponsons, I wouldn't put 'em on!! Mine has 'em along with a pretty big tunnel... maneuverability in reverse is next to zero!!
The fish are biting, and there's hogs to be kilt. Gotta go!
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Looks great!. You may want to think about making some panels that you can lay on the top rails of your blind. We usually take palms and zip tie the stalks together with the fronds on opposite ends. We lay these over the blind top rails to keep from having a really bad silhouette of the blind. Picture the ducks flying over your blind when you brush it in. The sides need to be brushed in well for when they are on approach but if you get pintail circling or any birds coming in high/overhead having the top brushed will help you out a lot. It also gives you a lot more room for error moving and keeping an eye on them when they are working.
Another thing that is handy is to weld some tabs on the top rail that can be used to rest the barrel of you gun in to keep it from sliding or getting in the way. Wrap the area with electrical tape or something similar to keep it from scratching your guns.
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Thanks for the input. But it works pretty doggone good as it is. And I wouldn't be able to fold the panels. Grass is zip tired to die-cut material that is woven onto the blind railing, with a weighted bottom, and zip tied in place. Folding it is a breeze. And less than a minute to set up or take off for fishing or storage. Outa the 35+ years of duck-n, I've built a few blinds in my day. But thank you for the advice.
The fish are biting, and there's hogs to be kilt. Gotta go!Last edited by Texas Grown; 10-01-2019, 10:30 AM.
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Originally posted by Texas Grown View PostThanks for the input. But it works pretty doggone good as it is. And I wouldn't be able to fold the panels. Grass is zip tired to die-cut material that is woven onto the blind railing, with a weighted bottom, and zip tied in place. Folding it is a breeze. And less than a minute to set up or take off for fishing or storage. Outa the 35+ years of duck-n, I've built a few blinds in my day. But thank you for the advice.
The fish are biting, and there's hogs to be kilt. Gotta go!
Just to be clear though, when I said "panels" I meant two fronds zip tied together that are rigid enough to lay on the top rails. When we drop the blind we just toss the fonds into the fold of the blind and then lay the blind all the way down. They ride there well, very easy.
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Well, had a little time this afternoon. So I thought I'd start putting my next mod together. Was hoping to get them both all tacked up. But to my disappointment, I ran out of Argon . Oh well, I'll get some next Friday. Who knows, maybe I'll get them not only tacked, but welded out, and maybe welded on.
And yall never mind my custom tig welding table. Took a lot to put that together.
Here's where I got to for today. 5 of 7 sides tacked on the first pod.
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Mike,
Are you using a wire welder or a Tig for that aluminum? I have a wire welder and have read some info about running aluminum through the sleeve. I need to build some aluminum boxes for my trailer / kayak hauler and I wanted to use aluminum. I've never worked with that metal at all but I think steel would be way too heavy.
Nice work!
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