BuildingAfloat

[BikerAfloat]

sorry i can't add much again, but what i will say is consider emailing the dude your getting the rails and screws off first for a price and pay outside of ebay, this way you will get a better price and while your at it get him to quote you to include and also not include the spindle.. chances are due to combined postage and a big order you may find yourself getting the spindle alot cheaper than anywhere else.. this is certainly my play when the time comes.

Good idea Wilfy, my strategey for ordering bits is based on me funding the job myself, so the spindle is my last purchase, however I am pursuing a couple of other avenues for funding - I am Bi-polar (Manic-Depressive) and it is difficult for me to be employed, hence building the machine to enable me to be self employed. The upside of my illness is the support from the Mental Health team. They beleive there may be some funds to help people like me back to work. If the funds come from there in a lump sum, then I will be looking at making them go as far as I can and that is a good strategy, Thank you for the idea.

also i only just realised your building this machine to work on a boat.. thats just awesome in its own right.

Hee Hee, Home is a 53' Narrowboat, I'll be lossing quite a bit of living area to accomdate this, but if I can keep my costs down by not having to rent a workshop, the the plan for self-employment is that bit more viable.

expanding foam is also something i was considering for my build.. it's very cheap and i think it would go some way to take the ring out of the steel as it wouldnt have any air to resonate through the center of the box section

Glad to hear I'm thinking along the same lines as someone else, makes it seem a more viable idea. Thanks again!

Cheers,
Geoff.