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By McKenzieDriftBoat.com
What are your ingenius river table designs?
Hi WBP,
The boat is getting close to finished and now its time to start building the river trip accessories...
Do you have any super special designs for tables? Kitchen utilites? What kind of inventions are you up to?
-Kelly
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Permalink Reply by Jason Knight on
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ok where is Greg H.? : )
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Permalink Reply by Greg Hatten on
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Hi Kelly,
Here are a few little "inventions" I added to my boat...
The floor boards in the back of my boat turn into a stream-side table - this is the McKenzie Boat Festival last year with coffee on my "table".
I put a brass bar in my boat (it was a foot rail in a "real" bar that I cut down to about 2')
This little triangle comes in handy when you need to build a tri-pod out of your oars...
... and it really works
I added a bunch of other silly little gadgets to my boat - mostly for "fishin".
GH
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Permalink Reply by Brad Dimock on
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For a decked Briggs I haven't yet invented the table of my dreams. Still working on that. B ut for an open McKenzie I made the floorboards into kitchen tables, the seats into removable chuck-box camp-benches, and the fly deck into the cutest little cocktail table.
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Permalink Reply by Kelly Neu on
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You guys are amazing...
Greg, those oars are beautiful. Did you stain the blade edges or is it a different kind of wood?
Brad, where on earth did you find a fiddler in this day and age!
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The fiddler? eBay, where else?
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Different wood - Sawyer Oars down in Ashland, OR made these to match the boat. Great guys down there!! Hey Brad - love your work there brother... that little "cocktail" table is awesome.
GH
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And I forgot to add, the other part of this rig doubles as a tent.
Oh, you can also combine the parts to make a nifty boat.
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Permalink Reply by Jeremy Christensen on
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Brad, folks might also want to know that you built that boat in a weekend, for like $300, right???
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Actually it was $200 in materials (not including the beer) for the hull and it took a week with two of us. The furniture took another week, solo, and cost about the same.
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wow! thats kinda like the disposable sweep scows of the good ol days. Thats gotta be cheaper than the cost of a shuttle... just have a big bonfire party at the end of the trip and build again for the next trip. ha.
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Or sell it to a bystander for $400! That finances the beer required for the next build. Guleke used to dismantle his scows and sell the lumber.
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Permalink Reply by Robb Grubb on
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Kelly,
Not sure how ingenious it is but it sure works good. I just use 3/8 plywood cut to fit into the hatch, usually have to round or angle the edges. Then one strip of oak to mount a threaded insert for the wood or steel legs on the bottom. I beveled the oak strip so the legs point out for a little stability. Not sure if you can see it in the background (attached photo) but I am currently using mine for a work bench. I just epoxy the thing for easy food clean up. My next table is going to have a raised lip on it so my BBQ legs dont slide off and so food juice does not drain off into the sand which of course attracts all kinds of fun creatures...
Cheers,
Robb
P.S. - Brad, your open Mckenzie style boat with all the trimmings is inspiring to remind all of us to keep it simple...!
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