Construction and habit a windscreen to fit your boat.
Boat windscreen designs vary from basic to conglomerate. A basic invent would be straight across the upper surface of the dashboard in front of the Chauffeur's station. A elaborate arrangement may contain wrap-around side panels for extra consolation in Numb breezes. Tilt the windscreen back at the top to the desired angle and degree the vertical distance from the top corners of the frame to the surface of the dashboard.7. Cut two pieces of aluminum angle to this measurement as vertical support struts for the sides of the windshield. Position one of the struts vertical and against the end of the tilted windshield.
Frame
1. Degree the broadness of the windscreen across the top of the dashboard in front of the Chauffeur's station and passenger seat. Finish the heighth you fancy the top of the windscreen to extend above the dashboard. Most boat windshields are approximately 18 inches to 24 inches high-reaching.
2. Constitute the frame for the windscreen using 1-inch by 1/4-inch aluminium angle and a mitre proverb with Stop blade. Divide two pieces of aluminium angle to the span of the windscreen. Chop two pieces to length as the heighth you wish the windscreen. Levy the pieces in a rectangular configuration on a worktable with the 1-inch sides of the aluminium facing up and the 1/4-inch edges below.
3. Position the sides of the frame between the top and backside pieces and yet at the ends. Degree across the rectangle, from corner to corner to square the frame. Adjust the frame until the cross-corner measurements are Identical Everyone habit.
4. Chop four pieces of 1-inch Broad by 1/8-inch thick aluminium strips 2 inches lingering as corner brackets. Position the brackets on the corners at the top and backside pieces of the frame so they extend onto the sides of the frame. Range the brackets with the corners and edges of the frame.
5. Seal the outside edge of the frame where it meets the surface of the dashboard with clear silicone.
Installation - Part One
6. Keep an assistant clinch the windscreen in put across the top of the dashboard with the 1-inch Broad edges of the frame facing the Chauffeur's station. The backside string of the frame should be 12 inches from the face of the dashboard. No affair the invent, recreation boat windshields are tilted back at the top to supply airflow over the Chauffeur's station. You can conformation your own basic boat windscreen using aluminium angle and autonomous or tinted acrylic.
Instructions
Mark the angle where the strut meets the top of the windshield frame. Cut one end of each strut at this angle on the miter saw.
8. Cut 1-inch by 1/8-inch thick aluminum 2 inches long as brackets that attach where the top of the struts meet the sides of the windshield frame. Stand the vertical struts in place and use 1/4-inch self-tapping screws to attach the struts to the top corners of the frame. The windshield should stand in place at this point.
9. Cut four additional pieces of 1-inch by 1/8-inch aluminum four inches long as dashboard and vertical strut brackets. Use an adjustable square to determine the inside angle where the windshield meets the surface of the console. Secure two of the four inch pieces vertically in a bench vice. Use a smooth face hammer to configure the pieces to the inside angle by bending them at the middle.
10. Secure the remaining two pieces in the vice and bend them to 90-degrees at the middle to make corner brackets for the support struts.
Installation - Part Two
11. Position the angle brackets against the inside of the windshield frame at each where it meets the dashboard. Position the 90-degree brackets at the base of the side support struts.
12. Attach the upper section of the brackets to the inside of the windshield frame and at the lower end of the support struts with 1/4-inch self-tapping screws. Attach the base section of the brackets to the dashboard with 1-inch self-tapping screws.
13. Cut a piece of 1/4-inch thick clear or tinted acrylic to fit the frame inside the 1/4-inch edges. Use a circular saw with a finish blade to cut the acrylic. Apply a bead of clear silicone on the 1-inch wide edge of the frame and set the acrylic in place in the frame. End 1/4-inch self-tapping screws and attach the corner brackets to the 1-inch Broad faces of the frame with an electric drill and screw gratuity attachment. Everyone bracket should bear two screws at Everyone neb to prevent the corners of the frame from shifting outside of square. Research the frame for square as you force and adjust it provided basic.
