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So how did yall hang ye mud stoppers? I bought a couple of rubber flaps with stainless weights on ebay but need to hand them.
One idea I found on the web was
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Yes i went to a steel fab shop and had them bend some 1/8 alum
diamond plate and bolted inside fender well and attached rubber mud flap with chrome attached to bottom. I had it bent back 4' and then down 3'' to get flap back where you are not so apt to back over and tear off. I have less than $50 in both sides.
I saw something similar on an excursion, but don't know where they got them. Any ideas?
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Is it because you are throwing rocks up on the boat?
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its cause I don't want rocks on the boat 
May have to find some diamond plate to make some.. psst hey mike 
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Like these... but 280... gulp!!
http://www.omnicast.net/~nwcustom/mudflaps.html
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just measured the flaps I have sitting here and they are 12 inches wide. So thats the width dimension of the bracket I am looking for.
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Hell Marty $280 isn't bad. Mine are $320 plus 8.2% sales tax
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Hey, Marty....I bet that guy on 8th and Peabody (?), called "Blue Steel", who does custom steel cutouts could trick those out nicely.
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I was thinking dremel or one of auntys scroll saw designs would be a good way to do some. They would be sweet!! Once I figure how to get them up I will investigate some serious customization touches. The nwcustom mudflap will do any design too. I am just to dam cheap or is that poor to do it yet.
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Scroll saw designs wouldn't show up very well unless it had a shiney or colored background applied afterward. Rubber would be easier to work than wood though.
If I need to bring my collection of patterns to Seiku, just holler.
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I was thinking of the sticker design in stainless on the flaps. Like the naked ladies you see on them only fish instead.
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So do you want just a cut out to apply to the mud flaps or a sheet of stainless as a mud flap with a design cut in? I can probably cut thin gauge as a cut out, but stuff thick enough for flaps would have to be laser cut.
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I have rubber flaps and can apply thin stainless using rivets. I don't have the hangers for the flaps yet. Those should show up with the new boat
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I'll stop at the model railroad store and see if they have stainless sheets Wednesday. You just want the SH.net fish without the text, right?
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You got it.... two seat boxes and two mud flap holders 
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right aunty I think that would look sweet.
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Can you do just about anything Aunty?
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Zaq, I've never tried metal scrollsawing so this will be an experiment. Don't know till I try.
So far, the only wood items I've done are fish and game. Here's a sample. Scrollsaw stuff
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No luck at the model railroad store. I "whined" to Caveman so he stopped at Navy City Metals on the way home today. He found 2 small sheets of 24 gauge stainless. Says Marty owes him $3.00.
Now to figure out how to do this. 
(PS, Caveman says if I let him buy a plasma cutter, he'd be happy to do this for Marty!  )
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He does need one of those  .. its his turn for toys isn't it? They make a metal blade?
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They make a metal blade. Stainless is pretty hard to cut but if I go slow and use plenty of lubricant, it should work.
Next question,
I can add tabs (ears) to the cutouts to make it easier to attach. Yes or no?
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yes on tabs I will paint those back to hide.
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An alternative would be to insert the tabs in slits made in flaps and fold them over.
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I would be afraid of them flexing out.. Not sure how they put the naked lady ones on.
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Naked ladies have threaded studs welded to the backside.
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Sounds like my ex-wife....
Sorry man I had to say it....
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Studs? Naked Ladies? Back sides? I am starting to like this topic!
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Naked ladies have threaded studs welded to the backside.
That'd be cleanest imho, and you wouldn't have to keep up on repainting the tabs as they chip. AuntyM - if Caveman can't get a plasma cutter, does he have a buzzbox around to tack some studs on it for ya?
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A buzzbox? He has a mig welder. Is that a buzz box?
I have to order some metal cutting blades Marty. Lucky for me, I know you are the pateint sort since you've waited 4 1/2 years for Southfork to finish your boat.
(just kidding Mike!)
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I consider the little flux core wire feed things buzzboxes, so yeah, a nice mig setup would qualify if not exceed the definition...in which case, why no plasma cutter yet?
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That's it no hug for you at Sekiu maybe 
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I make attempts to be patient
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these mud flaps have a chunk of stainless on top and bottom. Top piece might be larg enough to make a hanger. hmm
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Why not pop rivet them with washers on the backside?
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Keep it simple 
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