Attach a downrigger --FINISHED go to page 2

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RE:Attach a downrigger --FINISHED go to page 2

Post by Toni » Mon Mar 22, 2010 4:45 pm

Gringo Pescador wrote:OK Toni, I have to ask...

That top board - what was it before being a DR mount? The reason I ask is it looks exactly like the wood I salvaged from an old waterbed frame I had, that I have been hacking up and using for different little projects like that for years - and in fact used to mount my DR on my canoe just like Bentrod's 1st configuration above.:joker:
It was shelving from a 60's German shelving unit. I can't remember the official term.
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Post by hewesfisher » Tue Mar 23, 2010 8:26 am

Toni wrote:It was shelving from a 60's German shelving unit. I can't remember the official term.
They were called shrunks, (properly spelled shrank but pronounced as with an "aw" sound like in claw) if that's the piece you were referring to. [wink]
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RE:Attach a downrigger --FINISHED go to page 2

Post by Toni » Tue Mar 23, 2010 11:25 am

hewesfisher wrote:
Toni wrote:It was shelving from a 60's German shelving unit. I can't remember the official term.
They were called shrunks, (properly spelled shrank but pronounced as with an "aw" sound like in claw) if that's the piece you were referring to. [wink]
It could be. Like a long (6 foot) buffet that had shelves and doors that could be locked.
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He said, “Throw your net on the right side of the boat and you will find some.” When they did, they were unable to haul the net in because of the large number of fish.

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