I'm basically finished with my winch spool. I have a little welding and Line-Xing to do after I finish the frame and give it a test run. It ended up being a little wider than I planned with 9.5" inside the wheels and a full 15" between the outermost points. Here is the materials list (prices are approx/guess): <BR> <BR>2 piece go-kart wheels (Free) <BR>2 three ft 3/16 threaded rods ($8) <BR>2 three ft square tubes ($10) <BR>2 pizza pans (yes thats right!) ($8) <BR>1 3/4 go-kart axle (Free) <BR>Misc nuts and bolts ($20) <BR>1 go-kart sprocket (Free) <BR>2 go-kart axle hubs (Free) <BR> <BR>Comments and suggestions are appreciated. <BR> <BR><img src="http://www.wakeworld.com/MB/Discus/messages/65919/678865.jpg" alt="Upload"> <BR><img src="http://www.wakeworld.com/MB/Discus/messages/65919/678866.jpg" alt="Upload"> <BR><img src="http://www.wakeworld.com/MB/Discus/messages/65919/678867.jpg" alt="Upload">

I'll take 2 large pepperoni and mushroom. <BR> <BR>Looks good. Do you think you'll feel vibrations down the line from having a square spool? I'm just wondering, I've seen a lot of people do the same sort of thing. <BR> <BR>Mama-Mia, the pizza pans are awesome! <BR> <BR>I hope the wheels hold the pans rigid enough. They get quite a lot of outwards pressure from the winding of the rope. I didn't expect it when I built my first spool and had to redesign. <BR>You don't really know until you test it out.

Yeah I was a little worried but they are surprisingly beefy no pun intended. Our other winch is square and I don't feel a thing... once you get 1000ft on there you don't notice.

Thats awesome man!! Glad everything is coming together.. and fairly CHEAPLY might I add.. <BR> <BR>CH

Damn dude that's a stout @ss looking spool. Nice work <img src="http://www.wakeworld.com/MB/Discus/clipart/wink.gif" border=0>

sweet! i bookmarked this page hope you dont mind i might steal your ideas... im going to be building a winch of my own in the next few weeks!

well crafted.. very resourceful <BR> <BR> we found that our spool diameter was to small and we modified it. that made a world of difference.. in fact if i was to do another i would increase it still. <BR> i cut the metal and had the bars welded in where the chalk marks are. <BR> replaced the old line and.. shred. <BR><img src="http://www.wakeworld.com/MB/Discus/messages/65919/679011.jpg" alt="Upload"> <BR><img src="http://www.wakeworld.com/MB/Discus/messages/65919/679012.jpg" alt="Upload"> <BR><img src="http://www.wakeworld.com/MB/Discus/messages/65919/679013.jpg" alt="Upload"> <BR><img src="http://www.wakeworld.com/MB/Discus/messages/65919/679014.jpg" alt="Upload">

is a 4hp motor to small? reason i ask is i can get one for free it runs great so i would like to use a freebe if i can.... my brother thinks if i get the right sprocket size it wont matter how big the motor is but i think ill need a little more hp to yank a boarder acrossed the lake??? <BR> <BR> any input would be nice! <BR> <BR>dont mean to hijack your thread...

CZimmerman, <BR>I think the first winch was a 3.5HP that they used in the movie Sfumato years back. I think if it is geared correctly, then you will be able to pull a boarder, but deep water starts may not be in the picture.