JAGSARE1

I am trying to get wedges made. I was quoted around $500 to do this which is utterly ridiculous. I have the wedges that Taco makes that you can see below. Using that photo, the high part is on the left and the low part is on the right. I need the high part to be on top sloping to the bottom. No way I can make that with normal tools. Suggestion?

mikefloyd

Any decent machine shop with a CNC lathe can do that. I would expect to pay about $100.00 to $150.00 for set up time and probably about the same to make them.

OneMoreDay

Why not make them out of starboard? A few standard power tools and you can make it any shape you want..

Gary999

This.

JAGSARE1

I'm handy but have no idea how I would make this. I have the starboard but simply don't know how I would cleanly cut the angle.

PeteH

ChicagoKeys

Or

Miter box

jcassara

I don't know how the base is configured but can you rotate it 90 degrees and use the base you have displayed?

JAGSARE1

If I could do that I wouldn't be asking the question.

PeteH

Gnrphil

Try these guys,
FORGE 3D Printing Studio
1010 E Adams St #226, Jacksonville, FL 32202
(904) 274-1714

piratehunter

3D printer would be good for this

thirdcoaststroker

The amount of stress put on these bases when running would wear out an plastic or starboard pretty fast i would think. Aluminum would be good to go.

JAGSARE1

Funny, I thought about the 3D printer. A friend plays with it but we didn't know how to write the program to do it. I'll call the guys above to see if this is possible. I agree, that would be a great option.

I don't see these having hardly any stress on them at all. There is no movement, they are, in effect, a spacer that changes the angle of the mount. If you attempted, you would then need a block of aluminum and this process would be significantly more complex. These wedges have been used for years and years without failure.

JaxBch

JAGSARE1

Thanks but I already have a pair. The issue is the orientation of the angle. Taco only makes them one way and my mounts are rotated 45 degrees so the ones they make don't work. The 3D place said they can do it no problem but now I have to figure out the angle degree.

ChicagoKeys

Kids compass and protractor would do the trick.

Carpenters square, pocket level, piece of paper, pencil ought to be able to get you close enough. You should be able to create a wood block that fits perfectly. Then take your block to the 3d printer or water jet guy.

Gnrphil

Hold the bracket at the angle you want it and measure the distance from it too the hard top (or whatever you're mounting too), then measure the length of the bracket from the inside of the top to the outside.
Use this online calculator, https://www.calculator.net/triangle-...ts=d&x=88&y=18
A and B will be the bracket dimensions and C will be the distance from bracket to the top, then you'll get your angle.

ChicagoKeys

Even easier. Take a 2' or pocket level, set one end at your high end of where the block goes, then tip the low end up until it's level, or shim it to level. Then measure between the t-top and level at the end of the block location. Whatever thickness you want at the thin end, just add it to both.

This is not rocket surgery.

ChannelTwo

I used a clinometer app on my phone to measure my t top slope for wedges.