Grant's cheapskate water ski boom

Reminder -- this is the goal, click on the kid and watch first three minutes:

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On 2/28/13 a "mock-up" was again assembled. The pulley area of the tow line will be padded. Looking forward; the tow lines at the "tow handle" on the boom will now be spaced 16 inches apart, and the center 4 ft. section will be a tube-within-a-tube:

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Connections (and boom material) were revised February 24, 2013.
Top = aluminum tube, schedule 40 wall
Middle = steel "top rail" tube
Bottom = machinable aluminum, turned and drilled

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Inboard shackle:

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Inboard shackle:

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The "lift rope" will be fastened here, at the (bottom) mid-point of the boom:

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