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Billet is not necesary. Just a good steel hub will do. Anything billet is normally quite expensive.
Winchin
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Ok, rope is on its way. It was a special order at 1200' so its going to be a week at least. The rope Im using is Amsteel-blue. Its 7/64th of an inch and its average breaking strength is 1600lbs. Its weight is 0.3lb per foot and it floats. Ordered from Seattle Marine as they were the cheapest. Getting excited now as this was the last piece to the puzzle. 
Billets are like $30. Thats not toooooo bad. Im going to give it a shot with the slightly warped sprocket hub.
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thats bad *** man!
Ok folks, finally this thing is done. Welding was completed on this past Saturday after, well you can see in the posts.. 
This thing works perfectly. I didn't have to tweak it, I didn't mod the motor. It just works. After beak-in and winding the rope we headed down to my buddys place, who lives on a lake. We were doing dock starts (sitting on a dock) and got in about 8 runs a piece between my friend and I in about a 4 hour period. That steel hub is working great btw, even if it is warped. From what I've seen on this site most of you could complete a build like this very easily. Pics are included, any questions, ask away. 
This thing works perfectly. I didn't have to tweak it, I didn't mod the motor. It just works. After beak-in and winding the rope we headed down to my buddys place, who lives on a lake. We were doing dock starts (sitting on a dock) and got in about 8 runs a piece between my friend and I in about a 4 hour period. That steel hub is working great btw, even if it is warped. From what I've seen on this site most of you could complete a build like this very easily. Pics are included, any questions, ask away. Attachments
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r_chez_08
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sweet! i want 1! what size engine has it got?
BAMBY
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mead hall, nice build.
how does one get all of that rope unwound so that the skier/wakeboarder can be in the middle of the lake when the winch starts pullin?
also, does your buddy stay on shore to control it while it pulls you, or is it controlled some other way?
do you just swim to the middle of the lake with it?
prolly a dum qweschun, but i just dont know...
sounds like a blast...
BAMBY
how does one get all of that rope unwound so that the skier/wakeboarder can be in the middle of the lake when the winch starts pullin?
also, does your buddy stay on shore to control it while it pulls you, or is it controlled some other way?
do you just swim to the middle of the lake with it?
prolly a dum qweschun, but i just dont know...
sounds like a blast...
BAMBY
mead hall, nice build.
Thanks!!
how does one get all of that rope unwound so that the skier/wakeboarder can be in the middle of the lake when the winch starts pullin?
You just walk the rope out. Grab the handle and pull.
also, does your buddy stay on shore to control it while it pulls you, or is it controlled some other way?
Yep, he/she is the driver.
do you just swim to the middle of the lake with it?
prolly a dum qweschun, but i just dont know...
Now with a CC you could probably swim the rope out. With the TAV its very hard to pull the rope. If someone pulled it standing in front of you and got the slack going then you could swim it out. We were talking about using a friends canoe to get a longer run than the shore line we've been working with. I have 1200ft of rope.
sounds like a blast...
**** skippy!!
Thanks!!
how does one get all of that rope unwound so that the skier/wakeboarder can be in the middle of the lake when the winch starts pullin?
You just walk the rope out. Grab the handle and pull.
also, does your buddy stay on shore to control it while it pulls you, or is it controlled some other way?
Yep, he/she is the driver.
do you just swim to the middle of the lake with it?
prolly a dum qweschun, but i just dont know...
Now with a CC you could probably swim the rope out. With the TAV its very hard to pull the rope. If someone pulled it standing in front of you and got the slack going then you could swim it out. We were talking about using a friends canoe to get a longer run than the shore line we've been working with. I have 1200ft of rope.
sounds like a blast...
**** skippy!!
Pellethuntr2
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U actually built this thing finally!!! I thought maybe u forgot about us
Pellethuntr2
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yeah for sure...
Moto909
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you could have the tav attached to a centrifugal clutch instead of a sprocket that way you could pull the rope out easily
How would you go about that?
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You would have to run your Drive clutch on a jackshaft, and run your centrifigal clutch from the engine to the TAV.
I'm not sure how well it would work that way. Seems to me like it would just take longer for the belt to grab.
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Hey if you are interested in building a beach winch try http://www.beachwinches.com we offer step by step guides on how to build your own winch without breaking the bank.
modelengineer
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Billet doesn't mean aluminium. A 'billet' is just a piece of metal. You can get billet steel stuff, billet aluminium stuff, billet magnesium stuff, etc.
The winch looks awesome btw.
The winch looks awesome btw.
Looking sweet! I'm probably gonna build a winch this summer if I can rack up enough $$. Also gonna build a nice pot still 
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