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    • Custom Dry Boxes
    • Custom Tables
    • Floors
    • Hatches
    • Transoms
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Eddyline Welding

Eddyline Meanderings

Eddyline Meanderings - boats, projects, river chat, and other topics from the silt.

 

Eddyline Welding
  • Home/
  • Boat Info/
    • Choosing a river running boat
    • Designing your raft frame
  • Custom Raft Frames/
    • The Custom Process
    • Standard Frame Features
    • Custom Frame Options
  • Custom Raft Gear/
    • Custom Dry Boxes
    • Custom Tables
    • Floors
    • Hatches
    • Transoms
  • Stock River Gear/
    • Stock Dry Boxes
    • Stock Tables
    • Sand Stakes
    • Umbrella Holders
    • Oar Accessories
    • Canyon Coolers
  • Boats For Sale/
    • Boats for Sale
  • Gallery/
  • Blog/
  • Contact/
 

Welcome to Eddyline Meanderings

We’ve set up this blog to share with people who are interested in boats, rivers, and all the associated milieu of being a part of water flowing downstream.


September 16, 2022

The All Flat Raft Frame - part 2 of 2

September 16, 2022/ Eddyline Welding
The All Flat Raft Frame - part 2 of 2

After a summer of trips on the water with our most current demo raft, a few things have been finished, revised, and learned along the way.

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Current/Recent Projects, Raft Frame Design, Product Testing
frame
July 14, 2022

The All Flat Raft Frame - part 1 of 2

July 14, 2022/ Eddyline Welding
The All Flat Raft Frame - part 1 of 2

Every year we build a frame that incorporates some new ideas. This year we decided to make a frame set up that is all laid out on the same level.

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Raft Frame Design, Product Testing, Current/Recent Projects
frame
May 12, 2022

Cooler Latch Surgery

May 12, 2022/ Eddyline Welding
Cooler Latch Surgery

Cooler latches sometimes end up in hard to reach spots on your raft. Here are a couple of things we’ve done to make latches easier to work with when they’re in a tight place.

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Current/Recent Projects
cooler, latch
November 04, 2020

Trying out a few new ideas on our 2020 NRS E-160 demo raft.

November 04, 2020/ Eddyline Welding
Trying out a few new ideas on our 2020 NRS E-160 demo raft.

For this year’s demo raft, a NRS E-160, we had three main ideas we wanted to try.

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Rafts, Product Testing, Current/Recent Projects, Raft Frame Design
raft, NRS, E-160, Split Boxes
October 31, 2019

Adding Side Decks with SeaDek to a Single Rail Frame

October 31, 2019/ Eddyline Welding
Adding Side Decks with SeaDek to a Single Rail Frame

A customer wanted to have side decks added to their 4-bay single rail frame. Hmmm…

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Current/Recent Projects, Rafts
raft, side deck, SeaDek, frame
March 28, 2019

Finishing details of the first CHUB

March 28, 2019/ Eddyline Welding
Finishing details of the first CHUB

After a cold start to the year, we were finally able to get to the finishing details on our new dory.

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Whitewater dories, Current/Recent Projects
whitewater, dory
November 06, 2018

Our Aluminum "Chub" Hatchery.

November 06, 2018/ Eddyline Welding
Our Aluminum "Chub" Hatchery.

Over the last few months we’ve been developing a new dory design.

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Current/Recent Projects, Whitewater dories
dory
August 11, 2018

New Raft - New Ideas

August 11, 2018/ Eddyline Welding
New Raft - New Ideas

Each year we build out a complete demo raft, giving us the chance to try out new ideas. Here's a look at what we did this year vs what we did last year.

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Current/Recent Projects, Product Testing
16' Raft, SeaDek, Split Boxes, Rigging
June 30, 2018

Rigging Rails for Raft Frames

June 30, 2018/ Eddyline Welding
Rigging Rails for Raft Frames

We’ve been putting rigging rails on our raft frames. They’re working great, but how strong are they? The other day we put one to the test.

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Product Testing, Current/Recent Projects
Raft, Rigging
May 29, 2018

Hog Island - One River Many Voices Project

May 29, 2018/ Eddyline Welding
Hog Island - One River Many Voices Project

A hog Island drift boat getting decked out for a big adventure.

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Whitewater dories, Current/Recent Projects
one river project, hog island
March 22, 2018

Dry Box Tray

March 22, 2018/ Eddyline Welding
Dry Box Tray

Could you make a tray for my sunglasses, sunscreen, and all that other stuff I want to have handy in my side box?

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Current/Recent Projects, Product Testing
dry, box, tray, product, testing
March 08, 2018

A visit from the Wooden Brother

March 08, 2018/ Eddyline Welding
A visit from the Wooden Brother

Our boats are nearing completion, and need to get reviewed before they go off to the painter.  Hence a visit from the wood version of the same design.

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Current/Recent Projects, Whitewater dories
whitewater, aluminum, dory, boat
February 16, 2018

The Details in the Dories

February 16, 2018/ Eddyline Welding
The Details in the Dories

The boats are progressing. Here's a movie that shows the progress to date.

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Current/Recent Projects, ELW t-shirts & hoodies, Whitewater dories
aluminum, whitewater, dory, Eddyline Welding t-shirts, Eddyline Welding Hoodies
February 07, 2018

Dory Build - the "Dimock" Evolved Briggs Boats

February 07, 2018/ Eddyline Welding
Dory Build - the "Dimock" Evolved Briggs Boats

The first big project through our shop in 2018 – 3 whitewater aluminum dories.

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Current/Recent Projects, Whitewater dories
dory, whitewater, aluminum, boat

Eddyline Welding  2540 S Highway 191  Moab, UT  84532      Phone: 435-210-0123      Email: contact@eddylinewelding.com