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I would think that outriggers made of tube would be open along the bottom out near the ends because you would have to cut the sides to fit the necessary curve. That being the case you should be able to use an extension on your socket wrench to reach the nuts on the bottom of the bolts at the ends of the outriggers. Also I would think that you might be able to use an air powered socket wrench in the tight space at the end if you wanted to work just from the end. You would need to be carefull not to overtighten. I snapped off an elevator bolt with my air wrench so I decided to hand tighten them all.
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Malcolm, and considering C_Ferguson's project in the link you provided it looks like the outriggers are made of tube with the mid-section cut away, only the "frame" of the tube remains. That would be much lighter and give more working room too. Makes for a really neat looking and sturdy outrigger.
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If you can find a local sheet metal shop it might not be a bad idea to have them bend up some channel for the cross-members out of sheet metal of a suitable thickness - similar to the existing cross-members I would think. That way you could have them made up in two different heights as needed. You could probably also have them bend some channel for the outriggers. If they have a metal cutting band saw it would be nice to have them cut the curved bottom edge too.
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Also referring to C_Ferguson's project the cross-members appear to be fabricated out of channel with bracing tacked in at the ends on the open side and at various places in between. This also make a neat looking and sturdy cross-member. Great ideas.
At some point I'll be working directly with the welder but at this point obviously I'm in the dark and just trying to do my homework. At the very least I am developing some ideas and hopefully so I can provide some direction when we reach the welding stage.
