anyone ever made a windshield

[brianis]

just curious if anyone has made a windshield for there boat my 58 starcraft didnt have one when i got it and would be nice to toss that wind off my 4 yr old any ideas

 

[Bondo]

Re: anyone ever made a windshield

Ayuh,... Flat panel windshields ain't too bad, curved windshields are 'bout impossible...

 

[kemer1]

Re: anyone ever made a windshield

Do you have any boat salvage yards where you live? I would say figure out where you would mount the windshield on your boat, measure out the footprint and then hit the salvage yards to find a windshield that's as close to the footprint as you can find. That would probably be the easiest thing to do.

 

[Home Cookin']

Re: anyone ever made a windshield

I've seen a lot of homemade windshields and have one on a center consoole, made of pressure treated wood and plexiglas. Homemade windshields always look homemade (ours is on a workboat so it doesn't matter). Go for the salvage route if you care about appearance.

 

[sschefer]

Re: anyone ever made a windshield

As was stated by Bond-o, flat panels are easy but curved are best left to a shop. I think Taylor-Made has generics or your can scoot on over the www.Glen-L.com and look at what they have. You might also look at some of the sample boat plans they have to get ideas.

 

[Mike Chamberlin]

Re: anyone ever made a windshield

Total Plastics in Kalamazoo Michigan can make one for u out of any plastic u want including bullet proof. they can heat form from your pattern or u can send them a drawing and they can get it done. Their Phone is 269 344 0009, as for sales and engineering. Address is 2810 N. Burdick Kalamazoo Mi 49004.

 

[JimS123]

Re: anyone ever made a windshield

http://www.taylormarine.com/windshields/index.html

Waterbonnet is the oem supplier for many manufacturers.

Used to be you could buy an aftermarket windshield from any of the boat building companies, plus Cabelas and the like.

 

[Woodonglass]

Re: anyone ever made a windshield

This should get you started, and... It does not look homemade.

http://www.glen-l.com/weblettr/webletters-13/webletter113-windshield.html
http://www.glen-l.com/weblettr/webletters-5/wl43-windshield1.html