diyTower.com
The purpose of this site is to provide
information to fellow wakeboarders that are considering or have decided to
make their own wakeboard towers & accessories. This site is
maintained as a public service by the founder of Monster Tower who loves
wakeboarding and Do it Yourself projects. The goal of
this site is
to share with other wakeboarders that are
"do-it-yourselfers". We learned so much during the
development of our tower we felt compelled to share with other boarders
that would be building their own towers & toyz.
diyTower.com is not affiliated with any company and is just a public
service by a guy willing to share. Use of any information provided
is completely at your own risk.
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Sites with
Postings about DIY Projects
www.WakeBoarder.com
www.WakeWorld.com
www.WakeScene.com
Tower Projects
Illusion style DIY Tower, Very Impressive
Bryan Nation's Excellent DIY Tower
Project - 1.3mb
PDF file or 6.3mb
Word file.
Matt
Anderson's of InboardTalk.com shares his Tower Project!
(note: This great site appears to be down now, link is to web
archives - also seen archive
we saved)
Erik from Wakeboarder.com posts great tower install photos
Brian Dehler's Monster Tower Installation - Step-by-step instructions
See Alan's home built tower for $100
See gobeer.net for his tower for under $250 or gobeer.net
James pictures of his
tower project
Jason
from Wakeworld.com FCT inspired tower on his 82 Nautique
Eric's tower he made for his Jet Boat
Cody's tower post on WakeWorld
See Alejandro Lalor's 3 DIY Towers and Pylon Pictures
Kevin
shares his CNC'd Swivel Wakeboard Racks - Very nice rack job!
William Johnson's
Tower Project
Pylon
Projects
Kevin
Geary of WakeScene.com shares a great DIY Pylon Project
Excellent post on Wakeboarder.com by Wes
Great post by Jeff Miller at Wakeboarder.com
Speaker Projects - See bottom of this page for a post from Wakeboarder.com also
Jim
Aikins Well Documented Fiberglass Speaker Box - Great Job Providing
Project Details!
Shameless Plug - See the Monster Tower DIY Speaker Brackets
Bill Campbell's
Integrated Speaker Can / Light Bar Project
Dan Ulrich's Project Making Can Speakers for a Monster Tower
How to Make 6x9
Speaker Boxes (PDF Download)
Chris Hargis shares
his PVC Speaker Can project details- Word Format
Chris Hargis shows how to make cost effective quick release mounts for PVC
cans- Word Format
AudioFormz makes great
enclosures for DIY speaker projects
Check out a post at
WakeWorld where AudioFormz were tower mounted. (720K pdf)
Homebuilt Box Plans
Albert J's Plans from Wakeboarder.com - 2.5mb PDF download
Check out Speaker Details
Using West Marine
Speakers on a Tower
ProAudio /
Horn Loaded Compression Driver (HLCD) Links (The
Tomorrow of Tower Tunes)
Davids HLCD Project -
Great Word document and lots of
pictures
Duane's epic NVS1
tower speakers - the first ProAudio tower speakers continue to impress
Duanes early days :-) Great
info from the early days of HLCD tower speakers on WakeWorld
Great HLCD
thread on WakeWorld
Image dynamics -
Popular HLCD's
and mid-bass drivers for tower speaker projects
Great list of links
about high end audio and companies
Nice find on EliteCarAudio.com
explaining horns in car audio
Another good Wakeworld post
Excellent
reference information and educational material on audio and wiring
The Install Doctor -
Great free technical resources for installing stereo's and accessories
Great explanation of Series vs Parallel wiring of speakers
Basic Car Audio Electronics is a FANTASTIC sit for learning about audio
Other Boat Stereo Systems
Mike's Complete
Stereo System Details in his Ski Nautique (MS Word File)
Great
sources of wire, connectors and wiring harnesses for speakers and lights
AudioPile.net has premade harnesses with Speakon connector and many
connector options
CableOrganizer.com - Great
place for loom, heat shrink and other finishing touches
Waytek is a great place for connectors and other wiring accessories
Dana Marine has
many bling boat parts but a great way to finish wires go through your deck
PartsExpress.com - The ultimate source for DIY projects and technical
support
Mouser Electronics - Thousands of parts and components
Chokes offer many components and great crossover information
Great discussion and information for wiring light bars
Ballast
Systems - We need some help here !
Well throught out post at Wakeworld.com
Ballast Article at Wakeworld.com
How to wire 3-way switch for reversible ballast pump from Wakeword.com
Rival Industries - Makers
of the "Download Ballast System"
Wakezilla -
Do-it-yourself Ballast System
Great write-up by Alan on a
Pumpless Ballast System (download files from subdirectory)
Ballast
Tank Enclosure for Direct Drive Inboards, from Wakeboarder.com's Erik
Jernberg
Camera Mounting and Housings
How to make a Camera Housing
from Wakeborder.com
Video Camera Mount on a Monster Tower for under $10
Information
on Wiring for Lighting Projects
See detailed diagrams for wiring tower light bars with and without relays
(zip file of PDF documents)
Wiring instructions from CarCentral.net
Wiring and mounting instructions from Offroader.com
KC Providing wiring info and explains the different light types
Sunshade
Style Top
Posted by ATROPINE
at Wakeboarder.com
Check out Todds "frameless bimini"
Fresh & Hot Water Showers
DIY Shower from WakeScene.com
Melvinator's
Hot Water Show from WakeWorld.com
Slider and Kicker Plans
Andrew Cowie of Australia provides their
slider and kicker plans
Erik
from WakeBoarder.com posts a great slider project
Surfboard Racks
Search at Amazon and Swell.com for Dakine Aero Pad
Brackets and Pads for Towers and Accessories
Precision Metal Works - Great
prices on nice products for DIY Tower and Accessory Projects
Pro-Werks -Great
brackets for making your own speaker cans
TechTool - Makes pads,
swivels and other parts to build your own tower
Buy Pro-Werks brackets online at their retail
site: http://www.chassisshop.com/
eTec Marine - Bases and Pads
for Mounting Tower to the boat by eTecMarine
Premier Lighting has
various clamps that have been used in diy Tower Projects
PBM Valve -
New source for "pipe hangers" that are Stainless and look good
DayMotorSports.com has
affordable brackets but only in 1.12, 1.50 and 1.75" diameters
Heim Joints / Rod End Bearings
National Rod End - Heim
Joints (Rod End Bearings)
Background of the Heim Joint - Click
Here
Hardware and Misc Items
Grainger
McMaster Carr - This
company impresses us
eBay - Always a good
resources
Other Resources
Monster Tower
Wakeboard Towers - If you just want to install something instead (shameless self
promotion) or check out the latest Monster Girls calendar pictures.
Galactic
Grandaddy of link of companies that make towers, speakers, racks, sliders, etc
How to make Salmon Taco's
from the Original "Salmon Tacos" (nothing to do with
wakeboarding but everything to do with good eating !)
Nothing to do with making tower stuff but a nice check list for new
boaters
Good document on how to pull a wakeboarder and be a better boat driver
Other
Submitted Projects not Fitting Above Categories
Jens Grönberg's SoloRider Project - See
the new SoloRider Website
Bruce Fuerstenberg's Tower Support Bracket, primarily for Moomba boats