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Factory Tour of Bob's Machine Shop - click here

In June I visited Bob's Machine Shop, which was a really fascinating experience for several reasons. Many of us, including myself, have owned components from Bob's Machine. The Bob's Machine jack plates are so ubiquitous, that the very word 'jack plate' almost always conjures up an image of the classic Bob's Machine Convertible MJ5 manual jack plate.

Aside from its rock-solid reliability and strength, what made this jack plate so great was that the outer brackets could be reversed, to provide two options for setback; 2.5 or 5 inches. They never failed in use, and never jammed due to the design's elegant simplicity. To this day, my boat has the heavy duty version of the MJ5, which is rated to handle up to 300 horsepower.

I think almost all of us has owned (or still owns) a lower unit with a Bob's Machine nosecone. Those remain one of the very best performing nosecones and have set the standard for decades. I remember we used to actually cut the tip of the nosecone off the Mercury CLE case (predecessor to the Sportmaster) and install a Bob's Machine nosecone on them, which would increase the performance and blowout resistance of the CLE dramatically.

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Greg

A Factory Tour of The Iconic Bob's Machine Shop