4 responses to “Mast hardware”

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  Stuart Crawford July 2nd, 2007 at 01:22

  How does pre soaking the mast and hardware with oil affect glueing them together?

  Stuart.

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  matti July 2nd, 2007 at 08:59

  Well, I suppose the oil makes it impossible to glue. At least with epoxy. I don’t think it is such a good idea anyway to glue something on a solid grown mast, since it swells and shrinks with humidity and temperature changes so cracks would be inevitable. I would only glue things to something where no part was thicker than about one inch.
  So these “buses” and “trucks”, as my 2 yr old son calls them, will be through bolted. I might fill the holes with epoxy just to minimize movement of the bolt but a better idea might be to use polysulfide in the holes and under the fitting. Or if Ricard reads this he might suggest something even better. What about mixing tar, wax and something illegal, like lead?
  /m

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  Ricard July 2nd, 2007 at 12:23

  I suggest you get a haircut…

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  matti July 2nd, 2007 at 13:44

  Actually Ricard, I might do that! It’s that time of the year when I usually cut my hair. So, what about some neat bedding compound?
  /m