Comments on: Mast hardware http://www.sylinnea.com/2007/07/mast-hardware/ A blog about sailing a 36 ft sailing boat with junk rig Tue, 26 Jul 2011 11:16:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: matti http://www.sylinnea.com/2007/07/mast-hardware/comment-page-1/#comment-339 matti Mon, 02 Jul 2007 11:44:00 +0000 http://www.sylinnea.com/2007/07/01/mast-hardware/#comment-339 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 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?
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]]> By: Ricard http://www.sylinnea.com/2007/07/mast-hardware/comment-page-1/#comment-338 Ricard Mon, 02 Jul 2007 10:23:08 +0000 http://www.sylinnea.com/2007/07/01/mast-hardware/#comment-338 I suggest you get a haircut... I suggest you get a haircut…

]]> By: matti http://www.sylinnea.com/2007/07/mast-hardware/comment-page-1/#comment-337 matti Mon, 02 Jul 2007 06:59:53 +0000 http://www.sylinnea.com/2007/07/01/mast-hardware/#comment-337 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 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?
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]]> By: Stuart Crawford http://www.sylinnea.com/2007/07/mast-hardware/comment-page-1/#comment-336 Stuart Crawford Sun, 01 Jul 2007 23:22:19 +0000 http://www.sylinnea.com/2007/07/01/mast-hardware/#comment-336 How does pre soaking the mast and hardware with oil affect glueing them together? Stuart. How does pre soaking the mast and hardware with oil affect glueing them together?

Stuart.

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