Chainplate covers
Here is my last major completed project.
Danneskjold had her deck replaced in around 1995 and they never refitted her with covers for where the chainplates come through the deck. I wanted to fix this problem before I tuned the rigging and sailed her. So I went to Alaska Copper and Brass in south Seattle and bought some 3/16" silicon bronze plate. Then ~20 hours later of working in a machine shop at school here, I have the finished results. I am damn proud of them.
They are fastened to the deck with bronze screws and bedded with 3M 5200. I don't particularly like 5200 or epoxy-like things on my boat, but I really wanted this install to be solid and permanent.
Danneskjold had her deck replaced in around 1995 and they never refitted her with covers for where the chainplates come through the deck. I wanted to fix this problem before I tuned the rigging and sailed her. So I went to Alaska Copper and Brass in south Seattle and bought some 3/16" silicon bronze plate. Then ~20 hours later of working in a machine shop at school here, I have the finished results. I am damn proud of them.
They are fastened to the deck with bronze screws and bedded with 3M 5200. I don't particularly like 5200 or epoxy-like things on my boat, but I really wanted this install to be solid and permanent.
posted by bott at 9:56 AM
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