Re: installing brass half oval on rubrails and sheer strip?
--- Inbolger@yahoogroups.com, "Jason Stancil" <jasonstancil@h...>
wrote:
First ensure that your rub-rail is completely and totally
sealed.Then,do a dry fit with your brass strip after drilling your
screw holes......12" centers may be overkill(too close) but then
again you may like the look.
Once you are satisfied with how the brass strip sits,remove your
screws,put a dab of your favorite compound(Sika Flex or 3M etc..)
just on the screw tip and drive the screw home.The idea here being
to simply keep water out of the screw hole while the screws do all
the real holding of the strip.
Keep in mind that unless you intend on coming up against
concrete walls,like inside lock chambers or commercial warfs,the
likelyhood of ever actually hitting anything with your rubrails,that
your regular fenders don't already protect,remains rather slim.
However,if and when you do ever hit your rubrail,you will be in
a situation where more then just the rail is being hit.....believe
me....and then it won't be the rail you'll be concerned about but
the chine :-)
It's half inch brass, hope it will bend easy enough
more then bendy enough to handle the gentle sweep and shear of the
rubrail :-)
Good Luck!
Peter Lenihan,ex-Micro owner/builder who never once hit his rubrail
despite many lock transits,canal tie-ups,being Irish,raftings,movie
shoots,full-steam-ahead drunken pirate raids,plain heavy use
scenarios over a ten year span and I didn't even have a brass chafe
strip......is that blind stupid luck or what? :-)
wrote:
> > What is the best way to mount half oval to your rubrails? Predrill
> the half oval, and bed in a ton of 5200 and sink in some screws onJason,
> say 12" centers?
First ensure that your rub-rail is completely and totally
sealed.Then,do a dry fit with your brass strip after drilling your
screw holes......12" centers may be overkill(too close) but then
again you may like the look.
Once you are satisfied with how the brass strip sits,remove your
screws,put a dab of your favorite compound(Sika Flex or 3M etc..)
just on the screw tip and drive the screw home.The idea here being
to simply keep water out of the screw hole while the screws do all
the real holding of the strip.
Keep in mind that unless you intend on coming up against
concrete walls,like inside lock chambers or commercial warfs,the
likelyhood of ever actually hitting anything with your rubrails,that
your regular fenders don't already protect,remains rather slim.
However,if and when you do ever hit your rubrail,you will be in
a situation where more then just the rail is being hit.....believe
me....and then it won't be the rail you'll be concerned about but
the chine :-)
It's half inch brass, hope it will bend easy enough
> without looking kinky.....it comes rolled for shipping.Well.....if they send the stuff"rolled for shipping" it would appear
more then bendy enough to handle the gentle sweep and shear of the
rubrail :-)
Good Luck!
Peter Lenihan,ex-Micro owner/builder who never once hit his rubrail
despite many lock transits,canal tie-ups,being Irish,raftings,movie
shoots,full-steam-ahead drunken pirate raids,plain heavy use
scenarios over a ten year span and I didn't even have a brass chafe
strip......is that blind stupid luck or what? :-)
> Jeff <boatbuilding@...> wrote:George Buehler is a big fan of that stuff. He points out
> Use "Black Jack" roofing tar. Waterproof, bug proof,
> gap filling, and cheap!
that if you use the 'asphaltic based' roofing tar, versus
the oil based, that it even can be painted with trailer roof
paint. If you worry about it's adhesive ability, he says to
glue two pieces of plywood together, wait a week and
then try to separate them! Buehler mixes in some Portland
Cement to make a paste, which he uses as 'bedding compound'
everywhere wood joints might rot. He also describes a
'poor man's teak' deck cover as layers of tar paper bedded in
roofing tar, painted with trailer roof paint.
The stuff might even work to glue the steel plate ballast onto
the bottom of an AS29, cheaper than 3M-5200!
Use "Black Jack" roofing tar. Waterproof, bug proof, gap filling, and cheap!
Jeff
Jeff
----- Original Message -----
From: pvanderwaart
To:bolger@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, July 30, 2004 9:49 AM
Subject: [bolger] Re: installing brass half oval on rubrails and sheer strip?
> What is the best way to mount half oval to your rubrails?
> Pre drill the half oval, and bed in a ton of 5200 and
> sink in some screws on say 12" centers?
I think that is about right (don't trust me, get other advice), but
I wouldn't use 5200. You don't want to spend the money, and there
isn't any reason for the high tenacity grip. Actually, since it's an
easily (or likely) damaged part, you would like it come off easily
for repair. You really only need an ordinary bedding compound to
keep water out from behind it.
The 'look' will depend on the skill with which you can drill the
countersinks. You should visit Mystic to see some examples.
Peter
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> What is the best way to mount half oval to your rubrails?I think that is about right (don't trust me, get other advice), but
> Pre drill the half oval, and bed in a ton of 5200 and
> sink in some screws on say 12" centers?
I wouldn't use 5200. You don't want to spend the money, and there
isn't any reason for the high tenacity grip. Actually, since it's an
easily (or likely) damaged part, you would like it come off easily
for repair. You really only need an ordinary bedding compound to
keep water out from behind it.
The 'look' will depend on the skill with which you can drill the
countersinks. You should visit Mystic to see some examples.
Peter
Just got done spending all my money at jamestown distributors. I
love that place.
What is the best way to mount half oval to your rubrails? Pre drill
the half oval, and bed in a ton of 5200 and sink in some screws on
say 12" centers? It's half inch brass, hope it will bend easy enough
without looking kinky.....it comes rolled for shipping.
Suggestion?
Jason
love that place.
What is the best way to mount half oval to your rubrails? Pre drill
the half oval, and bed in a ton of 5200 and sink in some screws on
say 12" centers? It's half inch brass, hope it will bend easy enough
without looking kinky.....it comes rolled for shipping.
Suggestion?
Jason