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Radar Mounts and Support Braces.
Step one was to cut a one inch
slot for the prop shaft.
Aligning center drill over with the center punch mark. Drilling
plate with a 11/32 drill 3 times. Centering tap over 11/32 hole.
R&D seems to have worked out.
To the prop shop.
Roscoe
decides to take on the hand rails...
What to do with
some spare 7'10" x 6" Teak board?
The hand rails were cut from a 7'10" X 6" TEAK board. The cost of the
board was $80. Considerably cheaper then custom made rails and it gave me
a good project for a rainy day. The grab rails were removed in order
to paint the deck. Twenty-five years had taken it's toll on
the originals so new ones was needed. I could not find any that fit
so I made new ones. First the pattern for the openings is drawn.
Next the layout and then the first rail is was cut with a jigsaw.
I didn't like the radius so I got a mill with a 2.5" diameter and cut all
the radiuses with that then used the jigsaw to make the straight cut. I
used the router to round all exposed corners. After sanding to remove the
splinters it was time to seal the new wood. It was sealed several times
with sanding between coats before the final varnish. This is how I spent
this rainy, miserable day in February.
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