You’ve done it again Dennis, Now you are going to have another thousand emails hashing out the suddle angle differences, line wear patterns, and attachment methods. Might need a political/ technical committee, and Cad drawings for Christmas list projects. There will be reports of competitive varnishing, and with a new naming/copyright/branding group, the intellectual property lawyers will try to put their valley girls through college. Yea, probably even a photo contest and yet another C&C meme.
I came in to late to know how that foredeck weather cow got it’s start, but this time I’m documenting just who started this prototype version! Probably want to switch to digest mode. . . Ha, Lee Cold Scrooge in Seattle > On Dec 16, 2016, at 2:14 PM, Dennis C. via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > wrote: > > This sounds like a really good DIY project. Not much on the Web other than > the couple of products posted (I like the apsltd cleat cover best). So > here's one idea. > > The goal is to make something that lifts a line over the cleat keeping it > from going under the horn(s). So a vertical sided thingie won't really work. > What is needed is an angle, like the apsltd cover. > > Here's an idea. Measure the cleat and make two trapezoids from wood or > StarBoard. Place one on either side of the cleat. They could be held in > place with some bungee through holes or machine screws with cap nuts. From > the side they would look like this: > ___________ > / \ > /_____________\ > > You could use a router to round all the edges. > > OK, that's Prototype CC Ver. 1.0. Improvements??? > > Dennis C. > Touche' 35-1 #83 > Mandeville, LA > _______________________________________________ > > This list is supported by the generous donations of our members. If you wish > to make a contribution to offset our costs, please go to: > https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > > All Contributions are greatly appreciated! _______________________________________________ This list is supported by the generous donations of our members. If you wish to make a contribution to offset our costs, please go to: https://www.paypal.me/stumurray All Contributions are greatly appreciated!
