Just an aside .... The trick to drilling stainless is to keep it wet while drilling either by a small stream of water from a garden sprayer for large parts or by being submerged in a water bath for small parts. (Some friends and I built a 55' x 14' houseboat for Lake Powell completely out of stainless ... just imagine how many holes were drilled! Once this trick was learned we never tried to drill stainless without water.)
Fred Dulce M17 #300 On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 07:18:43 -0600 Howard Audsley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Now that sounds like advice to follow....and probably easier to > machine as > well. I know the stainless is a bitch on equipment. Just drilling > the holes > in 1/2" stainless could take one or more drill bits each hole. > BTW...stick > with McMaster Carr. They have about 8 to 10 versions of bronze and > bronze > alloy rods in 1/2' stock....in both 3' and 6' lengths. Both 655 > alloy > silicon bronze and two versions of aluminum bronze (630 and 954). A > 3' x > 1/2" 655 bronze rod was priced at $22.54 each. The 630 aluminum > bronze was > $35.48 for the same length. Disclaimer, I don't own em, I just use > em and > have always always gotten excellent service from them. > > Howard > > > > > You know what works even better than 316? Any good bronze, but the > easiest > to get would be silicone bronze, probably. Best that I know of is > aluminum > bronze; it's stiffer and stronger than stainless. > > The stainless pintles, slining on bronze instead of stainless, get > slicker > and slicker with use, which is the opposite of > stainless/stainless.. > > Jerry > jerrymontgomery.org > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Howard Audsley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "For and about Montgomery Sailboats" > <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, March 21, 2005 7:05 AM > Subject: M_Boats: Rudder pins... > > > > If the rod in question is the straight pin 1/2" rods, with holes > drilled > in > > them, you can make them yourself. I would get 316 stainless rod > from > > McMaster-Carr: > > > > http://www.mcmaster.com/ > > > > I would cut them to length and would make at least two. One should > always > > have a spare rudder pin on board. The rudder will raise and lower > easily > on > > a straight pin and almost not at all on a bent one. Use 316 > stainless. > More > > corrosion resistant and easier to cut and drill holes, but may > bend more > > easily. > > > > Howard > > > > On 3/18/05 8:31 AM, "Wayne Yeargain" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Are you are talking about the steel rod that holds the standard > M17 > > > rudder on ? > > > I just bought a 3/8" Dia. rod at Home Depot and cut it to > length, about > 32" > > > long I think. > > > Drilled some small holes each end for cotter pins to retain it. > > > > > > Wayne > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: <[email protected]> > > > Sent: Friday, March 18, 2005 7:35 AM > > > Subject: Re: M_Boats: A little advice & info please? > > > > > > > > >> M Listers > > >> > > >> I need to replace my rudder post on a 1993 M 17 and was > wondering if > > >> anyone > > >> had any ideas where I may be able to purchase one or have one > made. Bob > > >> has > > >> contacted the original manufacturer (Thank you Bob!!) to see > about > > >> getting a > > >> replacement but so far has had no luck. > > >> > > >> Hopefully the manufacturer will come through but I'm starting > to get > > >> behind > > >> the eight ball and would like to see what other options are > available. > > >> Any and all thoughts are appreciated. > > >> > > >> Thanks > > >> > > >> Gary > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats > > >> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats > > ------ End of Forwarded Message > > > _______________________________________________ > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats > > _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
