Good cast iron won't bend; it's kind of brittle, actually. When the foundry delivered CB's to us you wouldn't believe the way they treated them; they just dumped them out on the concrete, and we never had one bend or break. Measure the thickness of the CB (should be under 7/8" if I remember correctly, then make a wood spacer the same width and stick it up in the trunk. Good luck!
Jerry jerrymontgomery.org ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Ray Wisely" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2008 7:38 AM Subject: M_Boats: Mayday....well, sort of! > Hi all, > > I've had my M-17 on the hard for about 2 weeks now. I had the pox so I did > the 4 coats of epoxy (interlux) on the entire hull and the keel and trunk > are fine. > I decided, since I could, to pull the centerboard, get it blasted and coat > it with epoxy (only 3 coats) and 2 coats of bottom paint. > > Now the board will not go back in. > > Here's the interesting part: It looks like it has a warp in it. The > starboard side is concave and the port side convex...minutely. (I did not > look at it closely when I removed it) I did not think that cast could bend, > and I hung the board the whole time I was painting it, not leaning or on > it's side. It did not even rub coming out. > > The pin end went in fine, but the tang end will not go in at all. I'm going > to sand my painting work off a layer at a time to see if that will work. > > My question is: Have you ever heard of cast iron warping? Has this ever > happened to anyone before? > > Thanks, > > Michael Ray > > M17 383 Meg (my daughter has renamed it the "Molly M." > > > _______________________________________________ > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 270.5.10/1586 - Release Date: 8/1/2008 6:59 PM > _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
