Crappy plastic hatch slide rils

[Catigale]

Nooooooooooooooo..........

[Divecoz]

Thanks U12fly : ) ANOTHER Project to ADD to my growing list of someday projects????

I find SS Tinnerman washers..but only find the 100 degree heads for machine thread screws.. Where did you find 100 degree heads for SS wood screws??
That said, I may well be showing my Ignorance? I didn't open the boat up and determine that in fact I need wood screws...

For the most part, they are machine screws and nuts... walk into the cabin, look up... see all those 1" round covers in the ceiling? They have a nut behind each one corresponding to the screw holding the rails on. It is bit of a project to RR the rails. There is a little marine adhesive/sealant at each location as well. As for the screws, the factory parts are 10-24 with 87 deg countersunk heads. When you switch them out to 100 degree you will also need to change the nuts since the 100 deg screws are typically 10-32. Also getting them long enough is a slight challenge... I cannot recall the length needed, but I do know that the longest screws in 100 degree that I could find were about 1/4" shorter than the original screws. Turns out they all reached just fine. There are only two wood screws needed, these are in the center of the vertical rails which support the cabin entry way door.

I think I got some of the screws form McMaster Carr, and I got the tinnerman washers from aircraft spruce. You will also need a 100 degree countersink. I use a micro-stop countersink, you can get that from Avery tools.


Chris.

[u12fly]

I find SS Tinnerman washers..but only find the 100 degree heads for machine thread screws.. Where did you find 100 degree heads for SS wood screws??

Here is a link so you can order the two 100 deg Stainless Steel "wood" screws you were looking for: http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/hapages/fhb.php
This should at least get you started on your project

Chris.

[Russ]

I use a henway on my rails. Works great.

[dlymn]

But do you tighten it with a left handed wrench?

[Catigale]

Lubricated with xd100 elbow grease

[capncarp]

Ixneigh,
You paint job looks great. Did you do it or have it done? With what and how much if you had it done. Thx.
capncarp,
99

[u12fly]

Ixneigh,
You paint job looks great. Did you do it or have it done? With what and how much if you had it done. Thx.
capncarp,
99

I painted the boat myself... There is no way I could afford to pay someone else to do it, I probably have about 500 man hours in taking the boat apart, sanding it head to toe, preping the surface for paint, masking, shooting paint, sanding, clear coat, sanding, polishing, and then puting parts back on the boat. In the end it was totally worth 5 months of my "spare time". There is a little bit of string here http://www.macgregorsailors.com/forum/v ... stom+paint

The paint is Glasurit, it is a 2 stage polyurathane (base coat, clear coat)... I plan to attend the BWY MacGregor Round-Up in Port Orchard this year. Send me a Private Message if you want more info.

Chris.