[Rhodes22-list] cutting mast step heldyard organizer

[Jesse Shumaker]

Nice work Graham, thanks for sharing.  Just curious, how are you planning
to use your organizer?  I installed mine last week as part of changes or
the rigging to emulate some of Peter's setup.  Fortunately the one I
ordered only had the tabs on port and starboard so I didn't have to cut
anything off.

Jesse Shumaker
S/V Zephyr

On Tue, Nov 17, 2020 at 6:11 PM Graham Stewart <gstewart8 at cogeco.ca> wrote:

> A few months back there was a discussion about halyard mast-step
> organizers and whether one needed to go to a machine shop to remove one of
> the tabs. I had already bought an organizer with the extra tab at the front
> and did not fancy paying as much to have the ta cut off as the item cost in
> the first place.
>
> Today I set about to see if I could cut it off with my home tools. As it
> turned out it was pretty easy. I used my cordless Ryobi reciprocating saw
> (20V) with a fresh metal cutting blade and had no trouble cutting off the
> tab. I then dressed the edge with my bench grinder and finished it off with
> a hand file. Given that the stainless steel was 1/8" thick I was surprised
> that it went so easily. Maybe the steel was poor quality. For what it is
> worth...
>
> Graham Stewart
> Agile, Rodes 22, 1976
> Kingston Ontario
>
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