[Rhodes22-list] Furling foil

[Ken Simolo]

Actually Delrin is not a glass fiber reinforced nylon product.  It is a
uniform acetal monopolymer product.  It machines nicely but the surface
finish can look dull.

If it is just a cylinder with 4 holes in it (hard to see on my phone), it
would be simple to buy the right material and use the holes in the metal to
mark the hole locations in the plastic.

Ken


On June 8, 2022 at 12:06:56 AM, Michael McKay (mm.bizlist1 at gmail.com) wrote:

That’s a good idea Roger—thanks.

Michael McKay
(630) 209-2054 (m)

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> On Jun 7, 2022, at 8:46 PM, ROGER PIHLAJA <roger_pihlaja at msn.com> wrote:
>
> Mike,
>
> Can you pull out the two halves from the aluminum extrusion? After that,
maybe there is a local machine shop to make you a new insert? I would make
the new insert out of delrin, which is a glass fiber reinforced nylon
composite.
>
> Roger Pihlaja
> S/V Dynamic Equilibrium
>
> Sent from my iPhone
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>> On Jun 7, 2022, at 5:09 PM, Michael McKay <mm.bizlist1 at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> As can be seen in the picture, my General Boats furling foil has a
broken joining HDPE connector. It?s been working fine when the pieces are
butted up to each other, but it does give me some concern. However, fixing
it requires skills I don?t have. Any suggestions?
>> Michael McKay
>> (630) 209-2054 (m)
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>> Sent from my iPhone