[Rhodes22-list] Furling foil

[Michael McKay]

It’s not a simple cylinder. It’s more an irregular oval with a groove in one side corresponding to the slot for the luff tape.  I’d also have to redo the headstay because that runs though the center of it. The whole process  won’t be trivial. 

Might be worth replacing the furling system altogether  How do Rhodies like the CDI furler?  



Michael McKay
(630) 209-2054 (m)

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> On Jun 8, 2022, at 12:19 AM, Ken Simolo <kensimolo at gmail.com> wrote:
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Ken
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>> On June 8, 2022 at 12:06:56 AM, Michael McKay (mm.bizlist1 at gmail.com) wrote:
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>> That’s a good idea Roger—thanks. 
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>> 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: 
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>> > Mike, 
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>> > 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. 
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>> > Roger Pihlaja 
>> > S/V Dynamic Equilibrium 
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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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