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Re: Strip: padeye installation *LINK*
By:Randy Oswald
Date: 12/12/2002, 10:23 am
In Response To: Re: Strip: padeye installation (Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks)

I found nifty watertight stainless washers at McFeeleys (the square-drive screw guys, link attached). They are nothing more that a stainless washer with a rubber gasket permanently attached. You snug them down tight, but not too tight, and you get a waterproof seal. The rubber also provides enough conformability that you don't have to worry about the deck curve too much.

McFeeleys also has a good selection of stainless square-drive machine screws and nylon-insert nuts. The square-drive looks nice - especially on custom fabricated carbon fittings - and eliminates screwdriver-slip induced scratches.

Randy

http://www.mcfeelys.com/

Messages In This Thread

Strip: padeye installation
Mark Rakestraw in upstate NY -- 12/11/2002, 9:10 am
Re: Strip: padeye installation
Jay Babina -- 12/12/2002, 8:23 am
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Mike and Rikki -- 12/13/2002, 10:43 pm
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Randy Knauff -- 12/12/2002, 1:09 am
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Mark Rakestraw in upstate NY -- 12/11/2002, 8:23 pm
Re: Strip: padeye installation *LINK*
Dave Houser -- 12/11/2002, 11:20 am
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 12/11/2002, 9:34 am
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Mike and Rikki -- 12/11/2002, 7:21 pm
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Severne -- 12/11/2002, 7:48 pm
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Mike and Rikki -- 12/11/2002, 8:13 pm
Curving fender washers
Brian Nystrom -- 12/13/2002, 3:50 pm
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Mike and Rikki -- 12/13/2002, 10:41 pm
Re: Strip: padeye installation
Severne -- 12/11/2002, 11:17 am
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 12/11/2002, 3:25 pm
Re: Strip: padeye installation *LINK*
Randy Oswald -- 12/12/2002, 10:23 am