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Drill handle holes before joining deck
By:John Caldeira
Date: 12/15/2009, 12:56 pm
In Response To: Re: Keep endpours small (Bill Hamm)

: Actually mine could have been made a little bit bigger. When I
: first drilled for the bow and stern toggles the holes leaked.
: Had to epoxy in a watertight tube to get them waterproof.

Holes for toggles can be exactly positioned BEFORE the hull and deck are joined. This pretty much eliminates the chance of any leaking.

John

Messages In This Thread

Strip: End Pours of NOT?
victor druten -- 12/12/2009, 1:40 pm
Keep endpours small *PIC*
John Caldeira -- 12/14/2009, 11:39 pm
Re: Keep endpours small
Bill Hamm -- 12/15/2009, 1:06 am
Drill handle holes before joining deck
John Caldeira -- 12/15/2009, 12:56 pm
Re: Drill handle holes before joining deck
Bill Hamm -- 12/16/2009, 1:16 am
Re: Strip: End Pours of NOT?
Jay Babina -- 12/13/2009, 5:03 pm
Re: Strip: End Pours of NOT?
Allan -- 12/13/2009, 1:45 am
Re: Strip: End Pours of NOT?
Bill Hamm -- 12/13/2009, 12:27 am
Re: Strip: End Pours of NOT?
Ken Blanton -- 12/12/2009, 7:07 pm
Re: Strip: End Pours of NOT?
vk1nf -- 12/12/2009, 11:05 pm