: Made a full foot-brace panel, 1/8" ply, two layers of
: carbon-fiber, very strong.

: I've since been trying to make hinges for the rudder peddles (and
: the lever for my foot pump.)

: I've tried wrapping epoxied coated carbon fiber strips around
: various 'tubes' to create a slot for a hinge pin. Used PVA
: Release, saran wrap..... wrapped around a carbon-fiber tent
: pole, an aluminum rod,
: carbon cloth (I think I have about 6 oz) and use West Resin and
: Fast Hardener. Th
: All I've done so far is make a mess. The PVA doesn't release, I
: can't get the 'mold pins' out....

: I bought some 6mm carbon tubes (1/4" ID) for RC model boats;
: figuring I'd just epoxy these by wrapping carbon around them to
: attach them to a rudder peddle. Even this isn't working.

: I just need a strong reliable hinge for rudder peddles.
: (I've looked at the existing and available hinges, nothing looks
: like what I need.
: Questions:
: 1. Is there a known simple solution? I've Googled for every
: possible combination of foot- brace rest rudder peddle.... etc..
: but have never even seen a photo of the back of one of the full
: foot braces others have made.
: 2. Other suggestions.
: Thanks
: at my Flickr page are more photos of my foot-brace-pump plan,
: mock-up. http://www.flickr.com/photos/willn2/

Is there some reason to not use a piano hinge? It's what I've seen used before and have it on one of my boats, seems to work fine.

Bill H.