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Re: Strip: deck fitting
By:JohnAbercrombie
Date: 3/2/2018, 12:25 pm
In Response To: Re: Strip: deck fitting (Olli)

I liked the appearance of the wood brackets, which matched the deck centerline, but after a couple of years of use they failed and just popped off one day under load. Others may have ideas on how to increase the strength of the epoxy bond, but I haven't relied on them again for deck lines.

+1
I've had glass padeyes pop off a bulkhead or kayak interior a couple of times in spite of what I thought was good surface prep and epoxy bonding. So now I add glass tape over the padeye ends when installing.
And those padeyes were just holding shock cord, not used for lifting the boat (like a deck line fitting).

Whatever the fitting and attachment, it's easy enough to make up a test panel and do some destructive testing...Perhaps Paul could modify his drywall test jig for that!
(Or a hammer will do....just like in beginner welding class...)

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Randy Echtinaw -- 3/1/2018, 12:32 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 3/1/2018, 12:54 pm
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Randy Echtinaw -- 3/1/2018, 7:08 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 3/1/2018, 11:48 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 3/1/2018, 11:57 pm
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Randy Echtinaw -- 3/2/2018, 8:03 am
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Olli -- 3/2/2018, 8:19 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 3/2/2018, 12:25 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 3/2/2018, 11:58 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 3/2/2018, 12:09 pm
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Olli -- 3/1/2018, 1:11 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 3/1/2018, 2:44 pm
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J Van Buren -- 3/2/2018, 8:34 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 3/2/2018, 12:02 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 3/2/2018, 12:19 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 3/2/2018, 1:03 pm
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Randy Echtinaw -- 3/2/2018, 1:17 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 3/3/2018, 12:04 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 3/3/2018, 2:52 am
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Bill Hamm -- 3/4/2018, 12:03 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 3/4/2018, 2:17 am
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Randy Echtinaw -- 3/4/2018, 9:15 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 3/2/2018, 2:45 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 3/2/2018, 3:59 pm
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rbodelon -- 3/2/2018, 4:13 pm
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Randy Echtinaw -- 3/2/2018, 8:38 pm
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rbodelon -- 3/3/2018, 3:05 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 3/3/2018, 12:10 pm
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Randy Echtinaw -- 3/3/2018, 8:40 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 3/3/2018, 11:16 pm
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Randy Echtinaw -- 3/4/2018, 9:25 am
YES Those are like the ones I purchased
J Van Buren -- 3/3/2018, 7:57 am