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Re: security cable
By:Shawn Baker
Date: 3/10/1999, 6:53 pm
In Response To: Re: security cable (Don Beale)

> Shawn, I used poly rudder control cable housings, epoxied through holes in
> bulkheads and deckbeams. The poly will pull out of the epoxy with a good
> tug. Does your epoxy bond to the vinyl?

Probably not!

I stripped the 1" of the vinyl off each end. I coated the bare cable with thickened epoxy, and then filled the hole with more thickened epoxy and stuffed the cable in the hole. The epoxy wicked into the cable, and I'm sure the deckbeam would break before the cable came loose.

Shawn

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Shawn Baker -- 3/10/1999, 9:46 am
Re: Under-deck tie-ins
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Shawn Baker -- 3/11/1999, 10:00 am
Re: security cable
Don Beale -- 3/10/1999, 3:06 pm
Re: security cable
Shawn Baker -- 3/10/1999, 6:53 pm
Re: Paddle BladeTip Glassing???
craig appleyard -- 3/9/1999, 7:10 pm
Re: Paddle BladeTip Glassing???
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