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Re: My arm's too short to install deck lines...
By:Dean Trexel
Date: 10/11/1999, 9:03 pm
In Response To: My arm's too short to install deck lines... (Mike Plumer)

I like Larry's idea best, but here's another one for consideration:

1) Drill small (say, 1/4" dia) holes where the pad-eyes will be. 2) Poke a string through each one and down to the cockpit opening. 3) Attach a small cap (like from the cover of a spring water bottle) to each one and pull tight. This will bring the cap under your pad-eye hole. 4) Keeping string taught, fill with thickened epoxy. 5) When cured, pre-drill a small hole only partway through the epoxy plug. 6) Put a dab of epoxy in the holes and install pad-eyes with wood screws that match the machine screws you've used on the others.

Similarily, you could probably just put extra pieces of plywood down there, glued with thickened epoxy, working with a long stick.

Dean

Messages In This Thread

My arm's too short to install deck lines...
Mike Plumer -- 10/11/1999, 8:29 pm
Re: I've cancelled the arm-stretching
Mike Plumer -- 10/13/1999, 1:17 am
Reprise 1
mike allen -- 10/12/1999, 5:16 pm
Molly Toggle, the amazing one handed nut
Ed Valley -- 10/12/1999, 11:28 am
Re: My arm's too short to install deck lines...
willy dommen -- 10/12/1999, 11:16 am
Re: My arm's too short to install deck lines...
lee -- 10/12/1999, 1:38 am
Re: My arm's too short to install deck lines...
Mike Hanks -- 10/12/1999, 1:29 am
Re: Mahogany Rails
Greg Hicks -- 10/12/1999, 11:22 am
Re: Mahogany Rails
Mike Hanks -- 10/16/1999, 12:32 am
Re: My arm's too short to install deck lines...
Mike Plumer -- 10/12/1999, 12:14 am
Re: My arm's too short to install deck lines...
Dean Trexel -- 10/12/1999, 5:39 pm
Re: My arm's too short to install deck lines...
Ross Leidy -- 10/12/1999, 8:59 am
Re: My arm's too short to install deck lines...
Ross Leidy -- 10/11/1999, 9:06 pm
Re: My arm's too short to install deck lines...
Dean Trexel -- 10/11/1999, 9:03 pm
Re: My arm's too short to install deck lines...
Larry C. -- 10/11/1999, 8:44 pm