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2 ways of getting syringe needles
By:erez
Date: 10/26/1999, 12:04 am
In Response To: Epoxy Void Under Deck Plate (Paul Williams)

option #1 :

go to a place where they give free syringes to junkies. this is not a joke! I looked for some extra syringes for my coho kit, so I considered going to such place. option #2 popped out before I had to perform option #1 .

option #2 :

I won a free flight ticket to Buenos-Aires. (from my employer). in argentina it works different: why give syringes & needles for free if you can sell them ?! so I went to the pharmacy & bought few syringes. they don't sell them without needles. I hoped the custom @ Miami will not make a story out of it, & the dogs @ the arrivals will not smell it. they got so many dogs in Miami International, I'm sure one of them is trained for syringes. It went fine.

so I have needdles. when I read your post I realised why I kept them ? - for people like you. I have no idea what gauge are they. email me your address & I'll snail you a needle.

erez

> Hi, I have just completed epoxying the deck reinforcing plates onto my
> Atric Tern. As I was trimming the plates flush with the panels, I noticed
> that no epoxy flowed under one corner of one of the plates (approx
> 3/4" x 3/4" void).

> I think that this particular corner will receive a lot of stress since it
> is in an area of the deck just behind the seat where I would normally push
> on as I eased myself into the kayak.

> Does anyone have any tips or tricks for getting epoxy to flow into a void
> like this? The plate is sealed down pretty tightly right now except for
> this corner, which has a slight gap, thinner that a toothpick, into which
> I need to inject epoxy (somehow).

> Paul Williams, WA

Messages In This Thread

Epoxy Void Under Deck Plate
Paul Williams -- 10/24/1999, 11:16 pm
2 ways of getting syringe needles
erez -- 10/26/1999, 12:04 am
Re: 2 ways of getting syringe needles
Paul Williams -- 10/26/1999, 12:34 am
Re: Epoxy Void Under Deck Plate
Mike Hanks -- 10/25/1999, 1:59 am
Re: Epoxy Void Under Deck Plate
Mike Plumer -- 10/25/1999, 12:31 am
Re: Epoxy Void Under Deck Plate
Paul Lund -- 10/25/1999, 2:05 am
Re: Epoxy Void Under Deck Plate
Ian Johnston -- 10/24/1999, 11:54 pm
Re: Epoxy Void Under Deck Plate
Don Beale -- 10/25/1999, 12:24 am
Re: Bovine Olympics !
Ian Johnston -- 10/25/1999, 12:31 am