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Re: Strip: deck fitting
By:JohnAbercrombie
Date: 3/2/2018, 12:09 pm
In Response To: Re: Strip: deck fitting (Randy Echtinaw)

The more I think about using bolts/screws as hardware for deck fittings the less I like the idea. They may have been OK if installed when I had access to the underside so I could have installed a backup chunk of wood then glassed over them but just through 1/4" cedar is not going to work.

Machine screws (bolts) with washers and nylock nuts are extremely solid when put through wood-core composite or fiberglass composite decks. If you are concerned, use larger (fender style) washers or make up some big washers from aluminum sheet or fiberglass sheet.

(here I go again....)

Deck lines are there for safety - there's no point in choosing 'decorative' over strong.
You build aircraft - you understand this!!

BTW, the deck lines don't have to follow the sheer line exactly - you may be able to get away with fewer fittings than you think.

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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