chain plates aka U bolts

[alaskaflyfish]

While I have the mast down I was thinking about pulling my chain plate u bolts out. If I need to make new ones does anybody have a solution/source? I thought I saw somebody making them out of a stainless steel marine U bolts and bending them to shape. I cannot remember where I saw this or what brand name u bolt he was using. Any suggestions? Cheers...

 

[pelagicasd]

I believe Steve carries U bolts. I tried removing mine as the hull deck-seam was opening up (Series1). I could not get them to budge. Eventually I cut them off flush with the deck. I used a 9 volt Makita trim saw to open the entire seam and glued it back
together with an epoxy/colloidal silica mix. I made chain plates out of stainless and it came out nice. WaltFrom: AlbinVega@yahoogroups.com AlbinVega@yahoogroups.com on behalf of alaskaflyfish@... [AlbinVega] AlbinVega@yahoogroups.com
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Subject: [AlbinVega] chain plates aka U bolts



While I have the mast down I was thinking about pulling my chain plate u bolts out. If I need to make new ones does anybody have a solution/source? I thought I saw somebody making them out of a stainless steel marine U bolts and bending them to shape. I
cannot remember where I saw this or what brand name u bolt he was using. Any suggestions? Cheers...