Doing the mast compression job.. here is a shot of the inside of the cross beam that the mast rests on.. as you can see, there is no material for taking the mast load directly under the mast.. when the wood on the sides became squishy the glass beam tried to take the load but the forward vertical wall collapsed.. Picture is looking up into the space that the compression post pushed on; looking toward port with forward to right in picture. You can see that the little 1” PVC wire run tube tried to help with the load and cracked from compression. The yellowish glass that ya see in the right side of the hole is the forward vertical edge of the beam that has buckled inward from compression. The post itself is in pretty good shape with only a small spot of rot on the very top. I plan on re-using the post after replacing that spot and heavily treating the boards. Interesting that the ends of the post seem to have been dipped in resin .. there is a thin end cap protecting the end grain of the 2X4’s that make up the beam. The vibrating tool is great for this kind of work! (I destroyed two blades getting through the fiberglass beam!) Will post more in modification page when work progresses.. Thanks Allan Hadad, Fred Ficarra, and Barry Olsen for your excellent pictures ..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdrSBzy8NwQ&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdrSBzy8NwQ&feature=related
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