Steve. We used staloks on Lyric and liked them. They are difficult to re-use
though. We had to heat them with a heatgun and use a punch to knock the old
wire out. We used silicon instead of 5200. That stuff is meant for permanent
installations. you might never get the wire out. By all means, buy some
extra cones and assemble a fitting with some scrap wire. Then take it apart
so you are familiar with the procedure.
On stern pulpits. We made our own with stainless tubing and Tasco fittings
from West Marine. The fittings use a 1/4 by 28 national fine set screw which
is a weak point. Drill through the stainless tubing and run a 1/4 by 28 tap
through it and use a machine screw with some Loc Tite for a secure assembly.
The base fittings bolt to the deck and we built up the area around the deck
flange to accommodate the bases. After we had them bolted down we drilled 1
inch holes through the deck and used 1 inch tubing for our uprights. This
tubing was glassed to the inside of the hull for a very secure setup. We
then dropped 7/8 tubing into the tubing to essentially double the wall
strength.
You can connect the horizontal pieces with T fittings or 90 degree elbows.
Elbows look better but we used T fittings. We cut the 7/8 tubing about 8
inches shorter than the 1 inch tubing before we dropped it in. We made solar
panel mounts out of 7/8 tubing. These mounts can vow drop in to any one of
the four corners of the pulpit. We used the set screws on the upper T' s to
allow the tubing to swivel. We can point our panels at the sun for more
efficiency.
All in all it's not as attrqctive as a specialty shops but it worked very
well for us.
Walt
Lyric
S/V 120
though. We had to heat them with a heatgun and use a punch to knock the old
wire out. We used silicon instead of 5200. That stuff is meant for permanent
installations. you might never get the wire out. By all means, buy some
extra cones and assemble a fitting with some scrap wire. Then take it apart
so you are familiar with the procedure.
On stern pulpits. We made our own with stainless tubing and Tasco fittings
from West Marine. The fittings use a 1/4 by 28 national fine set screw which
is a weak point. Drill through the stainless tubing and run a 1/4 by 28 tap
through it and use a machine screw with some Loc Tite for a secure assembly.
The base fittings bolt to the deck and we built up the area around the deck
flange to accommodate the bases. After we had them bolted down we drilled 1
inch holes through the deck and used 1 inch tubing for our uprights. This
tubing was glassed to the inside of the hull for a very secure setup. We
then dropped 7/8 tubing into the tubing to essentially double the wall
strength.
You can connect the horizontal pieces with T fittings or 90 degree elbows.
Elbows look better but we used T fittings. We cut the 7/8 tubing about 8
inches shorter than the 1 inch tubing before we dropped it in. We made solar
panel mounts out of 7/8 tubing. These mounts can vow drop in to any one of
the four corners of the pulpit. We used the set screws on the upper T' s to
allow the tubing to swivel. We can point our panels at the sun for more
efficiency.
All in all it's not as attrqctive as a specialty shops but it worked very
well for us.
Walt
Lyric
S/V 120