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Post by tedp on Sept 21, 2013 8:31:36 GMT
It looks like a regular dockyard job to me, Sailbleu. Very neat. Have you been able to test the anchor yet?
It's not something I would dare tackle since I don't have any welding experience - I wouldn't know how to start, except for marking out which isn't any different from marking a sheet of plywood.
Cutting the stainless steel cannot have been easy however. I tried to saw through 1cm of stainless steel once and I needed a tungsten wire saw!
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Post by Trevor on Sept 21, 2013 13:06:25 GMT
Great post Sailbleu,
I enjoyed reading about your anchor manufacturing.
Many thanks,
Trevor
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Post by hoppy on Sept 21, 2013 14:55:49 GMT
Nice work as usual  I wish I had the skills and the tools to tackle some of your diy projects. You make a good point on the bowsprit. Occasionally when reading the anchor threads on another forum I toy with the idea of replacing my delta with a Rocna or Mason. It never occured to me that the bowsprit and a roll bar anchor will not work easily together. I suspect my Selden bowsprit would not be able to go through the rollbar very easily. Thanks for highlighting it |
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Post by ianqv on Sept 22, 2013 20:32:16 GMT
Top job!!  |
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Post by sailbleu on Sept 26, 2013 6:02:22 GMT
Thanks for the compliments guys. ted , no I have not been able to test the anchor yet , my boat is on the hard now you see. But I dont expect any problems though , all angles , sizes and relation to one another are a perfect copy . Maybe there could be a small offset considering the fact that the weight ratio anchorplate < > shank is slightly different. Regards |
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Post by rxc on Sept 28, 2013 19:50:51 GMT
I am definitely envious of the size/number/type/quality of your toys...
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Post by sailbleu on Sept 29, 2013 4:09:59 GMT
Oh please dont be rxc , I'm only an average 6 inch guy you know.  Sorry , couldn't resist the toy size thing  Regards |
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Post by sailbleu on Oct 8, 2013 7:14:05 GMT
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Sorry guys , I have deleted this contributing because some serious doubts have arisen with regards to the legality on the publication of this article.
I don't want to get in to trouble and for sure I don't want to bring others (webmaster) into trouble also.
Will check things out and let you know.
Kind regards
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