[Public-list] Chainplate covers?

[John Irving]

This looks like a great idea. It puts a lot of faith into the SS
welds. I'm not sure if that could be a deal breaker or not, but I've
read that corrosion on SS welds is a potential problem. I've heard
stories about SS self steering gear failing at the welds, etc. That
begs the next question... does it have to be SS? Could it be
galvanized mild steel?

On Wed, 15 Dec 2004 10:49:46 -0500, Roger L Kingsland
<rkingsland101 at ksba.com> wrote:

  One solution I thought about for the reinstall was to
> make 1/4" SS deck plates (roughly 2" x 3") with the a short piece of
> 1/4" welded vertically on the center to fasten the bottom of the turnbuckle
> (basically cutting off the top of the cahinplate and welding it onto the
> deck plate).

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