[Public-List] Mast Beam support

[Mike Lehman]

Thanks for your comments J. 
 
Jonathan, I have the original wood templates, if you want to cut your own. I also have a house jack that I cut just for the job. You are welcome to borrow anything I have. Figure that the job is about a 10 hour job. There are pictures on the website at
 
http://alberg30.org/maintenance/disorganized/deckbeam/
 
Since I have done this job several times (now retired), I will be happy to answer any questions you may have.
 
Mike Lehman  ><((((º>`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸><((((º>`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸><((((º>  > Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2008 11:26:52 -0400> From: jbergqui at gmail.com> To: laughing_gull at verizon.net; tim at goosemonkey.com; public-list at lists.alberg30.org> Subject: Re: [Public-List] Mast Beam support> > Jonathan,> > There's a link on the website to a shop up in baltimore that has the pattern> for the beam reinforcement. I had them made a couple years ago and they cost> me about $500 I think. Maybe $750. They cut them on a waterjet machine. You> have to drill your own holes. There is a link on the www.alberg30.org site> somewhere that has the contact info for the shop in Baltimore.> > The templates I have are for icebox cabinetry. I can give you those if you> want them (although Tim has them right now). That's totally unrelated to the> mast beam.> > The mast beam reinforcement is a much bigger job than I had anticipated.> Mike L and Phil B helped me do mine which was huge. Really huge. I owe them> big time. That was last year we did that I think. My beam had been sistered> on one side only and when we took that plate off it was like swiss cheese> under there. Not pretty at all. Mike in particular was a total saint in> helping me out with that job. It was a mess. I can take some pix of the> finished product and send them to you. It's quite nice.> > Actually, after we got about 2/3 of the way through and realized that we> needed some knees on the bulkhead to hold things square, I came up with a> random block of teak which was laying around in my boat (I have a lot of> random hunks of wood) and Mike looked at me like I was from Mars and was> like "Why in the h**L didn't you TELL me you had that laying around?" I said> (sheepishly) that I had forgotten. It was funny.> > Another funny episode was at one point Mike dropped one of the aluminum> plates in the water and I immediately stripped down and went diving to find> it in the mud. Good times. Only afterwards did they tell me that they had> recently had a waste water overflow into their creek. Oops. I guess I have a> strong immune system cuz I didn't come down with any hepatitis or e coli.> Whew!> > Later,> > JB> > On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 11:18 AM, Jonathan Adams <laughing_gull at verizon.net>> wrote:> > > Jay and others> >> > Jay - When we were speaking some time ago, you said you had the> > "templates" - were you talking about the templates for the mast beam support> > - or for the icebox work you did?> >> > Regardless, I need to put the same mast beam support in place that you> > have done. Any advice - is there a template that people are using? or do I> > just get down there and make my own.> >> > It looks like the most complicated part of the job is decompressing the> > rig and jacking up the beam?? Am I over simplifying things?> >> > Any comments welcome.> >> > JA> > 197> >> > > > -- > J Bergquist> ----------------------------------------> No News is Good News> ----------------------------------------> http://otziblog.blogspot.com> ----------------------------------------> _______________________________________________> These businesses support your Association:> http://www.alberg30.org/store/A30supporters.html> Please support them.> _______________________________________________> Public-List mailing list> Public-List at lists.alberg30.org> http://lists.alberg30.org/listinfo.cgi/public-list-alberg30.org
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