[Public-List] Micarta as Backer Plate Material

[Roger L. Kingsland]

Hi Michael,

Give me an address and I will send you a piece.  It does have a few layers
of fabric imbedded.  I have seen block cheeks made out of similar stuff.  I
also raced on an older C&C 41 that hade used the stuff top and bottom to
reinforce stanchion bases.

Roger 


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Hello Roger, 

I got away last summer without taking a sample of the Micarta that you have.
I wonder how brittle this material is.  Lets say you drill a 3/8" hole in a
sample and strike it sharply with a hammer at the hole. Will it develop
cracks radiating out from the circumference of the hole; a s would happen
with Plexiglas sheeting? From your photo I can't tell if the Micarta has
fabric embedded in it to strengthen it. 

The compressibility factor of Micarta would be good but would it crack under
an uneven or abrupt load? Almost anything would be an improvement over what
Whitby provided, yet most fittings have held up OK. None of my deck hardware
has fender washers or backing boards.  Maybe the idea was once the hardware
ripped off the deck there would be a much smaller hole to let in sea water
that if one used a backer board and ripped out a larger section of decking. 

Michael #133
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