[Public-List] Tiller Head - I'm stuck!

[Jeffrey]

Glenn, no with the propane torch I have I can't get the bolt red hot. I
think the bolt, head & shaft together make too much of a heat sink.

I'm going to see if I can scrounge up a Mapp gas touch. Thanks for the
complements on the woodwork. I love working with wood, hate working with
nuts & bolts, fiberglass.

-Jeff

Jeff Fongemie
#116 Seagrass

http://picasaweb.google.com/fongemie







On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 11:47 AM, Glennb <brooks.glenn at comcast.net> wrote:

> hi Jeff,  Did you heat the bolt to red hot? Iam surprised it didn't back
> out of the bronze shaft.
>
> Any chance the other end is peened...hammered into a mushroom shape to
> prevent extraction?
>
> BTW, your rebuild photos on line are fantastic.  great wood working and
> varnish!
>
> Glenn B
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On Apr 2, 2012, at 7:39 AM, Gordon Laco <mainstay at csolve.net> wrote:
>
> > Wish I had real advice to offer....
> >
> >
> > On 02/04/12 10:07 AM, "Jeffrey" <fongemie at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> End of day two:
> >>
> >> Bolt 2
> >> Me 0
> >>
> >> -jeff
> >>
> >> Jeff Fongemie
> >> #116 Seagrass
> >>
> >> http://picasaweb.google.com/fongemie
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Sun, Apr 1, 2012 at 1:25 PM, Gordon Laco <mainstay at csolve.net>
> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Thanks - that's high praise
> >>>
> >>> G
> >>>
> >>> On 2012-04-01, at 10:43 AM, dan walker <dsailormon at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> gord, i see you have been taking writing lessons from mowatt..
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> ________________________________
> >>>> From: Gordon Laco <mainstay at csolve.net>
> >>>> To: Alberg 30 Public List -- open to all <
> public-list at lists.alberg30.org
> >>>>
> >>>> Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2012 7:45 PM
> >>>> Subject: Re: [Public-List] Tiller Head - I'm stuck!
> >>>>
> >>>> I deal with old fastenings like this:
> >>>>
> >>>> First one must "Address the bolt" and apply various techniques
> involving
> >>>> cursing the bolt, one's tools, the whole boat, etc.   Second  one must
> >>> "Get
> >>>> the bolt's attention" which involves hitting it smartly on the head
> with
> >>> a
> >>>> hammer.   If one does this before the first wrench is applied, the
> bolt
> >>> will
> >>>> know that this is a battle to the death that it cannot win.
> >>>>
> >>>> Success in the whole procedure hinges upon not losing the moral high
> >>> ground
> >>>> and letting the bolt dictate what your next action will be and how the
> >>> job
> >>>> was going to go.  You must keep the initiative.
> >>>>
> >>>> Applying all one's available resources at the first go is a mistake,
> >>> because
> >>>> if the attack fails, clearly the bolt now has the upper hand knowing
> >>> you've
> >>>> already played your best cards.  The bolt will face your next attempt
> >>> secure
> >>>> in the knowledge that it has soundly beaten you once, and it may beat
> you
> >>>> again.
> >>>>
> >>>> Better to use gradually increasing levels of force.  This keeps the
> upper
> >>>> hand in your court, because the bolt soon must know that if it has
> >>> resisted
> >>>> the most recent assault, that victory is hollow and means nothing,
> >>> because
> >>>> recent history would indicate that you will be back and with more
> force,
> >>> in
> >>>> only a moment.  You keep your morale high, you may even laugh, while
> the
> >>>> bolt's morale simply must get lower and lower until it knows when it
> is
> >>>> exhausted, it ultimately must give up.
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-- 
Jeffrey Fongemie

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