[Public-List] Mast beam almost finished!

[Jeffrey]

John,

It took more work with the grinder to remove the old tabbing, which I
just sort of slid into as my choice of tools escalated. I had a heck
of a clean up afterwards and wish that I'd hung tarps & had a vacuum
set up for the process.

I also made the mistake of adding some "slope" to the top of the beam
to the same angle as the old beam. Turns out that I didn't need the
angle, the cabin roof is as flat as it looks (fore-aft)..so I ended up
sanding the beam top surface back to flat, or nearly so. That mistake
increased the gap between the new beam bottom and the vertical support
posts. In the end, the gap didn't matter since I would have needed to
add some wood shims. It would be some good carpentry skills to cut the
posts back exactly.

I'd been dreading this for a few years. In the end, it wasn't a bad job at all.

jeff


Jeffrey Fongemie

Seagrass
Alberg 30 #116
Boothbay Harbor Maine



On Sat, Oct 26, 2013 at 7:40 AM, John's Email <cooler2k at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Jeff,
> Very nice. I have this job ahead of me when I leave my ship. One question, what would you do different (if anything), either in design or process?
> Thank you,
> John
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Oct 24, 2013, at 6:17, Jeffrey <fongemie at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> I'm nearly done replacing my mast beam. I've got the beam in, the
>> tabbing finished and the posts reinforced.
>>
>> http://216.172.166.167/~seagrass/
>>
>> I still need to decide on how to deal with the bolts, that on the
>> original beam, went through the mast step and right through the beam.
>> I don't think bolts going all the way through the beam are necessary
>> and will weaken the beam. I'm thinking of using some lag bolts that
>> will go an inch or so into the beam.
>>
>> jeff
>>
>>
>>
>> Jeffrey Fongemie
>>
>> Seagrass
>> Alberg 30 #116
>> Boothbay Harbor Maine
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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