Forestay chainplate – preparing the stand

Ply sandwich anyone?

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Ply removed, to be replaced by glass.

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Stainless 316 tube (OD-19mm ID-16mm Length-100mm) and rod (OD-15.9mm Length-115mm). With the addition of washers and split pins at each end, this becomes a clevis pin.

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Cutting up left-over glass blocks.

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For attaching a rigging screw fork, two slots will be cut down through the tube and into the glass beneath. The glass will ensure no water gets through to the ply.

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Pieces of hose used to protect tube insides from epoxy – useful handles too.

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Checking fit.

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Aligning to stay attachment point on mast, 28° off the vertical. The relevant lines were transcribed onto clear plastic sheet, and a hole cut out to accommodate the forebeam.

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Checking alignment again.

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