You can get brass in any junk yard. Cutting is easy, drilling is easy. I
know, it will not stand up to being submerged in sea water..... If your
stantion bases are that wet, you need more than new backup plates.
DAve in Maine

Dave ,, I got a couple of numbers of sheet metal shops in the Dover area. I
will give them a call. The aluminum idea seems like a plan. Light, easy to
drill, will provide strength. If I can get the metal shop to cut it to the
right size ?? They should do that, I would think.

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"Dave W" wrote in message
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You can get brass in any junk yard. Cutting is easy, drilling is easy. I
know, it will not stand up to being submerged in sea water..... If your
stantion bases are that wet, you need more than new backup plates.
DAve in Maine

NE Sailboat wrote:
Dave ,, I got a couple of numbers of sheet metal shops in the Dover area. I
will give them a call. The aluminum idea seems like a plan. Light, easy to
drill, will provide strength. If I can get the metal shop to cut it to the
right size ?? They should do that, I would think.

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"Dave W" wrote in message
...
You can get brass in any junk yard. Cutting is easy, drilling is easy. I
know, it will not stand up to being submerged in sea water..... If your
stantion bases are that wet, you need more than new backup plates.
DAve in Maine





or go to WallyWorld and buy a plastic kitchen cutting board
cut and drill to size.
g

Gordon ,, that idea of the cut up cutting board ?? Pretty good. I wonder
what thickness the cutting board material is?

Probably 1/2" anyway,, right?


"Gordon" wrote in message
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NE Sailboat wrote:
Dave ,, I got a couple of numbers of sheet metal shops in the Dover area.
I will give them a call. The aluminum idea seems like a plan. Light,
easy to drill, will provide strength. If I can get the metal shop to cut
it to the right size ?? They should do that, I would think.

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"Dave W" wrote in message
...
You can get brass in any junk yard. Cutting is easy, drilling is easy.
I know, it will not stand up to being submerged in sea water..... If
your stantion bases are that wet, you need more than new backup plates.
DAve in Maine





or go to WallyWorld and buy a plastic kitchen cutting board
cut and drill to size.
g

Gordon wrote:

or go to WallyWorld and buy a plastic kitchen cutting board
cut and drill to size.
g


I thought about that untill I put my cutting board into the dish washer
on hot.
It warped. Also not UV protected. Maybe stouter materials are
availble, no?
Bob

Bob wrote:
Gordon wrote:

or go to WallyWorld and buy a plastic kitchen cutting board
cut and drill to size.
g


I thought about that untill I put my cutting board into the dish washer
on hot.
It warped. Also not UV protected. Maybe stouter materials are
availble, no?
Bob


Does your boat get as hot inside as a dishwasher? Does the sun shine
on your stantion nuts?
Do beware of the plastic being too hard to where it could snap when
tightening the nuts. Be sure and use washers to distribute the load.
Gordon

Gordon wrote:

or go to WallyWorld and buy a plastic kitchen cutting board
cut and drill to size.

Then there is the little issue of cold flow.

Lew

NE Sailboat wrote:
Dave ,, I got a couple of numbers of sheet metal shops in the Dover area. I
will give them a call. The aluminum idea seems like a plan. Light, easy to
drill, will provide strength. If I can get the metal shop to cut it to the
right size ?? They should do that, I would think.



The Al can be cut with standard wood woking tools. Use your skillsaw to
gut 1/4" plate. Pretty cool uh?

Bob