King Starboard for backing plate material .. under stanchion bases question
Planning for spring. I will rebed my stanchion bases. Under the deck, the
backing is a thin piece of fiberglass. I would like to give the bases a bit more support. I came across the material Starboard. It says that I can cut it just like wood, but that it does not rot. What about compression? Could I use some small pieces of this as backing plate material for my stanchion bases? |
King Starboard for backing plate material .. under stanchion bases question
I saw this new material. Some sailboat builders are using it for making
hatch doors. For sure Starboard material is much better than plywood and If would be a fair alternative to Aluminums. The last time I have inquired about it I had to purchase a complete sheet and the thickness was about 3/8" thick Personally, SS flat bar stock is not all that expensive and it would be far more superior than Startboard. SS flat bar come in different thickness and width. The last time I bought some at the Metal Supermarket they cut the flat bar into squares for me. All I had to do was to bore the holes and deburr the edges. The back up plate is only as strong as your deck. Some deck have a plywood core. After x amount of years if the deck fittings have not been re-bedded and the deck properly sealed water may have infiltrated the plywood. "NE Sailboat" wrote in message news:AtGkh.6939$9H4.4798@trndny07... Planning for spring. I will rebed my stanchion bases. Under the deck, the backing is a thin piece of fiberglass. I would like to give the bases a bit more support. I came across the material Starboard. It says that I can cut it just like wood, but that it does not rot. What about compression? Could I use some small pieces of this as backing plate material for my stanchion bases? |
King Starboard for backing plate material .. under stanchionbases question
NE Sailboat wrote:
Planning for spring. I will rebed my stanchion bases. Under the deck, the backing is a thin piece of fiberglass. I would like to give the bases a bit more support. I came across the material Starboard. It says that I can cut it just like wood, but that it does not rot. What about compression? Could I use some small pieces of this as backing plate material for my stanchion bases? It would have to be bolted. (even epoxy wouldn't stick very well) I'm doing the same thing for two of my stanchions. But I'm planning to use either plywood or a hard wood block glassed into the under deck. |
King Starboard for backing plate material .. under stanchion bases question
I'd prefer 1/4" aluminum plate or maybe even 1/4" G-10 glass-epoxy laminate.
"NE Sailboat" wrote in message news:AtGkh.6939$9H4.4798@trndny07... Planning for spring. I will rebed my stanchion bases. Under the deck, the backing is a thin piece of fiberglass. I would like to give the bases a bit more support. I came across the material Starboard. It says that I can cut it just like wood, but that it does not rot. What about compression? Could I use some small pieces of this as backing plate material for my stanchion bases? |
King Starboard for backing plate material .. under stanchionbases question
NE Sailboat wrote:
Planning for spring. I will rebed my stanchion bases. Under the deck, the backing is a thin piece of fiberglass. I would like to give the bases a bit more support. I came across the material Starboard. It says that I can cut it just like wood, but that it does not rot. What about compression? Could I use some small pieces of this as backing plate material for my stanchion bases? Well you cant paint it and glueing it is 'not reccomended' so how do you propose to bond it in place? It also seems to be rather soft. If you dont want to go for metal backing plated, you might consider Tufnol 10G/40. Its an epoxy/glass cloth material available in sheets up to 3.5" thick. Wont rot, no problems bonding it but its *NOT* going to be cheap. 1/2" with the edges tapered over a minimum distance of 5 times the thickness to avoid hard points and stress cracks round the backing plate, glassed into place, would be some pretty serious overkill. OTOH, you could just use marine ply and seal it properly. West Systems have a guide to hardware bonding and if you follow it so the backing plate INCLUDING the holes is epoxy encapsulated, it should last longer than the rest of the boat. -- Ian Malcolm. London, ENGLAND. (NEWSGROUP REPLY PREFERRED) ianm[at]the[dash]malcolms[dot]freeserve[dot]co[dot]uk [at]=@, [dash]=- & [dot]=. *Warning* HTML & 32K emails -- NUL: 'Stingo' Albacore #1554 - 15' Early 60's, Uffa Fox designed, All varnished hot moulded wooden racing dinghy. |
King Starboard for backing plate material .. under stanchion bases question
I am near Dover, NH .. I never heard of Metal Supermarket .. What is that?
Where? If I call someone, but who, maybe I can get them to cut the SS flat to the same size as the original piece of fiberglass. Then, sand the edge, drill holes, bolt,etc . . . . . makes sense. Could you give me a head's up on where to go and get a small flat piece of SS and have it cut to size? -- wrote in message ... I saw this new material. Some sailboat builders are using it for making hatch doors. For sure Starboard material is much better than plywood and If would be a fair alternative to Aluminums. The last time I have inquired about it I had to purchase a complete sheet and the thickness was about 3/8" thick Personally, SS flat bar stock is not all that expensive and it would be far more superior than Startboard. SS flat bar come in different thickness and width. The last time I bought some at the Metal Supermarket they cut the flat bar into squares for me. All I had to do was to bore the holes and deburr the edges. The back up plate is only as strong as your deck. Some deck have a plywood core. After x amount of years if the deck fittings have not been re-bedded and the deck properly sealed water may have infiltrated the plywood. "NE Sailboat" wrote in message news:AtGkh.6939$9H4.4798@trndny07... Planning for spring. I will rebed my stanchion bases. Under the deck, the backing is a thin piece of fiberglass. I would like to give the bases a bit more support. I came across the material Starboard. It says that I can cut it just like wood, but that it does not rot. What about compression? Could I use some small pieces of this as backing plate material for my stanchion bases? |
King Starboard for backing plate material .. under stanchion bases question
The most common solution here ia 1/4" aluminum. It's lighter, less
expensive, stiffer, and easier to cut & drill than 1/8" stainless would be. "NE Sailboat" wrote in message news:ghOkh.10659$6Z5.1703@trndny01... I am near Dover, NH .. I never heard of Metal Supermarket .. What is that? Where? If I call someone, but who, maybe I can get them to cut the SS flat to the same size as the original piece of fiberglass. Then, sand the edge, drill holes, bolt,etc . . . . . makes sense. Could you give me a head's up on where to go and get a small flat piece of SS and have it cut to size? -- wrote in message ... I saw this new material. Some sailboat builders are using it for making hatch doors. For sure Starboard material is much better than plywood and If would be a fair alternative to Aluminums. The last time I have inquired about it I had to purchase a complete sheet and the thickness was about 3/8" thick Personally, SS flat bar stock is not all that expensive and it would be far more superior than Startboard. SS flat bar come in different thickness and width. The last time I bought some at the Metal Supermarket they cut the flat bar into squares for me. All I had to do was to bore the holes and deburr the edges. The back up plate is only as strong as your deck. Some deck have a plywood core. After x amount of years if the deck fittings have not been re-bedded and the deck properly sealed water may have infiltrated the plywood. "NE Sailboat" wrote in message news:AtGkh.6939$9H4.4798@trndny07... Planning for spring. I will rebed my stanchion bases. Under the deck, the backing is a thin piece of fiberglass. I would like to give the bases a bit more support. I came across the material Starboard. It says that I can cut it just like wood, but that it does not rot. What about compression? Could I use some small pieces of this as backing plate material for my stanchion bases? |
King Starboard for backing plate material .. under stanchion bases question
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 |
King Starboard for backing plate material .. under stanchion bases question
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. =============== "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 |
King Starboard for backing plate material .. under stanchionbases question
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. =============== "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 |
King Starboard for backing plate material .. under stanchionbases question
NE Sailboat wrote:
Planning for spring. I will rebed my stanchion bases. Under the deck, the backing is a thin piece of fiberglass. I would like to give the bases a bit more support. I came across the material Starboard. snip NOT!!!! These days even scrap metal prices have skyrocketed. Brass is a NO-NO around salt water, aluminum is marginal, S/S would be a good choice, but a total PITA to machine. My choice would be epoxy/knitted glass. Get a couple of yards of double bias, knitted glass, say 17 or 24 OZ. Lay up about 4-5 layers on a plastic covered sheet of plywood. (This will provide a panel that has at least 68 OZ of glass, will be a minimum of about 3/16" thick, and probably stronger than the rest of your boat.) When cured, cut pieces to size with a saber saw, then drill as required. Bed these pieces of glass to the underside of the deck with fairing putty (Epoxy/micro-balloons) using the stanchion fasteners, just snugged, to locate and hold ass'y till cured. Give it a week to cure. When they grind the boat up for the land fill, those pads will still be doing their job. Lew |
King Starboard for backing plate material .. under stanchion bases question
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 ... 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. =============== "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 |
King Starboard for backing plate material .. under stanchion bases question
Cave .. Sheep .. I did a search on the net. Cruising World had an old
article that popped up. Said to use Aluminum, Stainless or Marine Ply. Casey ,, said to use solid block. === "cavelamb himself" wrote in message ink.net... NE Sailboat wrote: Planning for spring. I will rebed my stanchion bases. Under the deck, the backing is a thin piece of fiberglass. I would like to give the bases a bit more support. I came across the material Starboard. It says that I can cut it just like wood, but that it does not rot. What about compression? Could I use some small pieces of this as backing plate material for my stanchion bases? It would have to be bolted. (even epoxy wouldn't stick very well) I'm doing the same thing for two of my stanchions. But I'm planning to use either plywood or a hard wood block glassed into the under deck. |
King Starboard for backing plate material .. under stanchion bases question
If I use a solid block ,, such as a piece of teak or some such .. maybe
marine ply ... Would this material hole up ok? One place said to take a piece of marine ply and smear epoxy all over it. Then drill holes and then epoxy the holes .. I should think that epoxy would seal the ply .. ??? ========= A couple of postings warned against aluminum due to different metals problem. If I reuse the piece of fiberglass which is under now,, add an epoxy'ed piece of marine ply .. That should do it ,, I would think. On deck,, under the existing stanchion bases .. I may put another piece of stainless steel. A little larger than the existing stanchion base. This seems like a good idea if I have the room. ================================= "Charlie Morgan" wrote in message ... On Thu, 28 Dec 2006 18:36:16 GMT, "NE Sailboat" wrote: Cave .. Sheep .. I did a search on the net. Cruising World had an old article that popped up. Said to use Aluminum, Stainless or Marine Ply. Casey ,, said to use solid block. If you use aluminum in a marine environment, it must be 5454, 5083, or 5086-H34 alloy. CWM === "cavelamb himself" wrote in message hlink.net... NE Sailboat wrote: Planning for spring. I will rebed my stanchion bases. Under the deck, the backing is a thin piece of fiberglass. I would like to give the bases a bit more support. I came across the material Starboard. It says that I can cut it just like wood, but that it does not rot. What about compression? Could I use some small pieces of this as backing plate material for my stanchion bases? It would have to be bolted. (even epoxy wouldn't stick very well) I'm doing the same thing for two of my stanchions. But I'm planning to use either plywood or a hard wood block glassed into the under deck. |
King Starboard for backing plate material .. under stanchionbases question
NE Sailboat wrote:
If I reuse the piece of fiberglass which is under now,, add an epoxy'ed piece of marine ply .. Grind out the old glass piece first. You need to get back to a solid surface on which to build. That was a given on my previous post. Marine ply without glass sheathing will be a problem waiting to develop. Lew |
King Starboard for backing plate material .. under stanchion bases question
If you're up to some simple glass work, this is the very best way to do
this. Not costly, either. "Lew Hodgett" wrote in message ink.net... SNIP My choice would be epoxy/knitted glass. Get a couple of yards of double bias, knitted glass, say 17 or 24 OZ. Lay up about 4-5 layers on a plastic covered sheet of plywood. (This will provide a panel that has at least 68 OZ of glass, will be a minimum of about 3/16" thick, and probably stronger than the rest of your boat.) When cured, cut pieces to size with a saber saw, then drill as required. Bed these pieces of glass to the underside of the deck with fairing putty (Epoxy/micro-balloons) using the stanchion fasteners, just snugged, to locate and hold ass'y till cured. Give it a week to cure. When they grind the boat up for the land fill, those pads will still be doing their job. Lew |
King Starboard for backing plate material .. under stanchion bases question
Planning for spring. I will rebed my stanchion bases. Under the deck,
the backing is a thin piece of fiberglass. I would like to give the bases a bit more support. I came across the material Starboard. For myself, I would have gone with marine ply, but the idea of using a plastic cutting board is simple, cheap and brilliant. I can definitely see myself using it in future! If you decide to go with stainless, get it cut for you (try to find a shop with a guillotine, thats the quickest way to cut it and they probably wont charge). You'll need a good supply of quality drill bits; think cobalt, not the $20 for 100 bits kit. If you go with aluminum, it neednt be one of the 5000 grade varieties.... while this is what we use at work for building boats, i wouldnt class the underside of a deck as being a marine environment. You could get away with pretty much any old garden variety of aluminum here. You can cut it with any tool that you would use for wood working that has a carbide tip blade (sawzall, circular saw, table saw etc) it even hacksaws pretty easy. drilling is a breeze. regardless of what you choose, re-bed the stanchion above deck with a quality bedding compound (3M is pretty good) not with liquid nails, epoxy or whatever else you have in your tool box. *Do not* use bedding compound under the deck! If you have water getting through from the top of the deck, you want to know about it. If you seal the bottom as well, the water has nowhere to travel except internally along your fibreglass or ply deck. by the time you find out about it you will be in big trouble. For the same reason, I would not fibreglass the underside of the deck. Shaun |
King Starboard for backing plate material .. under stanchion bases question
Shaun,,, I went out into the kitchen and measured a couple of cutting
boards. They were like 1/2" thick! Next visit to Wally Mart I will bring my ruler. Who knows, maybe find a cutting board around 1/4" think. That might work. I looked in a few different DIY books and the mostly often recommendation is Marine Ply . Measure the Ply, cut , Casey calls for a beveled edge to the ply. Then, before putting up under .. epoxy the ply to seal all the edges, and bolt holes. One other book showed a thin piece of stainless steel under the stanchion base. Helps to spread out the forces of load. The base piece of stainless is sealed with polysulfide ( 4200?? ), then the stanchion base is sealed as it is put down on the base piece of stainless. Under ,, marine ply. I should think this would give a very strong stanchion base. One other question ;; what thicknesses does stainless steel come in? I've never bought any. ----------------------- "Shaun Van Poecke" wrote in message ... Planning for spring. I will rebed my stanchion bases. Under the deck, the backing is a thin piece of fiberglass. I would like to give the bases a bit more support. I came across the material Starboard. For myself, I would have gone with marine ply, but the idea of using a plastic cutting board is simple, cheap and brilliant. I can definitely see myself using it in future! If you decide to go with stainless, get it cut for you (try to find a shop with a guillotine, thats the quickest way to cut it and they probably wont charge). You'll need a good supply of quality drill bits; think cobalt, not the $20 for 100 bits kit. If you go with aluminum, it neednt be one of the 5000 grade varieties.... while this is what we use at work for building boats, i wouldnt class the underside of a deck as being a marine environment. You could get away with pretty much any old garden variety of aluminum here. You can cut it with any tool that you would use for wood working that has a carbide tip blade (sawzall, circular saw, table saw etc) it even hacksaws pretty easy. drilling is a breeze. regardless of what you choose, re-bed the stanchion above deck with a quality bedding compound (3M is pretty good) not with liquid nails, epoxy or whatever else you have in your tool box. *Do not* use bedding compound under the deck! If you have water getting through from the top of the deck, you want to know about it. If you seal the bottom as well, the water has nowhere to travel except internally along your fibreglass or ply deck. by the time you find out about it you will be in big trouble. For the same reason, I would not fibreglass the underside of the deck. Shaun |
King Starboard for backing plate material .. under stanchionbases question
NE Sailboat wrote:
Shaun,,, I went out into the kitchen and measured a couple of cutting boards. They were like 1/2" thick! Next visit to Wally Mart I will bring my ruler. Who knows, maybe find a cutting board around 1/4" think. That might work. I looked in a few different DIY books and the mostly often recommendation is Marine Ply . Measure the Ply, cut , Casey calls for a beveled edge to the ply. Then, before putting up under .. epoxy the ply to seal all the edges, and bolt holes. One other book showed a thin piece of stainless steel under the stanchion base. Helps to spread out the forces of load. The base piece of stainless is sealed with polysulfide ( 4200?? ), then the stanchion base is sealed as it is put down on the base piece of stainless. Under ,, marine ply. I should think this would give a very strong stanchion base. One other question ;; what thicknesses does stainless steel come in? I've never bought any. ----------------------- "Shaun Van Poecke" wrote in message ... Planning for spring. I will rebed my stanchion bases. Under the deck, the backing is a thin piece of fiberglass. I would like to give the bases a bit more support. I came across the material Starboard. For myself, I would have gone with marine ply, but the idea of using a plastic cutting board is simple, cheap and brilliant. I can definitely see myself using it in future! If you decide to go with stainless, get it cut for you (try to find a shop with a guillotine, thats the quickest way to cut it and they probably wont charge). You'll need a good supply of quality drill bits; think cobalt, not the $20 for 100 bits kit. If you go with aluminum, it neednt be one of the 5000 grade varieties.... while this is what we use at work for building boats, i wouldnt class the underside of a deck as being a marine environment. You could get away with pretty much any old garden variety of aluminum here. You can cut it with any tool that you would use for wood working that has a carbide tip blade (sawzall, circular saw, table saw etc) it even hacksaws pretty easy. drilling is a breeze. regardless of what you choose, re-bed the stanchion above deck with a quality bedding compound (3M is pretty good) not with liquid nails, epoxy or whatever else you have in your tool box. *Do not* use bedding compound under the deck! If you have water getting through from the top of the deck, you want to know about it. If you seal the bottom as well, the water has nowhere to travel except internally along your fibreglass or ply deck. by the time you find out about it you will be in big trouble. For the same reason, I would not fibreglass the underside of the deck. Shaun My supply of plastic cutting board is 1/4 thick and came from Wallyworld. I just madeup 2 more stantion backings yesterday. Laid out on the plastic with marking pen, cut using radial arm saw, rasp to file edges and corners, drill press for holes and presto! Will take longer to install than to make. G |
King Starboard for backing plate material .. under stanchion bases question
Gordon ,, your idea, and getting the cutting board at Wally ,, is great.
I'm wondering why no one else has done this? Is there give to the cutting board material? Casey advised Marine Ply because it is a very dense plywood material. Then again .. so it cutting board. You may have hit the big one. I am going to cross post this to my yahoo group. See if anyone there has used your idea. Thanks, ======= "Gordon" wrote in message ... NE Sailboat wrote: Shaun,,, I went out into the kitchen and measured a couple of cutting boards. They were like 1/2" thick! Next visit to Wally Mart I will bring my ruler. Who knows, maybe find a cutting board around 1/4" think. That might work. I looked in a few different DIY books and the mostly often recommendation is Marine Ply . Measure the Ply, cut , Casey calls for a beveled edge to the ply. Then, before putting up under .. epoxy the ply to seal all the edges, and bolt holes. One other book showed a thin piece of stainless steel under the stanchion base. Helps to spread out the forces of load. The base piece of stainless is sealed with polysulfide ( 4200?? ), then the stanchion base is sealed as it is put down on the base piece of stainless. Under ,, marine ply. I should think this would give a very strong stanchion base. One other question ;; what thicknesses does stainless steel come in? I've never bought any. ----------------------- "Shaun Van Poecke" wrote in message ... Planning for spring. I will rebed my stanchion bases. Under the deck, the backing is a thin piece of fiberglass. I would like to give the bases a bit more support. I came across the material Starboard. For myself, I would have gone with marine ply, but the idea of using a plastic cutting board is simple, cheap and brilliant. I can definitely see myself using it in future! If you decide to go with stainless, get it cut for you (try to find a shop with a guillotine, thats the quickest way to cut it and they probably wont charge). You'll need a good supply of quality drill bits; think cobalt, not the $20 for 100 bits kit. If you go with aluminum, it neednt be one of the 5000 grade varieties.... while this is what we use at work for building boats, i wouldnt class the underside of a deck as being a marine environment. You could get away with pretty much any old garden variety of aluminum here. You can cut it with any tool that you would use for wood working that has a carbide tip blade (sawzall, circular saw, table saw etc) it even hacksaws pretty easy. drilling is a breeze. regardless of what you choose, re-bed the stanchion above deck with a quality bedding compound (3M is pretty good) not with liquid nails, epoxy or whatever else you have in your tool box. *Do not* use bedding compound under the deck! If you have water getting through from the top of the deck, you want to know about it. If you seal the bottom as well, the water has nowhere to travel except internally along your fibreglass or ply deck. by the time you find out about it you will be in big trouble. For the same reason, I would not fibreglass the underside of the deck. Shaun My supply of plastic cutting board is 1/4 thick and came from Wallyworld. I just madeup 2 more stantion backings yesterday. Laid out on the plastic with marking pen, cut using radial arm saw, rasp to file edges and corners, drill press for holes and presto! Will take longer to install than to make. G |
King Starboard for backing plate material .. under stanchion bases question
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 |
King Starboard for backing plate material .. under stanchion bases question
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 |
King Starboard for backing plate material .. under stanchionbases question
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 |
King Starboard for backing plate material .. under stanchionbases question
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 |
King Starboard for backing plate material .. under stanchion bases question
Gordon ,, your idea, and getting the cutting board at Wally ,, is great.
I'm wondering why no one else has done this? I get my cutting board at the Dollar stores or Wal-Mart. The problem I had with polymer cutting board is that on the long run, some of them, become dry and are showing signs of cracking when under compression. The cost of 1/8 -3/16 thick X 3 to 5 wide SS flat bar is not all that much. Here we have a Metal superstore. They cater to people buying small quantity at a time. The last time I went to the Metal superstore I purchased 1/4 thick X 4" wide SS flat bar. I had this cut to 5" lengths. I got out of there with 10 SS pieces ready to be drilled for less than $15.00 CAD including taxes and cutting cost. When I got home I rounded the corners, drilled the holes and deburred the back up plates. At that price I do not bother with cutting board anymore. Next time, I may use a thinner bar stock like 1/8 thick. "Charlie Morgan" wrote in message ... On Sat, 30 Dec 2006 17:21:48 GMT, "NE Sailboat" wrote: Gordon ,, your idea, and getting the cutting board at Wally ,, is great. I'm wondering why no one else has done this? Is there give to the cutting board material? Casey advised Marine Ply because it is a very dense plywood material. Then again .. so it cutting board. You may have hit the big one. I am going to cross post this to my yahoo group. See if anyone there has used your idea. HDPE is quite flexible compared to plywood. CWM |
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