wrote:
Odd, on every mast I see here all fittings are ss and bolted on.
Perhaps it's cause you ammies invented Tungsten Inert Gas welding.
I happen to know that came to Europe many years later. LOL

Brian Whatcott wrote:
Meredith at Northrup invented TIG in 1940, but Linde picked up the
patents and turned it from Heliarc to the tig we know.
It echoed one of the earliest methods, which used a graphite rod
initially.

Hi Brian, thanks for making that one complete...
I just completed a TIG-welding course so I can do virtually all work
on board myself. Now I'm looking for a decent ac/dc tig-machine for ss
and alu that will work on a 220v, 6kva diesel-generator.
Could you name a few url's in the us? Here in the Netherlands I am
facing 3,500 to 4,000 euro's.
TIA, Len

On 25 Oct 2005 10:57:56 -0700, wrote:
I've taken pics of the damage, which I suspect is minor(?). However I
don't know how to publish the pics so I'm going to need help on this
one too!

Just relax, we'll help you all the way....
There are several places where you're permitted gB's of storage for
free. I use a Yahoo-account so I can store photo's on the
Yahoo-server. I can choose between keeping photo's private and making
them accessible for others.
Go to www.yahoo.com and click on photo's. After you've uploaded the
picture(s) you can make the url known here.
Len.

Hm, a bit of a brain fart here... You'll have to invite people to look
at yr albums. Sorry, it is a bit more complicated... but it may
still work if you know the email-address's of the persons who are
willing to help you by looking at the photo ....
Len.

"Len" wrote in message
...
wrote:
Odd, on every mast I see here all fittings are ss and bolted on.
Perhaps it's cause you ammies invented Tungsten Inert Gas welding.
I happen to know that came to Europe many years later. LOL

Brian Whatcott wrote:
Meredith at Northrup invented TIG in 1940, but Linde picked up the
patents and turned it from Heliarc to the tig we know.
It echoed one of the earliest methods, which used a graphite rod
initially.

Hi Brian, thanks for making that one complete...
I just completed a TIG-welding course so I can do virtually all work
on board myself. Now I'm looking for a decent ac/dc tig-machine for ss
and alu that will work on a 220v, 6kva diesel-generator.
Could you name a few url's in the us? Here in the Netherlands I am
facing 3,500 to 4,000 euro's.
TIA, Len

Suggest you try eBay. A friend of mine picked up a TIG for $US400.

On 25 Oct 2005 10:57:56 -0700, wrote:

I've taken pics of the damage, which I suspect is minor(?). However I
don't know how to publish the pics so I'm going to need help on this
one too!

We've been using the newsgroup
alt.binaries.pictures.sports.ocean
If you get that group you could post your pictures there and let us
know about it.
Mark E. Williams

On Tue, 25 Oct 2005 21:59:03 +0000, Len
wrote:

wrote:
Odd, on every mast I see here all fittings are ss and bolted on.
Perhaps it's cause you ammies invented Tungsten Inert Gas welding.
I happen to know that came to Europe many years later. LOL

Brian Whatcott wrote:
Meredith at Northrup invented TIG in 1940, but Linde picked up the
patents and turned it from Heliarc to the tig we know.
It echoed one of the earliest methods, which used a graphite rod
initially.

Hi Brian, thanks for making that one complete...
I just completed a TIG-welding course so I can do virtually all work
on board myself. Now I'm looking for a decent ac/dc tig-machine for ss
and alu that will work on a 220v, 6kva diesel-generator.
Could you name a few url's in the us? Here in the Netherlands I am
facing 3,500 to 4,000 euro's.
TIA, Len

Two that come to mind are the Lincoln V205-T Starts at $2700 plus a
few accessories
or the Miller Sncrowave 250 that starts round $2500

Could browse http://www.welders-direct.com ??

Brian W

On Tue, 25 Oct 2005 20:27:59 -0500, Maynard G. Krebbs
wrote:

We've been using the newsgroup
alt.binaries.pictures.sports.ocean
If you get that group you could post your pictures there and let us
know about it.
Mark E. Williams

Mark,
Which newsserver do yo use to reach that group?
Mine doesn't give access to the alt.binaries-groups and nor does
google-groups.
Thanks, Len.

Two that come to mind are the Lincoln V205-T Starts at $2700 plus a
few accessories or the Miller Sncrowave 250 that starts round $2500
Could browse http://www.welders-direct.com ??

I will, thanks
Len.

What size rivets? Are the holes too messed up to drill out the
rivets and redrill to a larger size, either larger rivets or
bolts?

SBV

wrote in message
oups.com...
While recently lowering my mast it fell forwards partially
pulling the
rivets out where the mast joins the bottom bracket. I think
that I have
two options to repair this. One is to drilll out the rivets cut
off the
botton 1cm ,or so, of the mast to a point just above the old
rivets &
redrill & rivet. This will mean putting a block under the
tabernackle
so that the stay/shrouds can remain the same length.
Option two is to get the bottom of the mast ally welded to
repair the
damage & also attatch the bottom of the mast to the ally
bracket.
Does anyone have views on the suitability of both repairs? The
second
is the easier option as it will be done proffesionally.

I've managed to load two pics of the damaged area at

http://groups.msn.com/LysanderSailer...msnw?Page=Last

Graeme