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The gooseneck on Fairwinds has broken and is not repairable. I took the remnants to a friend with a machine shop who said he could make one if I got a suitable piece of phosphor bronze, which I did (at not inconsiderable expense).
Unfortunately my friend is both incredibly busy and suffering from a buggered back. Does anyone know any other machine shop that might be able to make this piece for me? The boat is not really useable until this is sorted, so it is quite urgent as I have a planned long weekend coming up.
Making a gooseneck
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Nick
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marisca
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Re: Making a gooseneck
There is "Twin Celts" machine shop at Benderloch. No experience of them whatsoever but not too far from you.
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Re: Making a gooseneck
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Fixed it by drilling and tapping a screw into the old reefing handle and making a bracket with a big hammer.
New (permanent) phosphor bronze fitting commissioned from the Odshed.
Fixed it by drilling and tapping a screw into the old reefing handle and making a bracket with a big hammer.
New (permanent) phosphor bronze fitting commissioned from the Odshed.
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ash
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Re: Making a gooseneck
Glad to hear that you have effected a repair. I hadn't worked out which bit had broken, but I can see it now from your picture.
Did it break under fair use or did something drastic happen to over strain it?
Ash
Did it break under fair use or did something drastic happen to over strain it?
Ash
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Albin Vega "Mistral" is now sold
Albin Vega "Mistral" is now sold
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Re: Making a gooseneck
The eyes in the rotating bit both broke, probably because the original pin had been replaced many years ago with a threaded bolt (to which the rams horns were attached) when the boat was converted to slab reefing.ash wrote:Glad to hear that you have effected a repair. I hadn't worked out which bit had broken, but I can see it now from your picture.
Did it break under fair use or did something drastic happen to over strain it?
Ash
The whole round bit then broke while trying to extract the roll pin.
It's only ally, and 44 years old . . .
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Re: Making a gooseneck
Nice job Nick, reminds me of one I made recently...................................Nick wrote:.
Fixed it by drilling and tapping a screw into the old reefing handle and making a bracket with a big hammer.
New (permanent) phosphor bronze fitting commissioned from the Odshed.
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Re: Making a gooseneck
When I say 'fixed it by' I mean with a rather large amount of assistance and encouragement from a friend with a pillar drill , hammer and vice.JEN-et-ROSS wrote:Nice job Nick, reminds me of one I made recently...................................
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