Danny, If it's any consolation, I made some handrails out of mahogany. They turned out nicely - one of my better efforts. Then, after a year or two they started pulling up from the cabintop. Turns out mahogany gets soft from moisture. Now I have another "version 2" project.
Bob M Ox 33-1 Jax, FL On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 8:32 AM, djhaug...@juno.com <djhaug...@juno.com>wrote: > So, > > I decided to make new handrails for Lolita. All I could find on line were > A.) not long enough and B.) 12" on center for the loops. Mine are 11.5" on > center. > > I go out Saturday morning and buy a couple 5" x 12' rough cut boards (one > as an extra), buy myself a router and router table and I'm off and running. > Well, I noticed a couple knarly areas but they seemed solid, I tried to > bend them and twist them and the knot was not well formed and definitely > seemed solid (you already know where this is going right?) > > I worked on these the rest of the day Saturday and a good part of Sunday. > I had just started finish sanding and the opposite end slipped off the > table and the stupid thing broke! > > I was gutted! I guess better now than after I'd finished them > > I was all happy with how they were turning out. Lesson learned...no knots > are good knots! > > Well at least it won't take as long this time and I only have to make one. > > Here are some links to the work and the heartbreak... > > http://sdrv.ms/103PWto > > http://sdrv.ms/17BaJES > > http://sdrv.ms/17BaQ38 > > You can probably see why I felt new handrails were in order when you see > the new ones next to the old ones. I'm willing to bet those are original > and never saw any attention. > > Oh, and my handrails were lagged to the deck from below instead of through > bolted. Anyone else have the same condition. I'm thinking I'll to the > same thing only with heavier lag bolts. This way I can completely finish > them at home and won't have any touch up work after the install. At 24 > hours between coats and doing the suggested 8 coats, thats a real time > consuming job. Not to mention a lot of gas a 30 miles each way! > > Danny > Lolita > 1973 Viking 33 > Westport Point, MA > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com >
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