When mine got damaged by being twisted with great force, I did quite a
bit of asking around at places that advertise that they can make
replacements for any tiller. None would do it. So I did it myself.
Bought some teak and sliced it into 3/8" thick strips. Built a jig to
form the shape and laminated the 4 strips clamped in the jig using West
System 205 resin, a little 405 filler powder, and the SLOW 206 hardener.
For gluing wood, you want the epoxy to cure slowly so it has a chance to
really seep into the wood grain. Lots of clamps! The spacer at the back
end is just some strips glued up into a block. The only design change I
made was to extend the grip end by 4 inches. The reason for that was
because the hiking stick on the original was mounted about an inch from
the end, and I could not fit my hand in front of it. I also filled in
the narrowest part of the split with thickened epoxy as I always found
that narrow pointy gap a problem when refinishing. I think I have some
pictures of the process. I'll look tonight and see if I can find them. I
did consider making it from aluminum, but that tiller is one of the few
pieces of teak on the boat, and it matters to the overall look of the boat.
Bill Bina
On 7/9/2014 1:10 AM, Brent Driedger via CnC-List wrote:
The tiller on my 27-V is on its last legs I'm going to replace it this
winter and want to know the best place to order a new one from. It's design
splits toward the aft end to hug the rudder and I don't see anything like it on
stock shops. So custom is going to be the order of the day. How about
composite? No more maintenance.
Brent Driedger
27-5
Lake Winnipeg.
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