Glue a nicely finished piece of teak to the inside with 3M 5200. Let it cure a couple days and screw the RAM mount to the teak.
If you’re a bit unsure about the above then fasten the teak to the inner liner with some countersunk screws. Avoids having to through bolt. Dennis C. Touché 35-1 #83 Mandeville, LA Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 18, 2018, at 10:24 PM, Matthew L. Wolford via CnC-List > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Don’t know anything about Six10. If you decide to use good ole West System, > the cotton fiber thickener is probably better than colloidal silica for > through bolting. You don’t need much strength, and the cotton fiber allows > the epoxy to soak into the surrounding wood. If you decide to tap into the > cured epoxy as Josh suggested, colloidal silica will provide more strength. > I can provide the product numbers if you’re interested. > > From: Josh Muckley via CnC-List > Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2018 8:59 PM > To: [email protected] > Cc: Josh Muckley > Subject: Re: Stus-List companionway bulkhead installation > > If you're positive about through bolting then yes a thickened epoxy can be > injected. I wouldn't overbore, just drill your holes. Six10 is expensive > but the convenience and ease are invaluable. It is already the required > thickness to simply stick the nozzle up to your hole and inject. You might > want to think about only drilling the first layer, injecting, and then drill > and tap your mounting holes in the cured epoxy without actually penetrating > the back layer. > > Josh Muckley > S/V Sea Hawk > 1989 C&C 37+ > Solomons, MD > > > >> On Wed, Apr 18, 2018, 6:44 PM Mark G via CnC-List <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> I plan to install a Ram swing mount to the inside of the bulkhead adjacent >> to the companionway on my C&C 25. This will allow me to see my Garmin while >> I'm sailing but stow it out of the way when the hatch boards are in place. >> Having removed and reinstalled an old instrument from the bulkhead, I know >> there is an uneven gap of about 3/4" between the cabin liner that forms the >> forward face of the bulkhead and the deck liner that forms the aft face of >> the bulkhead. I want the base of the mount to be fairly secure so I'll >> probably secure it with screws through both the cabin and deck liner. >> Should I just drill the holes for the screws overrsized and fill with >> thickened epoxy similar to installing deck hardware? Can you do that with a >> vertical surface as opposed to a horizontal surface? Any suggestions (or >> alternatives)? >> >> Mark >> C&C 25 Williwaw >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and >> every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use >> PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray >> > > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and > every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and > every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray >
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