Good luck at the races!

On Wed, Dec 8, 2021 at 6:06 AM Reuben Mezrich <reuben.mezrich at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I've taken out, and replaced, a few screws on the boom and they look like
> simple sheet metal screws (i.e. threads all the way to the head). Having
> few mechanical skills and with a high degree of laziness I"m going to go
> with metal screws, probably the "self-tapping" variety. I'll report on the
> outcome. Probably do the work next week since our club is racing this week
> (its good to be in Florida!)
> --Reuben
> Reuben Mezrich
> Pelican Cove in Sarasota and Back Bay, Boston
> Cell: 410-499-8922
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 7, 2021 at 9:18 PM Jesse Shumaker <
> jesse.laten.shumaker at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I decided to tap the threads because of my experience the prior summer
> when
> > I added more small cleats to the bottom of the boom.  That time I drilled
> > pilot holes and used stainless sheet metal screws but it was hard to
> avoid
> > stripping them.  That inspired me to get a tap and die set (an excuse for
> > more tools!) and give that a try.  I may have done more work than
> > necessary, which often seems to be the case :)
> >
> > On Tue, Dec 7, 2021, 8:09 PM Peter Nyberg <peter at sunnybeeches.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > > I'm pretty sure that's what I did, or I might have even used wood
> screws.
> > >
> > > I probably got the idea that this would be OK because every piece of
> > > hardware attached to the mast or boom that was put in place by General
> > > Boats that I have removed was attached by screws, not bolts. I can
> > identify
> > > with the notion that because tapping threads into the boom is more
> work,
> > it
> > > must be the better solution, but I'm not at all certain that's actually
> > > true.
> > >
> > > Also, I don't know if it's significant that in this case the forces
> > > applied to the screws (or bolts) would be sheer, not tension (I think
> I'm
> > > using those terms correctly).
> > >
> > > Perhaps Roger would care to comment.
> > >
> > > --Peter
> > >
> > > > On 2021-12-07, at 18:49:55 EST, Reuben Mezrich wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Glad you mentioned this… I was just going to use sheet mettal screws
> > > >
> > > > Reuben Mezrich
> > > > Cell: 410-499-8922
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
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