Drilling and mounting hardware on a boom
Posted: Sun Jun 06, 2021 5:20 pm
Have never needed to drill and mount anything on to a metal boom and now looking to install an external outhaul system.
Is this simply a drill, tap, and machine screw project or am I missing something? Size of machine screw? Use thread lock glue?
My current really old boom has had too many previous iterations of internal outhauls with too many exit blocks installed into old exit blocks, etc. that I am just looking to do something like the 4:1 external system shown in this Harken outhaul system link https://www.harken.com/en/support/selection-tools/system-diagrams/outhaul-systems/ and need to attach eye straps, cleat, cheek block, etc.
Thanks!
Is this simply a drill, tap, and machine screw project or am I missing something? Size of machine screw? Use thread lock glue?
My current really old boom has had too many previous iterations of internal outhauls with too many exit blocks installed into old exit blocks, etc. that I am just looking to do something like the 4:1 external system shown in this Harken outhaul system link https://www.harken.com/en/support/selection-tools/system-diagrams/outhaul-systems/ and need to attach eye straps, cleat, cheek block, etc.
Thanks!