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Shade Tree Engineering
By:Kurt Maurer
Date: 3/1/2011, 7:05 pm
In Response To: Re: Shop: Webbing Deck Attachment Points - How to (Kirk Fredericks - Farback Carpentry and Automation)

: ....a small piece of dowel under the deck to improve strength.

Yes, but how much strength you need?

Nobody wants to make a life or death last grasp for a lifeline only to have the soft padeye pop loose and leave you to your doom, but is that really going to happen? The lifeline isn't held to the boat by just one padeye, there are several working in concert. Also, when you do your "quality control" testing, you try to pull 'em straight out - but back to the life or death last grasp, you won't be pulling straight up, but to the side; are you testing them this way? Also keep in mind that what you install when building a boat for a customer, versus building for yourself, may vary. Liability and lawyers and all that, capiche?

Just a couple things to think about.

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Shop: Webbing Deck Attachment Points - How to *PIC*
Farback -- 2/27/2011, 9:06 pm
Re: Shop: Webbing Deck Attachment Points - How to
dave g -- 2/27/2011, 10:04 pm
Re: Shop: Webbing Deck Attachment Points - How to
Bill Hamm -- 2/28/2011, 12:08 am
Re: Shop: Webbing Deck Attachment Points - How to
Kirk Fredericks - Farback Carpentry and Automation -- 2/28/2011, 10:17 am
Re: Shop: Webbing Deck Attachment Points - How to *PIC*
mtkayak (Mike Trutwin) -- 2/28/2011, 12:45 pm
Re: Shop: Webbing Deck Attachment Points - How to
Paul G. Jacobson -- 2/28/2011, 1:42 pm
Words Of Wisdom
Kurt Maurer -- 2/28/2011, 8:21 pm
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dave g -- 2/28/2011, 11:01 pm
Re: Words Of Wisdom
Bill Hamm -- 3/1/2011, 2:09 am
Re: Words Of Wisdom
Brian Nystrom -- 3/1/2011, 7:00 am
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Sean Dawe -- 3/1/2011, 7:50 am
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Kirk Fredericks - Farback Carpentry and Automation -- 3/1/2011, 6:43 am
Re: Words Of Wisdom
Bill Hamm -- 3/2/2011, 1:23 am
Re: Words Of Wisdom
Noel Bennett -- 3/1/2011, 8:08 pm
Re: Words Of Wisdom
John Roberts -- 3/2/2011, 5:08 am
Re: Shop: Webbing Deck Attachment Points - How to
Paul MacIntyre -- 2/28/2011, 8:34 am
Re: Shop: Webbing Deck Attachment Points - How to
Kirk Fredericks - Farback Carpentry and Automation -- 2/28/2011, 10:15 am
Re: Shop: Webbing Deck Attachment Points - How to
Bill Hamm -- 3/1/2011, 2:13 am
Re: Shop: Webbing Deck Attachment Points - How to
Farback -- 3/1/2011, 6:04 pm
Re: Shop: Webbing Deck Attachment Points - How to
Kirk Fredericks - Farback Carpentry and Automation -- 2/28/2011, 10:19 am
Shade Tree Engineering
Kurt Maurer -- 3/1/2011, 7:05 pm