Mine broke as I was installing it ! I feel your pain . I have since replaced the wood grab rails with Stainless ones
On 15/04/2013 8:32 AM, djhaug...@juno.com wrote:
So, I decided to make new handrails for Lolita. All I could find on line were A.) not long enough and B.) 12" on center for the loops. Mine are 11.5" on center. I go out Saturday morning and buy a couple 5" x 12' rough cut boards (one as an extra), buy myself a router and router table and I'm off and running. Well, I noticed a couple knarly areas but they seemed solid, I tried to bend them and twist them and the knot was not well formed and definitely seemed solid (you already know where this is going right?) I worked on these the rest of the day Saturday and a good part of Sunday. I had just started finish sanding and the opposite end slipped off the table and the stupid thing broke! I was gutted! I guess better now than after I'd finished them I was all happy with how they were turning out. Lesson learned...no knots are good knots! Well at least it won't take as long this time and I only have to make one. Here are some links to the work and the heartbreak... http://sdrv.ms/103PWto http://sdrv.ms/17BaJES http://sdrv.ms/17BaQ38 You can probably see why I felt new handrails were in order when you see the new ones next to the old ones. I'm willing to bet those are original and never saw any attention. Oh, and my handrails were lagged to the deck from below instead of through bolted. Anyone else have the same condition. I'm thinking I'll to the same thing only with heavier lag bolts. This way I can completely finish them at home and won't have any touch up work after the install. At 24 hours between coats and doing the suggested 8 coats, thats a real time consuming job. Not to mention a lot of gas a 30 miles each way! Danny Lolita 1973 Viking 33 Westport Point, MA _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com
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