Good lord! Drill through 3 inches of stainless steel! Nope! That one is going to the machine shop for me. I don't care if it is a cobalt bit and guided. The machine shop could put in a keyway while you have it out instead of a hole.
Josh Muckley S/V Sea Hawk 1989 C&C 37+ Solomons, MD On Sun, Apr 19, 2020, 19:04 Bryan Colwell via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > Tom, > > I had the same issue on my 34+, no keyway. I called Edson and they said > you must drill through the post. The Edson arm has a hole on one end which > guides the drill to the opposite side. Then you finish by drilling through > the bronze arm for the bolt. Be sure and use a cobalt drill bit to get > through the stainless rudder post. > > Bryan Colwell > > On Sun, Apr 19, 2020 at 3:19 PM Tom Buscaglia via CnC-List < > cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > >> I am moving forward with the below deck linear drive install. We put in >> the structural support and then exposed the rudder post. However a few >> oddities. >> >> First, in spite of the build plans calling for an 80mm diameter rudder >> post it is, in fact, 75mm. And, although the Images that Josh posted if >> his install show a keyway on his post, mine does not have one. >> >> I’ll check with Edson to see what they recommend for attaching the tiller >> arm. >> >> Sigh... >> >> Stay safe all. >> >> Tom B >> >> Typoed from my iPhone >> >> Tom Buscaglia >> Alera 1990 C&C 37+/40 >> Vashon Island WA >> O 206.463.9200 >> C 305.409.3660 >> Skype - thombusc >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> 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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