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[Trucker]

Hi, All
One of my next tasks is to attach the rubber fenders to all four posts but im a little unsure how to attach them and with what method to use, the pasts are stern ones thin ply and the forward ones are bulsa, both multi coated with primer and top coats , my thinking is small brass wood screws,but im concerned water will seep into the wood causing swelling and damage.
what other ideas do you think are available to me.


Trucker

[chas]

If you decide on screws this might help. Drill the pilot holes, put the screws in and then remove them. Put a little varnish on the screws and in the holes and then screw on the tenders and leave to dry. The varnish should seal the wood, it worked for me years ago.
Charles

[Klunk]

Magnets

[Trucker]

Thanks for your input chaps, im not quite seeing how magnets will work in this case but the varnish or even a little glue around the screw plus drilled hole could be the way to go..


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[aeronut]

Screws don't work very well into balsa.  Try using some genuine 3M VHB tape - easily found on that big river site or the bay.

[Klunk]

Screws don't work very well into balsa.  Try using some genuine 3M VHB tape - easily found on that big river site or the bay.

A metal plate down the hull and a couple of n52 magnets recessed into the rubber. They won't be falling off

[Trucker]

hi guys
thanks for your advice , ive had lots of thinking on this one this morning in the man cave and think ive resolved the issue with the use of small wire clips, a drill, basically ive drilled by hand a matching the wire clip pushed the lugs through and bent the lugs over on the inside the with the sticky tape that is attached put them on the post, the clips will need disguising a bit but i think this is a good method to roll out...


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[Colin Bishop]

Is the sticky tape on the back of the clips waterproof though?

Colin

[Trucker]

ah, good question, i didnt think of that  but will find out soon

[Trucker]

  after you raised concerns about the sticky tape being water proof i dropped a clip in a pot of water from the garden water butt, i can safely say its still attached to the plastic so therefore are water proof, happy days.


Trucker

[derekwarner]

Just paint 2 x blue & 1 x red clips, reattach, & job done  ............ Derek