I don't know what Idasailor uses, but aluminum bronze is the best, followed by silicon br. Either one are way better than stainless- springier, no crevasse corrosion, and gets slicker with use instead of galling. (slicker than snot on a doorknob). -----Original Message----- From: John Schinnerer Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2016 4:51 PM To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats Subject: Re: M_Boats: Mast drilling.... Thanks for the pointer to this supplier. Amazing variety. Bronze rod for example - for replacing slide-up rudder rod or having spare. Anyone know what kind of bronze was used on the older IdaSailer models (Jerry?)? They have a dozen different types... cheers, John S. On 03/01/2016 04:49 PM, David Rifkind wrote:
On Feb 9, 2016, at 8:39 PM, Thomas Buzzi <thomaspbuzzi@gmail.com> wrote:
Nice pics, Jazz. If you want to bunch the rest of those wires coming out of you mast you can use flexible corrigated plastic shield which is available at auto supply stores.
I found this stuff for bundling wires:
http://www.mcmaster.com/#standard-cable-sleeving/=11ctsn0
It is durable and looks very neat.
I’d like to mention McMaster-Carr (www.mcmaster.com) as #1 on my list of “if you don’t know about this place, you’re really missing out” sites. If you ever build or fix anything at all, you should know about them.
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