Hello everyone,
Yes I've still got that landboard and i havent managed to do anything to it yet so it becomes windsurfable.
DOES anyone know of any connections or anything i can buy/ do so that i can screw in a mast base. Someone posted up a picture of "Thread Screws", where could i get those from?
Pleeeasssee help its been sittin in my garage for ages.
Ps: Jordo, your picture didnt help last time and i dont think it will help this time either...
Any good woodworking supply place should be able to find the knife thread screw insert things for you.. especially if you take them a picture. Bunnings are pretty useless here - unless you find one of the older guys who has some imagination and enthusiasm left.
You could also try these guys: http://www.carbatec.com.au/store/store_select.php I couldn't find anything in their online catalogue, but they have a store in perth, so might be worth a call or visit. They seem to have just about everything for working with wood.
If not, how about visiting your local aluminium dealer and having a scrounge in their scrap bin for a length of rectangular box section. Bolt it through the existing holes in the deck, and then bolt your mast base onto the top by poking a nut down the inside of the box..
Just re-looking at the pic you posted earlier, the screw thread things might bang into the top of your trucks, so you may be best to look at mounting something on the top rather than drilling through the deck.
well my wonderfull drawing didnt work for you, im not suprized
well i still think it would work, so i whent ahead and made it for you.
all you need is a scrap of contruction pine, a 6-8mm drill bit, and a spade bit bigger than 14mm, along with a mild steal washer so you dont stuff up the pine as well as another drill bit wich is the same size as the holes in the board already and 4 long bolds with Teflon nuts (anti skid).
because i dont know the dementions or anything i didnt draw it up on cad, so i thought i would make one from guess work
TOP VIEW
BOTTOM VIEW
CONSTRUCTED
BOTTOM CONTRUCTED
im pretty sure that is a would give you a better idea of what i meant.
that cost me nuthing at all and took 10 mins,
well i take back what i said jordo, that looks pretty good, how did you get the thingo that the mast base screw screws into (the square thing) to stay there? glue? please explain haha i thikn you're onto something. I like things where i can just go out into my workshop and grab a bit of wood and not have to go anywhere, but 555 thaks for the suggestions maybe someone knows for shure where i could get these things?
well that one is a free spinning one because its not for me but what i would do is just go to the nuts and bolts bin in my shed and grab on wich is the right thread, and get a vernier get the maximum diamitor of the bolt (out side diamitor, point to point) and instead of using a spade bit, i would drill a hole .5 to 1mm bigger than the bolt so it just needs to be forced into the new hole and fill the gaps around the bolt with a 5 min epoxy resin to keep it secure,
if that doesnt make sence i will drill one up, just let me know.
keepsailing
jordan
Full marks to Jordo for dedication to helping out another seabreezer!
That was basically how I did my first one, only instead of drilling a nut into the bottom of it, I used one of those fancy threaded things. Glueing a nut into the hole is a great plan.
I reckon make up a Jordapter, only don't drill the four holes, instead use nice long wood screws up from under the deck through the bolt holes.
Just have to make sure that the wood is at least as thick as the bolt on the bottom of the mastfoot, pretty it up with a belt sander or something and go sailing.
