shortening thru hulls - follow up

Hi folks,

I asked about how you could cut a bronze thru hull to reduce the
amount of blocking required inside the hull.

Angle grinder with cut off wheel worked very smoothly (I use a grinder
a lot and do have a smooth touch). Super easy to back off the nut.
The threads didn't really even need cleaning up with a file.

Saved a whole 1 lb with three thru hulls being shorter

Evan Gatehouse

On Sat, 25 Aug 2007 05:37:00 GMT, Evan Gatehouse
<ceilydh***NO_SPAM***@shaw.ca> wrote:

>Hi folks,
>
>I asked about how you could cut a bronze thru hull to reduce the
>amount of blocking required inside the hull.
>
>Angle grinder with cut off wheel worked very smoothly (I use a grinder
> a lot and do have a smooth touch). Super easy to back off the nut.
> The threads didn't really even need cleaning up with a file.
>
>Saved a whole 1 lb with three thru hulls being shorter
>
>Evan Gatehouse

You Cat people are strange

I've got a mate with a Prout that has already removed his gen-set and
is now talking about much the electrical pump weighs as apposed to
foot pumps.

I tell him that to really lighten it, take out the motor.


Bruce in Bangkok
(brucepaigeATgmailDOTcom)