I spent much of January cutting, drilling, and welding another set of safety rail stantion bases. This set will all be welded at 5 degrees to accomidate the curve of the hull. As with all my projects I get easily sidetracked. I've got one polished but don't have the re-inforcement loop welded on yet.
Cutting the blanks is very time consuming. I cut them on my radial arm saw using a metal cuting blade. I cut them in the push direction so I could better control the cut.
The next process was drilling the holes for the stantion tube. I set up the drill press for 15 degrees and clamped on a hardwood jig.
After de-burring and making sure all the holes would accept the tubes at the proper angle I again put each piece in a jig and made the bottom weld, which will be ground smooth.
After de-burring and making sure all the holes would accept the tubes at the proper angle I again put each piece in a jig and made the bottom weld, which will be ground smooth.
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