Mystery Gunk in Sprit

[svHyLyte]

Originally Posted by hpeer

Deep, thought of that, maybe this coming weekend I will remember. But think black potting soil. It dries kinda powdery.

SailPen, it's all through an eight foot long tube, that has a 5/8" pin through it. Must have been packed in there.

Ah, what year is that Murray 33? I seem to recall one that was fitted with an Air Head at one point, with the owner claiming to have found a unique way of dealing with the compost...

[Therapy]

Originally Posted by hpeer

Thanks, but not foam, too dense. It fells more like loose dirt.

Not turning it the wrong way, Wife made me check, she knows my limitations!

Some grinders have reverse threads you know................

You haven't yet admitted that you read the manual.

[hpeer]

Originally Posted by Therapy

Some grinders have reverse threads you know................

You haven't yet admitted that you read the manual.

I looked at the manual, nothing useful in seven languages. NO pics, or instructions. Completely written by lawyers.

I also put on the nut, the same way as always.

I also looked at the threads, same way as always.

I'm pretty sure my eyes ain't lying.

[hpeer]

Originally Posted by svHyLyte

Ah, what year is that Murray 33? I seem to recall one that was fitted with an Air Head at one point, with the owner claiming to have found a unique way of dealing with the compost...

Ah yes, we'll a Murray 33 with a sprit this size would be "interesting" indeed.

This is the Pape 44.

But if I had any sense we wouldn't have two boats.

[Therapy]

Originally Posted by hpeer

I looked at the manual, nothing useful in seven languages. NO pics, or instructions. Completely written by lawyers.

I also put on the nut, the same way as always.

I also looked at the threads, same way as always.

I'm pretty sure my eyes ain't lying.

OK.
Sorry.
Refund time.

[hpeer]

Originally Posted by Therapy

OK.
Sorry.
Refund time.

Thanks. Lets hope refund works.

Getting a little frustrated with the project.

Weldments under sprit were not as expected,or sane.

Weird gunk.

Big grinder goes TU.

New big grinder TU.

Broke a cleat by accidentally hitting it with a hammer, and not hard.

Didn't get half done I wanted to.

But hey, it's a boat project, so what do I expect.


It will work out, eventually. And I may get to sail this summer, I hope.

[cwyckham]

Originally Posted by hpeer

Thanks. Lets hope refund works.

Getting a little frustrated with the project.

Weldments under sprit were not as expected,or sane.

Weird gunk.

Big grinder goes TU.

New big grinder TU.

Broke a cleat by accidentally hitting it with a hammer, and not hard.

Didn't get half done I wanted to.

But hey, it's a boat project, so what do I expect.


It will work out, eventually. And I may get to sail this summer, I hope.

Sounds pretty par for the course, actually. You haven't burned anything down yet. Have you bled yet? I know I'm not really done a boat project if I haven't made a new scar.

[Therapy]

Yea, the bleeding part.

Best of luck hpeer.

[Pauls]

Regards your comment on breaking a cleat with a hammer, if your boat has been built with commercial cast cleats welded on and you fractured the weld with a hammer blow, consider yourself lucky. This is a fairly common construction screw up and it is dangerous. The cast cleats form a very brittle weld which looks just fine but can be fractured with a single blow. Imagine what can happen if that cleat fails under heavy load from a line. It can easily kill someone standing in its trajectory.

If I've described your cleats I'd highly suggest you take a hammer to every one of them. Then make up some proper cleats from stainless pipe/bar and weld them on with 309L rod. You can beat on them with a sledgehammer if you like, they won't fail.

Regards,

Paul

[hpeer]

Originally Posted by Pauls

Regards your comment on breaking a cleat with a hammer, if your boat has been built with commercial cast cleats welded on and you fractured the weld with a hammer blow, consider yourself lucky. This is a fairly common construction screw up and it is dangerous. The cast cleats form a very brittle weld which looks just fine but can be fractured with a single blow. Imagine what can happen if that cleat fails under heavy load from a line. It can easily kill someone standing in its trajectory.

If I've described your cleats I'd highly suggest you take a hammer to every one of them. Then make up some proper cleats from stainless pipe/bar and weld them on with 309L rod. You can beat on them with a sledgehammer if you like, they won't fail.

Regards,

Paul

Been thinking of that. Yes that describes my cleats. Cast galvanized. 14" welded to the deck.

Only it wasn't the weld, it was the horn. It broke right through where the bolt would have been. Come to think of it, they had welded in a short bolt to fill the bolt hole. I wonder if that stressed the cleat?

I have about 20' of 1" heavy wall in the basement, may just have found a use for it.

Great, just what I need. Another project.

[Woodsy]

Originally Posted by hpeer

Cutting off my sprit to replace it I find it is filled with some kind of black material. Kind of like dirt, but a bit more fluffy. It can be packed down, but is not as I uncovered it.

No discernible smell. Black. Not the least bit oily.

The sprit, a 3"x3" box beam, mild steel, was packed about 2/3 full of this stuff.

What the heck is it?

WAG, if it was a closed box, packed with some ?cloth? and ignited by the welding to remove oxygen from the inside of the box?

My best guess.

[hpeer]

Interesting thought, like a "getter". (IIRC) in an electron tube. Probably too light for cloth, but maybe something else that "burns" either through heat of welding or absorbing O2.

Wonder what?