lakelover
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Re: 1964 15' Starcraft Aluminum Runabout Project
Re: 1964 15' Starcraft Aluminum Runabout Project
This morning I got the rubrail installed, pretty straightforward. I had to abandon my idea of no fasteners showing on the rubrail - I had planned to anchor it with screws under the stern corner caps and shove it in under the bow cap as far as it would go, but the profile is enough different from the old stuff that it wouldn't fit under the bow cap or corner caps. So I had to carefully trim the ends and butt it up against those.
I lubricated the channel with a mixture of dish detergent & water, a tip I had read previously here on the forum somewhere. This helped it to slide right in, even as it rounded the bow curve.
Here's the exposed SS screw:
And last, the corner caps are reinstalled:
Now that I see it I don't think the exposed screw looks all that bad....I'm even toying with the idea of putting one in the front too, just in case there wants to be any problems with contraction as it cools. What do you think about that?
Re: 1964 15' Starcraft Aluminum Runabout Project
This morning I got the rubrail installed, pretty straightforward. I had to abandon my idea of no fasteners showing on the rubrail - I had planned to anchor it with screws under the stern corner caps and shove it in under the bow cap as far as it would go, but the profile is enough different from the old stuff that it wouldn't fit under the bow cap or corner caps. So I had to carefully trim the ends and butt it up against those.
I lubricated the channel with a mixture of dish detergent & water, a tip I had read previously here on the forum somewhere. This helped it to slide right in, even as it rounded the bow curve.
Here's the exposed SS screw:
And last, the corner caps are reinstalled:
Now that I see it I don't think the exposed screw looks all that bad....I'm even toying with the idea of putting one in the front too, just in case there wants to be any problems with contraction as it cools. What do you think about that?
