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<blockquote data-quote="Monkeypants" data-source="post: 142457" data-attributes="member: 2708"><p>It seems that fastener corrosion can be a problem on motorcycles that get used. Cadmium plating was a cheap short term fix for this.</p><p>I prefer stainless. So did the Phils, they just couldn't afford that much of it, according to Phil Irving.</p><p>This is a piece of Walnut cut from a Bowsprit removed from a customer's sailboat.</p><p> I installed the Ronstan 304 SS Deck cleat for him in 1975. Sometime in the mid 80s, he ran the boat into the White Rock Pier and destroyed the bowsprit.</p><p>He brought the boat to our shop to have a new bowsprit made in Teak.</p><p>He did not want the cleat installed in the new Bowsprit as he wanted max strength, in case he needed to run into the pier again. I cut the section with the cleat out and set it aside thinking it would need penetrating fluid on the fasteners. Then I lost the piece.</p><p>About a year ago, when stripping soil with the backhoe, I saw something gleaming in the ground. The bowsprit piece had been in contact with the ground for thirty five years. For most of that time it had been covered in soil. Prior to that it was in a Marine environment for a decade. The nuts thread off and on perfectly with just finger pressure.</p><p>The cleat itself could use a Polish but there is zero pitting.</p><p>Unfortunately, the Walnut is done!</p><p></p><p>Glen[ATTACH=full]43786[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Monkeypants, post: 142457, member: 2708"] It seems that fastener corrosion can be a problem on motorcycles that get used. Cadmium plating was a cheap short term fix for this. I prefer stainless. So did the Phils, they just couldn't afford that much of it, according to Phil Irving. This is a piece of Walnut cut from a Bowsprit removed from a customer's sailboat. I installed the Ronstan 304 SS Deck cleat for him in 1975. Sometime in the mid 80s, he ran the boat into the White Rock Pier and destroyed the bowsprit. He brought the boat to our shop to have a new bowsprit made in Teak. He did not want the cleat installed in the new Bowsprit as he wanted max strength, in case he needed to run into the pier again. I cut the section with the cleat out and set it aside thinking it would need penetrating fluid on the fasteners. Then I lost the piece. About a year ago, when stripping soil with the backhoe, I saw something gleaming in the ground. The bowsprit piece had been in contact with the ground for thirty five years. For most of that time it had been covered in soil. Prior to that it was in a Marine environment for a decade. The nuts thread off and on perfectly with just finger pressure. The cleat itself could use a Polish but there is zero pitting. Unfortunately, the Walnut is done! Glen[ATTACH type="full" alt="IMG_20210727_052918.jpg"]43786[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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