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Here, Oz, grit blasting is part of the process, straight from the grit cleaning to loading in an oven (better name would a a furnace or...

Sherardizing is now defined as Thermal Diffusion Galvanising (and 'traditional' galvanising, hot dipped galvanising HDG) and there are...

It must be a bit more than 'too labour intensive'. Why not cost the labour and add it to the costs of galvanising - let the customer...

Why not buy Dacron sticky back and apply your self. I think you can buy it in UV strip wide rolls. You can even sew the edges of most...

There is, or was, a Sherardiser (Thermal Diffusion Galvanising - TDG) in the UK who was said to be able to coat chain. Here, in Oz, TDG...

I got all my tools from the Age Concern shop in Exeter until they closed it. As old men died their tools were given to the charity and...

They have obviously never worked on a small marine diesel. :) Jonathan

I've never had a bow thruster. But surely if you are using a bow thruster, as you would with a windlass - you are also using the engine...

I had another look at the pictures of the Marine Now Rocna clone. I'm pretty sure they have omitted the ballast in the toe. The...

The other problem: Rocna is based on the Spade design. Spade is a ballasted anchor, it has lead in the toe. Look at an original Rocna...

This corrosion can be 'managed' - grit blasting and or acid washing will remove the rust and the surface will look almost as good as...

You are quite correct - anchor makers, well some of them do give me anchors to review. I wonder why they give them out free of charge...

This just what you need, novel new design MarineNow Galvanized Steel Shovel/Scoop Style Anchor with Roll Bar Choose Size The questions...

By and large - we offer good peer review. But 'things' slip through the net. It merits saying There have been a number of threads on...

PBO is about members, and readers, conducting tasks that would normally be conducted by 'experts', call them commercial operators. If...