Ubergeekian
Active member
I need to fit brackets for tiller pilot and wind vane to my nice new tiller. The tiller pilot one is a standard 80mm stand-off and I was lucky to acquire one very cheaply from a chandlers odds'n'sods box yesterday. One of these:
However, because the new tiller is a little curvier in the middle than the previous one I would have to bend the upper section down by about 30 degrees or so to keep the ball connection in the same orientation and in the same place.
The bracket is anodised, so I would either have to (a) put up with some cracks in the anodising or (b) repair some cracks in the anodising or (c) do something else. I have some stainless strip in stock for (c), but obviously sticking an existing bracket in a vice and bending it is going to take a few seconds against rather longer for making a complete new bracket.
Advice welcomed, as ever.
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However, because the new tiller is a little curvier in the middle than the previous one I would have to bend the upper section down by about 30 degrees or so to keep the ball connection in the same orientation and in the same place.
The bracket is anodised, so I would either have to (a) put up with some cracks in the anodising or (b) repair some cracks in the anodising or (c) do something else. I have some stainless strip in stock for (c), but obviously sticking an existing bracket in a vice and bending it is going to take a few seconds against rather longer for making a complete new bracket.
Advice welcomed, as ever.