petercrook
New member
Mast wedges:
Should they be of softwood so they don't damage the mast, or hardwood so that they don't shrink and swell too much (and so damage the mast?)?
The hole in the deck is a parallel sided octogon. Should the wedges be of constant thickness (to match the hole into which they have to fit) or wedge-shaped (so that they can be banged in and, more importantly in view of previous experiance, out)? Or do I need to chamfer the edges of the hole (there must be a proper name for it but it escapes me at the moment) to match the wedges?
Why does everything have to be so complicated?!
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Should they be of softwood so they don't damage the mast, or hardwood so that they don't shrink and swell too much (and so damage the mast?)?
The hole in the deck is a parallel sided octogon. Should the wedges be of constant thickness (to match the hole into which they have to fit) or wedge-shaped (so that they can be banged in and, more importantly in view of previous experiance, out)? Or do I need to chamfer the edges of the hole (there must be a proper name for it but it escapes me at the moment) to match the wedges?
Why does everything have to be so complicated?!
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