Who builds decent angular fairleads

[MapisM]

Osculati sells the fairleads below, which I was interested in...
...before being unimpressed by their quality, when I saw them in flesh. :ambivalence:
Can anyone think of other suppliers who offer something similar?

 

[Portofino]

Saw these @ Genoa ,
Here’s the link —- go to “ anchoring / Mooring “
http://www.gfn.it

 

[colhel]

What left you unimpressed when you saw them in the flesh?

 

[jfm]

I agree that thing is hideous. Even in the picture, let alone in the flesh. You need custom build for this, to get it right
Just do a decent drawing. Happy to help get N.Europe quotes for making these but Colhel above would be the first person to ask! He would make them beautifully.
You can obviously build these without the three circles showing on the top. If you can get to the underside of the GRP moulding to tighten nuts then you would have M12 studs welded on the bottom of the fairlead, and the whole thing would then be free of any visible fastenings etc

 

[Pinnacle]

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I have sent you an email.

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[MapisM]

What left you unimpressed when you saw them in the flesh?

Three things:
1) As you can see in this webpage, the thing is built in a modular way, allowing three different angles just by replacing the central section. And while the logic is understandable, both the round stud heads and borders between the two sides and the central plate, on top of being not very nice, are dirt traps.
2) It's available in just one size (recommended for lines between 16 and 22mm diameter), and I would prefer it to be a tad bigger - say for 24mm lines.
3) I would prefer the external border of the bottom plate to be smoother, because typically the lines are not only pulling diagonally/horizontally (hence rubbing against one of the rollers), but they are also oriented downward, in most moorings. Which means that the lower side of the line might be chafed by constant rubbing against that border.
Ideally, it would be nice to have a long horizontal roller on the bottom of the fairlead, but aside from complicating the fabrication, I guess that would make the thing fugly...
A slightly more rounded/smoothed border of the lower plate would be good enough, I reckon.

I didn't remember that you deal with this stuff, as jfm pointed out.
Is the webpage linked above, together with my additional comments, enough for you to make a rough cost estimate for fabricating a couple of these things?
As an additional info (also in reply to jfm), I do have access to the underside for tightening nuts.

I'd love to have them custom built, but I fear that making just two of them might be too expensive, for what actually is just something nice to have, as a replacement of the existing fairleads, just because they have no rollers...

 

[colhel]

I'm just a machinist who has done the occasional odd job for friends and forum members (including JFM) .
I originally asked the question thinking it could be modified in some way. I'm happy to look into fabricating one from scratch though i must warn you im unreliable and slow

 

[MapisM]

LOL, unreliable and slow, that's bound to put you up there with the very best operators, in the boating industry!
Jokes aside, no hurry at all from my part for the final result.
But since I'll be onboard next week, I can check any further details you might need for a rough cost estimate - just ask me before monday, either here or via pm, as you prefer. :encouragement:

 

[colhel]

If we proceed in public everyone share your disappointment.
Seriously, see what's involved and what your expectations are before either of us commit

 

[jfm]

To be fair to Colhel, who is neither unreliable nor slow:encouragement:, his focus is on machining rather than plate work and fabrication. This job needs 2x machined rollers and pins each side, but the rest is fabrication. If you can source in IT then perfect Mapism, but if you need contacts elsewhere, I'd be happy to help. It would need a good drawing.

As a reminder here is stuff Colhel made beautifully for my boat. The pics don't do full justice because hidden inside (the cap at the very top screws off) is an intricate tensioner mechanism for the rope. As you can see this is mostly machining work