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Reinforce Hybrid mast?

  • 20 Dec 2024 09:58
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    Anonymous wrote:
    Anonymous wrote:
    Anonymous wrote:

    Hi everyone.

    I've sourced a 5 metre length of 6 inch (¼ thick) 6082T6 tubing ....

    Thoughts?

     

    ¼" wall thickness? Really? If that's correct, that tube won't need any help from inserted timber. 
    Do you think ¼ is too thick?
    Yes. Too heavy. Emmelene has a 6 inch diameter mast, ⅛", (3.2 mm) wall thickness.
  • 20 Dec 2024 09:47
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    Anonymous wrote:
    Anonymous wrote:

    Hi everyone.

    I've sourced a 5 metre length of 6 inch (¼ thick) 6082T6 tubing ....

    Thoughts?

     

    ¼" wall thickness? Really? If that's correct, that tube won't need any help from inserted timber. 
    Do you think ¼ is too thick?
  • 13 Dec 2024 09:14
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    Anonymous wrote:

    Hi everyone.

    I've sourced a 5 metre length of 6 inch (¼ thick) 6082T6 tubing ....

    Thoughts?

     

    ¼" wall thickness? Really? If that's correct, that tube won't need any help from inserted timber. 
  • 12 Dec 2024 14:12
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    Hi everyone.

    I've sourced a 5 metre length of 6 inch (¼ thick) 6082T6 tubing to build a junk mast, but wondering if it would be overkill to insert a cross piece of timber inside the mast (2 6 inch planks slotted together to form an X), maybe two metres in length, perhaps with a very slight taper? I plan to fit the mast to a wooden tabernacle like Annie Hill's. 

    Thoughts?


    Best


    Andy

     
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