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The following links are provided to give you
additional information on stainless steel and some different applications
for some of our products. If there are any questions or if you would
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STAINLESS STEEL
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Stainless Steel Info: This page provides information on the various
stainless steel alloys. 18-8, 304, 316, and more.
Stainless Steel Terms: See terms
you're not familiar with? This page might answer your questions.
Fatigue in
Stainless Steel: An
excerpt on fatigue from Brion Toss's book "The Complete Rigger's
Apprentice".
Corrosion:
An excerpt on fatigue from
Brion Toss's book "The Complete Rigger's Apprentice".
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PROJECTS & USES
USEFUL INFO
Equivalency Table:
Provides the equivalencies of inches
(decimal & fraction), millimeters, and screw sizes, from 1/64"
to 1".
Conversion
Table: Provides conversion factors for about any
thing we could think of that you might like to convert!
Screw Sizes &
Threads: Provides inches and millimeters for
various screw sizes, as well as, the number of threads per inch for
coarse and fine threaded screws and bolts.
The Proper Fastener:
An excerpt from "The Practical Sailor
Library - Volume IV - Do-It-Yourself Improvement Projects"
Mounting Hardware:
That is, how to properly attach hardware to your
deck!
Life Lines - Hand
Crimping: Instructions
illustrations for doing it
yourself.
Nicopress Type Swages: A write-up from Brion Toss's
book "The Complete Rigger's Apprentice" on these oval swages.
Knots: Some useful knots, bends, hitches, and of
course... the Bowline!
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SPECIAL & CUSTOM MADE ITEMS
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bosun or boatswain or bos'n
- A multipurpose petty officer, Usually one of
the best seamen, whose responsibilities included inspecting the
ship's sails and rigging; every morning and reporting their state to
the officer of the Watch. If new ropes or other repairs were needed,
he also informed the first lieutenant. The Boatswain was in charge
of all deck activities, such as Weighing or dropping anchor or
handling the sails and he issued orders using a silver boatswain's
pipe "His vigilance should ever be on the alert, and his eyes should
be everywhere," noted The Naval Apprentice's Kedge Anchor
(1841.)
"He should be active of limb, quick of sight, and ready in the
exercise of his mental faculties."
From: "A Sea of Words" by Dean King,
Henry Holt and Company, Inc. New York, NY,
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