transom corner brackets???

NismoCobia

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dont know if i can get theese but if anyone out there can or knows where i can find them that would be a big help...
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Kainon

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Re: transom corner brackets???

Ebay, keep looking. and look for completed posts, sometimes they dont sell and the people may still have them available.

Unless yours are cracked, I'd take a 3M Scratch pad to them, or some 000/0000 steel wool, that'll clean them right up..
 

NismoCobia

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Re: transom corner brackets???

well i have one of them... the port side but the other is missing i no i could clean them up.... i just cant believe nobody knows any other place, ive been looking on ebay but no luck yet....thanks for the info
 

Pugetsound

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Re: transom corner brackets???

I have seen on ebay a few times replacment corners that would work but they are plastic and would have to be painted.
 

Drews29

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Re: transom corner brackets???

Make two wood blocks with the same profile as the part. Round router (1/2" radius) the edge of the wood block that takes the bend. Cut a piece of sheet-aluminum (.093") and trace and extra half inch or so wherever the bends are and cut out the corner. Clamp the flat sheet between the boards and form with rubber mallet. You'll need a bit of springback angle in the wood, so maybe a 100 degree angle in the form block. The part will "springback" a bit, so if the block is 90 degrees and you form, the part will have an 80 degree bend, so you need a larger angle to compensate.

www.aircraftspruce.com has reasonably priced sheet aluminum.
 

Stratosman86

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Re: transom corner brackets???

PM me for a contact at a 45 year old Starcraft dealer in PA. I was missing one as well and this guy had ones for all different models.

Darren
 

Bwana Don

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Re: transom corner brackets???

I have access to Autocad and 3 CNC mills, actually a full machine and fab shop. I was considering a winter Starcraft project. I would like to make some of the ends for the rubrail first. I don't know what they are called, they look like arrowheads. After that maybe transom corners. Mine are gouged up a bit.

If the dealer stills carries this stuff I'll buy from them. If not I'll eventually make some (extras to share). They don't look too hard to make. Don't tell my boss. keep it on the hush.

How many different styles are there? One or two sizes fit all?
 

Kainon

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Re: transom corner brackets???

I think they should be made of a good rubber.. at least if I had a rubber bow peice, it wouldn't have cracked when I bumped a dock

I'd like the number for the Starcraft Dealer in PA..
Would like to know if they have a front windshield for my Islander.

-brian
 

Stratosman86

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Re: transom corner brackets???

Brian PM me and I will give you the contact info.

Darren
 
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