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Adding Gunnel Track to Inside of Gunnel...?
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<blockquote data-quote="Tin Man" data-source="post: 489148" data-attributes="member: 7021"><p>So I purchased the railblaza pontoon square rail mount. It is made for 1 1/8" - 1 1/4" square rails. My gunnel is 1 3/8" square. Interior side of my gunnel is the side of the boat so it is not a complete square as in a pontoon rail.</p><p></p><p>I used my bench grinder to take down the plastic on areas that needed it for fitment. It worked! It fits securely and is a clean install. No holes drilled and can be placed anywhere along gunnel...bow to stern.</p><p></p><p>What I learned:</p><p></p><p>The bench grinder does remove plastic quickly....too quickly. It melted the plastic. Some the areas are not flat due to rounded nature of grinding wheel. I cleaned it up with Dremel rotary tool.</p><p></p><p>Next time I will use the Dremel tool start to finish. Better control and should avoid melted plastic.</p><p></p><p>NOTE: I did clean up the edges where you can see the melted plastic.</p><p></p><p>Click on pics to see them as intended....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tin Man, post: 489148, member: 7021"] So I purchased the railblaza pontoon square rail mount. It is made for 1 1/8" - 1 1/4" square rails. My gunnel is 1 3/8" square. Interior side of my gunnel is the side of the boat so it is not a complete square as in a pontoon rail. I used my bench grinder to take down the plastic on areas that needed it for fitment. It worked! It fits securely and is a clean install. No holes drilled and can be placed anywhere along gunnel...bow to stern. What I learned: The bench grinder does remove plastic quickly....too quickly. It melted the plastic. Some the areas are not flat due to rounded nature of grinding wheel. I cleaned it up with Dremel rotary tool. Next time I will use the Dremel tool start to finish. Better control and should avoid melted plastic. NOTE: I did clean up the edges where you can see the melted plastic. Click on pics to see them as intended.... [/QUOTE]
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