S.S. Anchor

[Fountain Chuck]

Here's a little project I just completed for a friend and his 37' Searay. Gotta luv Stainless.And another for myself.

[49degreesnorth]

Nicely done! What do you go through to get to that mirror finish?

Ever thought about welding up a CQR mimic? Danforth anchors (like the ones you made) can pack up with rocks and mud, failing to reset when the current pulls the boat in the opposite direction. (e.g. when the tide turns)

Still, nothing folds flatter or holds stronger for its weight, and I have a Danforth rusting in my boat in addition to a CQR.

Cheers,
Chris

[evaporator]

"Nicely done! What do you go through to get to that mirror finish?"

...I want to know, too!!

[jason]

Stainless is available with a mirror finish, I used to make big rig accesories out of it at a shop I worked at years ago. It is supplied with a plastic skin to protect it from scratches.

Jason

[Mike W]

Nice work! Is that mailbox approved by the postmaster? I seem to recall something about that.

[Fountain Chuck]

Thanks for the compliments! It helps to start with stainless that has a 2B finish, which is very smooth. 3M makes a product that is called Trizact, it's a type of sand paper, but comes in belt form. Dynabrade has a wheel (I use 3") that's inflatable,the belts slide over it and you inflate.Trizact comes in different grits, you just work your way to the finest, then move to the buffer with grey rouge, then green. And your done, very messy by the way, you want to wear plenty of eye and respiratory protection.
49- Not sure what a CQR is.Is that a plow type?

The mail box is for myself, it was installed for a year with no problems with the postmaster. I think if you were to sell you would have to go get approval.

[49degreesnorth]

Here's what a CQR anchor looks like. It IS a plow anchor, and it is about $10 per pound, a nice markup on steel.

Chris

[Brand X]

I really like that mailbox, but this is reality!!

http://www.stagesmith.com/gallery/sh...box/index.html

[Fountain Chuck]

Brand, that's one solid mailbox. We had a car hit mine a couple of weeks ago, damage wasn't to bad, mainly racked it a little. Just had to pound it back around so the doors would shut.

[evaporator]

"Just had to pound it back around so the doors would shut."...
the car or the mailbox??!!

[Roger]

BS! Bruce anchor can't be that much better than other anchors. All well engineered anchors have about the same efficiently as they are made of steel. The trick is to design biggest surface area that will dig in, be stable and not break. They are limited by steel strength. I was involved in NCEL anchor pull tests about 1986 in San Diego Bay sand, stockless, stockess with welded angle wedge and added stocks, stevin, stevdig, bruce and stato. Maybe more. Recorded anchor depth, angle, roll degree and line pull. Bruce didn't do real good in those tests with its fixed flukes. He probably made flukes angle adjustable after that and other changes. After I left the pulled anchors in San Fransisco Bay mud and Guam coral sand. Stato anchor was designed by NCEL to be made easily with common steel plate for future war production. NCEL also invented explosive inbedment anchors for moorings. Used old shortened navy gun barrels and propellant in shortened shell casing to shoot anchor into sand.

Reason the Bruce anchor went so deep is Puget Sound is very deep soft mud.
The fluke angle is critical for each bottom typse. If you use mud angle for sand, anchor will not dig in resulting in little holding power. That is one of problems with Navy stockless anchors which have mud angle and no stocks to keep it from rolling.

http://www.hse.gov.uk/research/othpd...399/oth395.pdf

If you have flown a kite that is about how anchors behave. Stocks and some kite like tricks are what keep anchors from rolling and dumping load.

[storts]

Here's a little project I just completed for a friend and his 37' Searay. Gotta luv Stainless.And another for myself.

Boy or boy,,,,,The postman must love you on a sunny day!! !!!!!

[49degreesnorth]

I really like that mailbox, but this is reality!!

http://www.stagesmith.com/gallery/sh...box/index.html

BrandX -- I really like the wok-full-of-shot on your site. Very good idea!

Chris

[wayne64]

Great anchor Fountain Chuck and Brand-X I will be making a tool post grinder since I've seen yours. Years ago I lost my Danfoth and cobbled one up on the job as a temp. There wasn't any flat plate on the job so I used 20" sch 10 for the blades and used small bore pipe for the rest. It worked so well that I never replaced it. Sorry it went with that boat when I sold it