[C320-list] Growing icebox...

[jim brown]

I would be careful  about injecting the commonly used
household expanding foam insulation in a closed space.
I has enough force to bend metal. I have seen the hood
surround on newly restored car buckled by foam
injected to seal a gap in the firewall. I suspect it
would really bulge the fridge box. They do make a low
expansion foam but it is a little hard to find.  Jim
Brown 
--- bruceheyman at cox.net wrote:

> Monte,
> We have the same problem (hull #671).  You are
> probably right that the insulation must be
> compacting which is causing the insides to bow out. 
> Seems like that would also be reducing the
> efficiency of the insulation.  I wonder if there is
> a way to inject more foam into the cavities?
> Bruce
> Somerset 671 SoCal
> Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Monte B." <mjbc60 at sbcglobal.net>
> 
> Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2008 14:01:15 
> To:<C320-List at Catalina320.com>
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Growing icebox...
> 
> 
> On another note. Just curious if I am the only guy
> out there with a growing
> icebox. Over the years the fridge in my boat, # 620
> has widened so much that
> I have had to lengthen the fingers on the food racks
> twice or the racks
> would literally fall to the bottom of the icebox.
> Evidently the insulating
> foam around the box is compacting and since there is
> no access to any of the
> surround, I haven' come up with a better solution.
> Am I alone out there?
> Anybody.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com
> [mailto:c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com] On
> Behalf Of John Frost
> Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2008 1:32 PM
> To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Installing
> Barometer/clock...
> 
> Remember these screws will be loaded in shear
> (parallel to the wall), not
> tension (pulling out of the wall). Screws are very
> strong in shear. Might be
> good to get the tip into the second board a bit to
> help if you are worried.
> 
> John Frost
> 2007 C320 MKII, Hull # 1118
> Lake Guntesville, AL
> -----Original Message-----
> From: c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com
> [mailto:c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com] On
> Behalf Of Jon Vez
> Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2008 8:34 AM
> To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Installing
> Barometer/clock...
> 
> Exactly right Bob--They are quite heavy and screws
> quite tiny but it sounds
> like I'll be able to make it work...
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Jon Vez
> Solstice #582
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com
> [mailto:c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com] On
> Behalf Of Robert
> Seastream
> Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2008 9:29 AM
> To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Installing
> Barometer/clock...
> 
> Heavy, eh?  Sounds like the brass set my Dad had
> from Chelsea.  The  
> supplied itty bitty screws don't look like they're
> up to the job, but  
> they held his fast for 24 years.
> 
> Bob Seastream
> Intuition # 906
> 
> On Mar 15, 2008, at 9:10 AM, Jon Vez wrote:
> 
> > Thanks for all of the suggestions--I had
> considered the backing plate
> > method, but it sounds like the correct length of
> screws will work--I  
> > have
> > the Chelsea models and they are a bit heavy but it
> sounds like they  
> > will be
> > fine with the small diameter screws I will need to
> use...Thanks  
> > again for
> > all of the suggestions!
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Jon Vez
> > Solstice #582
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com
> > [mailto:c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com]
> On Behalf Of Monte B.
> > Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2008 12:11 AM
> > To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
> > Subject: Re: [C320-list] Installing
> Barometer/clock...
> >
> > The screws that come with the Weems & Plath set
> are about 1/4 inch  
> > long. The
> > bulkhead between the forward birth and the salon
> is two sheets of  
> > wood with
> > an air space in between. All you need is a pilot
> hole for each screw  
> > in the
> > appropriate locations. Take a piece of rigging
> tape and wrap it  
> > around your
> > drill bit for about 1/8 inch of depth and drill
> very slowly. A hand  
> > drill or
> > palm drill works fine. Drill to the tape mark on
> the bit and you  
> > have all
> > the whole you need for a self-threading screw in
> wood. Start with a  
> > small
> > bit. Hard to make the whole smaller if you start
> too big.
> >
> > Monte
> > Laima # 620
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com
> > [mailto:c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com]
> On Behalf Of
> > crashley at gte.net
> > Sent: Friday, March 14, 2008 8:36 PM
> > To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
> > Subject: Re: [C320-list] Installing
> Barometer/clock...
> >
> > QM,
> >
> > I used short screws to mount my Weems and Plath
> instruments to the  
> > aft side
> > of the teak veneered wall between the salon and
> the fwd berth. I  
> > don't know
> > how long they were but they didn't come thru. They
> were quite short,
> > probably 3/8". I can measure them if you want.
> >
> > CRA
> > Rosebud #882
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Quentin Murphy" <qmurphy at sympatico.ca>
> > To: <C320-List at Catalina320.com>
> > Sent: Friday, March 14, 2008 3:42 PM
> > Subject: Re: [C320-list] Installing
> Barometer/clock...
> >
> >
> >> Since not all of us have a calliper and I also
> received the same  
> >> gift a
> >> few
> >> months ago, can you give us the screw length if
> you can still  
> >> remember?
> >>
> >> Quentin Murphy
> >> Celtic Knot #667
> >>
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com
> >>
> [mailto:c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com]On
> Behalf Of Jane &  
> >> Ken
> >> Sent: March 14, 2008 5:31 PM
> >> To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
> >> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Installing
> Barometer/clock...
> >>
> >>
> >> Use a caliper to determine the thickness of the
> bulkhead and if  
> >> necessary
> >> cut the screws to the correct length--that is
> what I did and the  
> >> finished
> >> product looks great. No holes show.
> >> OBUOY #219
> >>
> >> Jon Vez <jonvez at comcast.net> wrote:
> >> All,
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> I received a barometer/clock set as a gift and I
> was looking for any
> >> advice
> >> on installation-my real question is how did
> others install on the  
> >> bulkhead
> >> without exposing the screws right through to the
> other side?? Any  
> >> help
> >> would
> >> be appreciated!
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Jon Vez
> >>
> >> Solstice #582
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> 
> 



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