photo sharing and upload picture albums photo forums search pictures popular photos photography help login
Compass Marine How To | all galleries >> Welcome To MarineHowTo.com >> Sealing Deck Penetrations to Prevent Core Rot > Another Illustration
previous | next
04-Nov-2006

Another Illustration

Here you can see how the countersunk hole on the right has forced & compressed the butyl against the bolt and into the threads creating a great seal. The bolt on the left was not countersunk and has very little sealing surface area around the bolts shank or threads.

Nikon D200
1/60s f/5.6 at 70.0mm iso100 hide exif
Full EXIF Info
Date/Time04-Nov-2008 15:07:27
MakeNikon
ModelNIKON D200
Flash UsedNo
Focal Length70 mm
Exposure Time1/60 sec
Aperturef/5.6
ISO Equivalent100
Exposure Bias
White Balance
Metering Modematrix (5)
JPEG Quality
Exposure Programaperture priority (3)
Focus Distance

other sizes: small medium large auto
share
Dan 20-Sep-2009 14:28
Thank you for getting this posted on line again. I was looking for this a couple of weeks ago, and was glad to come back and find all the text posted. In the interum I couldn't find any other source of a clearly illustrated process to rebed hardware.
Thank You!
Al Cooper 18-Nov-2008 20:42
This all makes a lot of sense ,wish I had read it earlier
Thanks for your excellent article
Al Cooper
Australia