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Pillar material

Posted: Wed May 20, 2015 12:56 pm
by Brad Y
Working on a new stock now and Im thinking about the pillars that will be used to help bed the action. The action itself is stainless. Normally, ally would be used for pillars but I have an old stainless barrel here that would work well for pillars and possibly avoid any dissimilar metal corrosion. Is it a bit much worrying about dissimilar metals touching though?

Re: Pillar material

Posted: Wed May 20, 2015 4:58 pm
by williada
Brad go with the stainless. Do use some gasket paper on top when bedding and replace gasket after job is done. Stops vibration. David.

Re: Pillar material

Posted: Wed May 20, 2015 5:14 pm
by Cameron Mc
Brad I have used stainless for pillars. Can't see any issue.

Cam

Re: Pillar material

Posted: Wed May 20, 2015 8:43 pm
by Brad Y
Im only paranoid from my years fishing in ally boats and dropping hooks down into the hull and forgetting them. Months later theres a hole in the hull and Im up for lots of corrosion repairs.

Re: Pillar material

Posted: Thu May 21, 2015 1:25 pm
by aaronraad
Brad Y wrote:Im only paranoid from my years fishing in ally boats and dropping hooks down into the hull and forgetting them. Months later theres a hole in the hull and Im up for lots of corrosion repairs.


...or a very reliable bilge pump :lol:

Be paranoid Brad, just don't think too hard about the material used for your action screws. :wink:

The toggle clamp on my kid's folding scooters is starting to look better each time.