I hold the bronze fitting with channel locks then heat the remnant of the pencil zinc to melting point with my propane torch then just tap on the ground to evacuate Sent from my phone > On May 10, 2020, at 9:00 AM, trawlers-request@lists.trawlering.com wrote: > > Send Trawlers-and-Trawlering mailing list submissions to > trawlers@lists.trawlering.com > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.trawlering.com/mailman/listinfo/trawlers_lists.trawlering.com > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > trawlers-request@lists.trawlering.com > > You can reach the person managing the list at > trawlers-owner@lists.trawlering.com > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Trawlers-and-Trawlering digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. boat and engine zincs (Bruce Adornato) > 2. Pencil Zincs (Rudy Sechez) > 3. Pencil Zincs (Rudy Sechez) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 9 May 2020 14:42:41 -0700 > From: Bruce Adornato <adornato@gmail.com> > To: Trawlers-and-Trawlering <trawlers@lists.trawlering.com> > Subject: T&T: boat and engine zincs > Message-ID: > <CALA6P_7bszYKRW0YFGxkUTPzn=jWz5CM7hC7dgxwjsdwJmz+nA@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > rudy, > > i have been buying my zincs for my boats from boatzincs.com for the past 15 > years. > always had good luck with the product and prices are fair. and free > shipping if buying over 100 bucks worth. > no financial conflict. just a happy customer.. and they no longer use > plastic peanuts for shipping. > > -- > bruce adornato > Sarah McLean > Mainship 30 > San Francisco > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sat, 9 May 2020 18:54:06 -0400 > From: Rudy Sechez <rudysechez@gmail.com> > To: Trawlers and Trawlering <trawlers@lists.trawlering.com> > Subject: T&T: Pencil Zincs > Message-ID: > <CAAaiWq4XgyVKJhG8m-fSQdAxasZGiSfbY1N_c-ugurXB51R2ZA@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > The threads on pencil zincs, at least the ones that I purchase, are > standard threads. I've purchased matching tap and die and use them to clean > up poor threads, or when I drill out the plugs for reuse. > > *Rudy & Jill Sechez * > *BRINEY BUG-a 34' Sail-Assisted Trawler * > *Anchoring Consultants-trawlertrainingabc.com* > *850-832-7748 * > *Georgetown SC Northbound-Chesapeake* > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Sun, 10 May 2020 11:11:31 -0400 > From: Rudy Sechez <rudysechez@gmail.com> > To: Trawlers and Trawlering <trawlers@lists.trawlering.com> > Subject: T&T: Pencil Zincs > Message-ID: > <CAAaiWq6c81n_6OeOQ3UB=Tx0Nm+PoHU2dc=h4whtbvkiT2cUtw@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > Acid does a good job of ridding plugs of zinc, but on a boat, I find it > troublesome to stow it or use it. Instead, I drill the zinc out of the plug > doing the following: > Since a broken off zinc usually leaves a raised point, I'll use an > oversized drill to cut down the point, using the tapered edge of the plug > to center the drill and the subsequent dimple. In my case, the zinc having > 5/16 threads, I'll start with a drill which is as wide as the plug, > something less than 3/8. Once a center dimple is formed, I'll start > drilling a hole with as small of a drill, attempting to keep the hole > centered. Once that drill pops through the bottom of the zinc, I'll start > increasing the size of succeeding drills until I get as close to the > threads as I'm comfortable, or until the 5/16 tap, using standard tapping > technique, can be worked down through the threads. If a new zinc will not > tighten adequately, I throw the plug out; after all, I'm no further behind > than when I started. > Occasionally I'll come across a zinc with poor threads, then I just chase > the threads with a correct size die, in my case 516. > I'd love to hear of other approaches to ridding a plug of broken off zincs. > > *Rudy & Jill Sechez * > *BRINEY BUG-a 34' Sail-Assisted Trawler * > *Anchoring Consultants-trawlertrainingabc.com* > *850-832-7748 * > *Georgetown SC Northbound-Chesapeake* > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > http://lists.trawlering.com/mailman/listinfo/trawlers_lists.trawlering.com > > To unsubscribe send email to > trawlers-request@lists.trawlering.com with the word UNSUBSCRIBE and nothing else in the subject or body of the message. > > Trawlers & Trawlering and T&T are trademarks of Water World > Productions. Unauthorized use is prohibited. > > > ------------------------------ > > End of Trawlers-and-Trawlering Digest, Vol 213, Issue 9 > *******************************************************