12/31/2023 0 Comments Chris craft runabout windshield frame![]() I have a feeling this won't be the last word on the subject.Next?Īs a side bar, my spell check keeps coming up and telling me that sawn is not a word. Picking the lesser of two evils, this seems more secure a place to have splitting wood than on the face of the frame, tie or knee. Well if you have ever looked at the bottom of one of these boats that hasn't gone under a major restoration you will see that many of these frames are hairline split right up the center of the face connecting the screw holes. True, if this surface is flat sawn then the edge that gets the bottom screws will hit the end grain and thus will be more likely to split. It seems to me that the screws that hold the ties and the knees to the frames would hold better and the wood less likely to split if screwed through the flat face. I could see some issues using quarter sawn for the frames. Only the varnished wood and bottom are quarter sawn. All of my frames, frame ties, knees, topside frames and deck framing are flat sawn mahogany. Anyway on my 1946 CC Custom, which was a very early post war boat (Manufacture date: 9/14/46). ![]() Pre-War hatch handle 59 Pre-War cleats 89ea. 5/8 Chris-Craft lift ring 89 Chris-Craft lift ring Trim rings 30ea. 299/set of 4 Post War Chris-Craft 8 cleat 75. Lots of experts here so I'm not trying to rock the boat.so to speak. Chris-Craft Plain Fuel Cap 125 Chris-Craft script FUEL cap 125.
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