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    Posted: 08 Jun 2021 at 5:32pm
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My cheap J-racks have rusted out.

Am thinking maybe heating some thicker alu and bending to a good fitting shape, or maybe fibreglass, or?

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I made some rack cradles for my kayak about 25 years ago. The cross bar was about 30mm diameter galv pipe. Either side of the bar I had 18mm ply scribed the same curve as the bottom of the hull. Then screwed 6mm ply to the curve to stiffen and spread the load. The 2 pieces of 18mm either side were bolted right through.
Hope I've explained it clear enough.
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Thanks Kitno. That could work. I've epoxy resin and could find some marine ply...
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Tanalised timber, s/s screws, exterior wood bond glue and galv bolts should do it.
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Remember to fill the pipe with clean dry builders sand before attempting to bend, if that's the way your going to go.
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Thanks Fraser. A great way to support the tubes. I probably won't use tubing though.

Here's another thought: what about getting  a sheet of 100mm thick polystyrene, shaping two blocks/forms to fit the hull and shape a seat on the bottom of each block so they sit on top of/mate with the existing roof rack cross members a little bit. Then use 75/100mm wide fibreglass tape wrapped around the polystyrene as many times as I can to reach about a 5-10mm thickness. Then, when the resin has set, just melt-off the EPS with petrol, leaving a jointless, contoured, fibreglass cradle to bolt to the racks.


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Thanks F4T. Why buy something when I can spend twice as much plus countless hours making something that works half as well? ;-)
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