wanted...spreaders for ariel

[frank durant]

The mast and boom on 215 are intact but missing spreaders. Any available?

[Rico]

Frank - If you cannot find any available they'd be very easy to fabricate...

They are just plain aluminum pipe. (Sorry I cannot provide the dimensions!) The hardest thing would be the tip, but you can easily 'improvise' for that...

I can see pressing the end of the pipe not-quite flat and grinding a groove for the wire, a hole for the retainer bolt at the bracket, a couple of small holes for the seizing wire... this would work just as well.

It maybe even cheaper to get a small piece of scrap 'Al' round stock to match the pipe and grind your very own genuine imitation spreader tip from scratch... It would not take long at all...

[CapnK]

Franklin -

I'm pretty sure I can shoot you some measurements tomorrow.

[ebb]

Frank, haven't seen them around for awhile.
but I may have the originals here someplace.
I think the aluminum castings were of a piece, too.
But they were smeared with some black s....
They're yours.

[frank durant]

Thanks....let me know.