DIY Seaboard Deadeyes for HM Rigging

[benz]

Hi,

I, too, delight in machining seaboard, and have found it useful in a variety of places, but I don't think deadeyes made of it would suit. It is pretty soft stuff, which is why it machines so sweetly, but the lanyard holes would quickly deform and get cut deeper and deeper. It also tends to get softer in the hot sun, which would speed the deforming process. For my money, the best things going out there are the aluminum Colligo Marine deadeyes. I only wish I could afford a set.....

Ben