How about making one out of Starboard?

-----Original Message-----
From: Rhodes22-list <rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org> On Behalf Of ROGER PIHLAJA
Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2023 10:38 AM
To: recorderguy2001 at yahoo.com; The Rhodes 22 Email List <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Pop top support

Peter,
You could 3-D print it if you want.  But, I would think your local hardware store would carry nylon washers in that size.  You would have to drill out the 2 holes.
Roger Pihlaja
S/V Dynamic Equilibrium

Sent from my iPhone

> On Apr 13, 2023, at 8:28 AM, Peter via Rhodes22-list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>   Quick question.  Yesterday was my 1st opportunity to spend a few hours on my boat running down some projects.   The supports for the pop top are not in place and therefore are in the way.  Looking at how they're supposed to attach it looks as though there should be some plastic washer-like fitting that the tube fits through that is bolted to the top and that prevents the tube from coming out of place, or falling into the cabin when there is no load.  You can see in the attached image that mine are broken.  Is there a ready source for these parts, or should I warm up my 3d printer (greatest boat tool ever!).  It appears to me that these washers don't carry much load (and can therefore be printed)  is that correct?  I've never seen this pop top in action,  so I'm not quite sure how it all works.
>
> Thanks,
>   Peter
> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was 
> scrubbed...
> Name: 20230412_180243.jpg
> Type: image/jpeg
> Size: 2279192 bytes
> Desc: not available
> URL: <http://rhodes22.org/pipermail/rhodes22-list/attachments/20230413/3aeb8364/attachment.jpg>