Metal working shop

Philip Vinton - craftsman

Now that Phillip Playle spends more time on moulding related work it is Phillip Vinton who oversees the tumbling process for metal parts and finishes and assembles many of our fittings and booms. Quality control of incoming masts and ballast castings and a host of other tasks necessary to the business also fall to Philip.

Metal shop

The bulk of our metal extrusions and carbon pultrusions and all ballast castings are stored here. This is where mast and boom tubes are cut off to length and bundled ready for packing upstairs in the Mail Order area.

We have a Myford ML7 lathe to help with the prototyping of fittings and production runs of some fittings which are made in-house. This is where our metal fittings are tumbled to remove burrs and to polish the surface prior to anodising or nickel plating. Any hull plug making is done here too. In fact this is where the messy jobs get done. 

There is a tank built into the floor which is used for checking flotation and occasional measuring. During 2005 a new dry measuring frame suitable for A Class and 6 Metre Class yachts was built. Apart from use for our own customers' yachts the measuring facility here may also be hired.