Hi,
I'm just looking at getting started windsurfing and have a pretty old board that is missing the part that inserts into the board and connects to the universal joint. Does anyone know what this is called and where I can get one (or better yet can I buy one off YOU!- That's right this message is personalized :)

alternately any ideas of how to make one? how much force acts on this part?

I've attached a picture of what I'm talking about



thanks

Can you show a pic of the whole board for identification?

These uni joints are hard to find as entire parts, and take a lot of load.

You may be best off epoxying the nut for a modern mast step into the old socket.

If you tell us where you are, we may be able to give you more info.

The only identifying text on the board is "Pulsar" I think it might be a Mystere Pulsar but couldn't find any picture to confirm this. The only reference I found was www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/Windsurfing/General/pulsar-sailboardlooking-for-info-and-parts/

There is also a logo that I took a picture of. What happened to Mystere? I can't even find a picture of their logo on google

How would you epoxy the nut for a different mast step in? I have a universal joint and extension that has a m8 bolt on it for a mast track.

I'm in Rose Bay, Sydney





thanks

I doubt I will be able to find the part, so can anyone tell me what type of epoxy to use and any tips/tricks to doing this, I assume that the epoxy isn't the same as ardalite from Bunnings that would cost a lot

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most of these types of boards had two(2) "holes"
first figure out how to remove the clip on the back hole
then see if the protruding part in the front "hole" can be removed
IF it can - this is your missing part
perhaps broken, but it can serve as template !!!

That looks like a Mystere Pulsar as you said. They were a Dutch brand (I think) that were around in the 80s and like a number of other companies that were cashing in on the windsurf boom at the time dissapeared after only a couple of years. From memory they had 3 models available in Australia that were mail order only. As for the missing mast foot you might be lucky in finding one that would fit but for the effort of tracking one down or making one, you would be best finding a complete newer board.

you can get a s/s plate made to fit the hole. a threaded hole in te centre to suit a modern baseplate and leave this one the board.

or.... just turf it and spend a couple hundred on some normal gear, 2nd hand

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friedonion said...
I doubt I will be able to find the part, so can anyone tell me what type of epoxy to use and any tips/tricks to doing this, I assume that the epoxy isn't the same as ardalite from Bunnings that would cost a lot

thanks

I doubt so also.

Get a stainless nut of the right thread for a modern base (is it M8??) welded into the top of a stainless tube about 20 - 40mm dia.
You can get the nut, you cna get the offcut of stanless pipe..... so to get a welder who can MiG or TIG stainless for 10 sec it will probably be free.


drill a few holes or groove the tube really good, and do the same to the inside of that black bit in your pics (where the mast base inserts). Sandpaper the bejeezus out of everything with about 60 - 80.

Clean well with acetone, ispropyl acohol, whatever. Just get it damn clean.

Glue the tube in (without getting stuff in the nut of course) with
*(1) first choice - Devcon 10110. Maybe called "Devcon Epoxy steel putty" in smaller tubes. Any other Devcon is same as Araldite - thay make a lot oif different products - so take note of the above)
or
*(2) second choice JB Weld. Harder to find, near enough same stuff.

*(3) third choice maybeeee Araldite or maybe West resins mixed with aluminiumdust etc. only if you ca get all that for free, it is not cheap to buy.

do not try the Loctite-made alternatives as they are 5min (more like 2min) versions and you will not have any luck.

If any gluing you do can incorporate the spring steel clips that run laterally thru the top, it will not come free.

Voila! - one new base easily screwed into one old board, for $30.

@joe windsurfer I probably should have mentioned it, that was my attempt to make a mast base, but the pipe bent and the bolt came out.

I'll try to find some stainless steel pipe and a welder, hopefully it will be fixed soon. Thanks for all your help