Gemlock folding strut installation guide
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Gemini Marine Canvas & Marine Products Custom canvas • DrillSteady • Gemlock struts & hinges Simply elegant. Simply effective. Simply better. Installing Gemlock folding struts Materials required: • • • • • 2 x assembled Gemlock struts (buy complete or build your own using our assembly guide) 4 x Gemini sliding side mounts and 4 x eye ends in size to fit frame and strut tubing Masking tape Line, straps or string, including two pieces equal to length of struts Permanent marker Installation steps: Step 1: Struts can be placed inboard or outboard of the frame. Place the struts as high as possible for the most powerful leverage. See installed strut in locked and folded positions above. Step 2: Tension the frame (using straps, line, etc). Position the four sliding side mounts (forward/aft port/starboard), usually parallel to the fabric edge. Secure them using the set screws. Install an eye end to each side mount, positioning them to face each other as shown. Quality and service since 1994 50 Tillson Avenue, Rockland, ME 04841 USA Phone/Fax: +1 207 596 7705 • US toll free 855 596 7705 www.geminiproducts.net • info@g

Step 3: Tape a length of string, line or tape to the eye ends. Mark each end of the line at the base of the eye end where the tubing will end in the socket. Mark port/starboard sides and forward/aft ends. Leave marking line taped in place. Step 4: To find the correct position for the hinge in the strut, fold the frame (in this case a bimini) back onto its aft legs. For boats with a backstay passing through the bimini fabric, fold all bimini frames up to the backstay and secure. Pull the slack patterning line down alongside the folded frame and mark the very bottom. Incorrect hinge placement...