[Rhodes22-list] Sacrificial Toothpicks

[Michael Hellyar]

I appreciate all the feedback and we will consider all the comments. I explained our logic for through bolting and I hope someone will explain why we are wrong.

Mike Hellyar
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On Jun 20, 2013, at 11:44 AM, R22RumRunner at aol.com wrote:

> Mike,
> Please follow the advice of the list (and Stan's) and DO NOT through bolt  
> the mast step. 
> 
> Rummy
> 
> 
> In a message dated 6/20/2013 9:06:16 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
> mdh007 at wowway.com writes:
> 
> We are  re-attaching the mast step fitting. The holes were left uncovered 
> for years.  We are going to through bolt. Yes, we know Stan's theory. We used 
> a simple  process described in West System Boat Maintenance. Cured epoxy 
> can be hard on  drill bits so Steve came up with the idea to slobber match 
> sticks with some  paste wax use clear tape over the filled holed and stick the 
> match sticks into  the epoxy to create a pilot small starter pilot. Tape 
> hold the matchsticks  vertical. And it worked like a charm. And the epoxy 
> wicked quite a bit to  repair any core damage in the area. By taping the hole 
> opening in the cabin we  prevented in leakage. Given the strength of epoxy we 
> could just as well have  re-drilled and screwed into the epoxy. 
> 
> Mike Hellyar
> Steve Congdon,  Rhodesmaster I
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> Begin forwarded  message:
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>> From: sjcclu <sjcclu at msn.com>
>> Date: June  19, 2013, 7:49:17 AM EDT
>> To: Mike Hellyar <mdh007 at wowway.com>,  Mike Hellyar <mhellyar22 at yahoo.com>
>> Subject: <No  Subject>
>> Reply-To: sjcclu <sjcclu at msn.com>
>> 
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