[Public-list] Wooden spreader replacement

[Theodore M. Liszczak]

I have A 345 built in 1968. The spreaders are wood not the round 
aluminum ones that were used for later boats. The time to replace the 
spreaders is past due. I have read the wood should be oak. My questions 
are how does one remove the wood spreader from the aluminum rectangular 
base plate, has anyone had a base plate fabricated, and lastly how does 
one get the new oak spreader tightly into the new aluminum rectangular 
base plate?
Ted Liszczak
A 345 Freedom