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<BODY>Cut it oversize. mount it. jigsaw it to close tolerance. sand to final
tolerance. use a router with a roundover bit to contour the edges. remove it and
bed it with 4200 and reinstall.<BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>*********** REPLY
SEPARATOR ***********<BR><BR>On 2/7/2001 at 11:37 AM Lorelei23@aol.com
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face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2>Dear Bill. <BR><BR>The piece of teak I have
is shaped like a milled piece of lumber. It's 2" x <BR>16". The
former owner gave me the wood as he was planning to replace the <BR>stern
piece himself; he just never got around to it. He actually had a
<BR>cardboard pattern tacked to the wood, but the guy who is refinishing all
my <BR>deck wood is hestitant to have it cut by that pattern because it
has many <BR>odd markings on it, i.e. up arrows, down arrows, etc. We
don't want to cut <BR>the wood and find that it doesn't fit.
<BR><BR>Some of the other information I have received from other owners
includes: <BR><BR>Dwalker@cemcocpa.com (Dan Walker) : the stern piece is
actually three <BR>layers, one on top of the other mitered and fit together.
I saw a "younger" <BR>boat and its stern piece had spacers between
the deck and the top piece which <BR>was cheaper and allowed for water
drainage off the stern. This would be <BR>cheaper but not as nice to
look at. <BR><BR>I have no idea that this will be helpful information, but
it's all I have. <BR>Any thoughts you might have on replacement would
be appreciated. I wish I <BR>had the old teak the former owner took off
the boat so I would not be at such <BR>a disadvantage in replacing it.
<BR><BR>Sincerely, Lorelei</FONT><FONT size=2
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