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<DIV>A belt sander is the one tool I would never let near my boat. Try an
orbital sander like the DeWalt 6".</DIV>
<DIV>As a serious wood worker, I think handheld beltsanders and power
planers should be banned from the earth. I have repaired more damage for
other people caused by those two tools than nearly any other cause.</DIV>
<DIV>Just a word to the wise.</DIV>
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<DIV>ps; I fit the wood parts to my boat with hand planes.<BR><FONT face=Arial
size=2>*********** REPLY SEPARATOR ***********<BR><BR>On 2/7/2001 at 3:37 PM
Gord Laco wrote:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV> <SPAN id=__#Ath#SignaturePos__></SPAN> I agree - a fine
boatbuilder once told me "Make it too big & sand it down. That's
what God gave us belt sanders for."</DIV>
<DIV>He really said that. </DIV>
<DIV>Gord KC426 Surprise</DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=apk2@home.com href="mailto:apk2@home.com">Alan P. Kefauver</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=public-list@alberg30.org
href="mailto:public-list@alberg30.org">public-list@alberg30.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, February 07, 2001 3:23
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Alberg30] teak on
stern</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>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 <A href="mailto:Lorelei23@aol.com">Lorelei23@aol.com</A> wrote:</FONT>
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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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