John Wressell
Member II
I need to remove and rebed the teak grab rails on a 1983 35, MK III. Has anyone done this and if so do you have any suggestions?
Thanks,
John Wressell
Thanks,
John Wressell
Sheet metal screw - Rod with deep spiral threads the entire length and with one pointed end and a head on other end. Holds thin metal sheets together. Holds well in wood. Manufactured from metal. Can be rotated into or out of the object using a screwdriver or wrench.
Wood screw - Tapered rod with spiral threads along 3/4 of the length and a head on one end. Fastens an object to wood or other soft material. Usually manufactured from metal with various sizes and drive types. Can be rotated into or out of the object using a screwdriver.
I recently had to replace a hatch. The hatch was screwed into the deck and it's rotten balsa and was also cemented by 5200 or something similar. The twist was that instead of bungs, the screws in the hatch were covered by 3/8" of epoxy! A very cheap solution was to borrow a friend's Fein saw with the 152 blade and cut through the space between deck and hatch. Then the whole thing lifted out. Okay, cheaper for me than for my buddy as Fein saws are around $400. But I hear there are reasonable Chinese knockoffs that are serviceable. Still, for the purpose of this thread, I think you could easily cut under the rail, and once it is apart, you'd see what you were dealing with. But cutting through a number of stainless screws ruined the bi-metal blade and I had to buy a new one. Still...