Next message: Cunningham, Brian: "RE: lv-ab: teak trunnels"
There was talk about that on the wooden boat forum at www.woodenboat.com. The
forum runs under UBB and has a search capability and if you told it to search
for that word you would find the thread where that subject was discussed.
"L.R. Laggy" wrote:
> I've heard about something called a teak trunnel. It is shaped and sized
> similar to a golf tee and takes the place of both the screw that holds a
> teak plank to the deck and the plug that covers the screw. So for basic
> teak deck maintenence you would back the screw out, put epoxy in the hole,
> put epoxy on the trunnel, and put the trunnel in the hole. When the epoxy
> has set, the excess trunnel can be cut down to deck level. Two of the
> advantages of this method are supposedly that the trunnel wears down evenly
> with the deck and it doesn't expand/contract like metal screws.
>
> Does anyone have experience with this? I was told that these trunnels are
> sold by someone in Fort Lauderdale. Anyone know who?
>
> Thanks,
>
> L.R. Laggy
> New York City
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