I asked Ernesto if he'd be interested in learning a whole lot easier way to fix all those rail bolts 10× faster than he was doing, he looked at all the rails and said yes. So, we went for a ride to home depot and bought a box of T-nuts, and 1" popular wood dowels. Then used a 7/8" hole saw, put a 3/4' piece of plywood on the bottom of the rails, 1" hole centered around the cut off rail bolt, clamped it in place. Then used the 7/8" hole saw to drill down 3/4" and removed the plug, bolt, and T-nut in one piece. Took the 1" dowel, cut it in 1" lengths, center drilled it, mounted a new T-nut, inserted it on the plug hole we drilled out, glued it in, pin nailed it in place, then used a pull saw to cut the dowel flush to the bottom of the rail, fixed!
Ernesto smiled and took over fixing the rest of the screwed up rail bolts.
So, no, I don't have a problem with Ernesto, like I said, I like him, and wouldn't mind spending more time with him, but were BOTH getting old as hell, so we're running out of time.
Ernesto smiled and took over fixing the rest of the screwed up rail bolts.
So, no, I don't have a problem with Ernesto, like I said, I like him, and wouldn't mind spending more time with him, but were BOTH getting old as hell, so we're running out of time.