dieselcj
1st June 2005, 05:49 AM
Howdy,
I am putting together seats for my 1969 13' Whaler.
The benches and console are being constructed with 1" thick planks of Ipe fastened together with small wooden pieces parallel to them.
I am debating what size stainless steel screws to use. I will pre-drill, then sand and coat all pieces with Sikkens Cetol Marine before screwing them together.
I was thinking 1 3/4" #8 SS screws would be nice for the application, what do you think?
Also, what size pilot do you suggest? I searched around various websites and it varies from 1/8" ro 3/32nds.
http://images.andale.com/f2/115/106/1009846/1117428813285_Air_show_and_whaler_wood_026.jpg
Thanks,
John
I am putting together seats for my 1969 13' Whaler.
The benches and console are being constructed with 1" thick planks of Ipe fastened together with small wooden pieces parallel to them.
I am debating what size stainless steel screws to use. I will pre-drill, then sand and coat all pieces with Sikkens Cetol Marine before screwing them together.
I was thinking 1 3/4" #8 SS screws would be nice for the application, what do you think?
Also, what size pilot do you suggest? I searched around various websites and it varies from 1/8" ro 3/32nds.
http://images.andale.com/f2/115/106/1009846/1117428813285_Air_show_and_whaler_wood_026.jpg
Thanks,
John