Re: t-top on a center console
I have had good luck with the following technique in a different industry:
- Drill existing holes out to a common dowel size such as 3/8"
- Cut dowels 1/2" longer than thickness of material they are going into (e.g., the deck)
- Use a fine blade saw (e.g., a backsaw or dovetail saw) to cut a kerf 1/2" into one end of the dowel. You will insert this end first. I also take a sharp utility knife and score around the dowel and in the hole to give them "tooth" in the drilled hole.
- Coat holes and dowels with gorilla glue (or resin)and drive the dowels into the holes until they are a little below the surface of the deck.
- Let dry and fill with your choice of filler/sealer
- Drill small pilot hole through dowel before remounting, fill hole with 5200 or equivalent before resetting screws
- The dowel is bonded to the substrate, the kerf alows the tail of the dowel to expand slightly, further locking it into the hole
- I would also put a lot of 5200 under the mounting flange of the ttop and look at getting a few more braces from the top to the console fabricated.
My two cents worth. Good luck!
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