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Originally Posted by Caymanboy
Here's a little tip for you:
When mounting ant's, mast, rigger bases, etc. Drill and tap through the top, core and all, tighten down the bolts, then put your washer and backing nut on. Properly bedded of course! Get much better holding power that way, never seen one pull out or compress.
Strick is God! :-)
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that's an "old school" technique - drill a 3/16 hole,and run a 1/4 - 20 machine screw in - no need to "tap" - again,old school technique - ocean yacht used this alot...