ORIGINAL: Scratchie

I decided to re-drill the mounting blocks and then epoxy a dowel in. The first one went fine although the dowel is a very tight fit. On the second block, the one where the drill initially slipped, I had a slight problem. The drill (enlarging from a tapped 13/64 to a 3/8 hole) was in about 1/8 inch, same as last time, when it “snagged” and cracked the block. Since this was supposed to be a fix, and it was the second time this happened, I let out a few bad words (actually there were a lot of really bad words). So this is my new fix:

1. Cut the original block off at the wing saddle and sand flat
2. Use 1/8 scrap ply laminated with 30 min epoxy to make a new wing block
3. Use 1/8 inch scrap ply to make a new saddle with an opening to accept the new block, epoxy new saddle to old
4. Re-drill that little bast#%@(^

I think there are two causes of all this hassle, the first being a drill bit that wasn’t sharp enough and the second a very uncooperative piece of wood.