[Rhodes22-list] cockpit table post holder

[Arthur H. Czerwonky]

Does anyone know the ID of the post receptacle?


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>Sent: Aug 18, 2009 1:31 PM
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>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] cockpit table post holder
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>Whatever you do, all of the existing post hole must be removed. Face it,  
>you are going to do some damage to the foam in that area. You can't make  
>scrambled eggs without cracking a few. Drill it and dig it out as Stan  
>suggested. Clean out the area making sure the existing foam is dry and just  prior 
>to installing the new one, fill the damaged areas with "Great Stuff" foam  
>and then install the new base. Remember, this stuff expands a lot, so try to  
>judge just how much you will need. Try putting some on a scrap piece of  
>cardboard or plywood and experiment with how much you think you will need.  
>Any excess can be easily removed, but once hard it will have to be cut  out.
> 
>Rummy
> 
> 
>In a message dated 8/18/2009 12:34:20 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
>bgreenwald at optonline.net writes:
>
>Todd,Thanks for the suggestion - your picture is accurate except  that the 
>flange is completely gone - now that I have had at it.  I will  be able to 
>get a better sense of the condition of the foam once I get the  remainder of 
>the  post holder out but from what I can feel with my  fingers seems pretty 
>firm - no doubt water has visited though, even with the  various efforts I 
>have made to keep the hole covered.  In any event, I  think a saw either 
>around the outside or from the inside out may be the only  choice.  It has 
>occurred to me that since the post holder in the floor  seems firm and in good 
>shape maybe all I need do is seal the bottom - that  approach would certainly 
>cause the least amount of intrusion/potential damage  even if the result 
>wouldn't lok as finished as a new piece  altogether.
>
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