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Old 05-07-2008, 03:28 PM   #31
vhord
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Originally Posted by malconium
Anne,

The elevator bolt heads don't need to be counter-sunk into the wood. Tightening the nut on the other end is capable of pulling the head into the wood so that it is flush.

Malcolm
I was also thinking that I wouldn't need to countersink the heads but today when I tried to just tighten them down the bolt snapped before the head recessed or even got flush. I am having to use a 1" Forstner bit to countersink. This would probably not be necessary if you are using standard elevator bolts and standard plywood but I used the bolts from VTS and they have an extra wide 1" head and I am using marine grade plywood which is more dense than standard.
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