"jps" wrote in message
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On Fri, 2 Oct 2009 16:06:55 -0700, "nom=de=plume"
wrote:

I was trying to figure out a gift for my friend who's taking me sailing,
but
he seems to have everything. So, I talked to his wife who said he's got
"bung" work to do, so anything for doing deck repair would be fine (he's
got
every power tool imaginable, according to her). After some laughing and
her
saying, "really, that's what they're called," I googled this and it looks
like they're these small plugs of wood that cover up screws in the deck.
Why
don't they call them wood plugs??

I emailed his wife back and she said that he's been procrastinating
because
he doesn't have the right drill bit to countersink the holes (to remove
all
the old sealer, apparently), but didn't know exactly what size. Ok, so
that
seemed like a good gift. I went to a local hw store and found a 22pc set
of
"tapered" drill bits. It lists seven "Counter sinks" and seven "Depth
collars" - so I think I got the right thing.

Is deck teak considered a hard or soft wood? It seems to be a bit
contradictory from what I found. The bits supposedly work with either...
HW - 450 RPM and SW - 875, so it looks like as long as the drill is a
variable speed, which I'm assuming it is, then they should work with
either,
right?

It wasn't very expensive, and it came in a nice wood box.

Not a single reference to bung hole?

Sounds like he'll appreciate the gift.


Oh, there were references! He really enjoyed the gift, but can't really use
it for the project. His teak is held down witha different kind of bolt and
the countersink bits won't work for some reason.

It was a fun weekend. I just got back.


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Nom=de=Plume