back action replacement questions

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<< Curious if red oak would do well as replacement mounting blocks for the 
damper tray rather than maple? (I am a long distance from a hardwood store) The 
existing was bad as one side was pine and egg shaped in the pin hole - the 
other side still original maple but suffering from the effects of the age and 
excess tray wobble. >>

It would, I think, be simple to simply drill out a 3/8" hole directly over 
the existing one, and install a plug of maple then redrill the hole.  That is 
easier than making a block and trying to get the hole back exactly like it was.  
Regards, 



Ed Foote RPT 
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