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Farrell mfarrel2 at tampabay.rr.com
Tue Aug 5 13:46:43 MDT 2008


I would think it to be much easier to just cut a new rail and drill 
away.....

Terry Farrell

----- Original Message ----- 
>I tried to plug and re-drill a guide rail recently and had some real 
>problems as I redrilled the plug and had the paper thin walls of my plugs 
>come apart. So that you might have better success, here are my methods that 
>did not work. I used poplar and tight bond. If I were to do this again ( I 
>won't because it's so easy to make a new cap for a guide rail) I would use 
>maple plugs, I would be very careful in my drilling to create a nicely 
>machined hole with out splitting the rail, and I would use epoxy. Hope this 
>can help you avoid repeating my mistakes.
> Fenton




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