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[Richard Brekne]

For one clacking damper ? Well... like I said I'd look closely at the 
whole set to see if its about due anyways... especially when dealing 
with the double cloth bushed type. That said... a quick plug and drill 
would suffice for one damper. I suppose I should have added that its a 
good idea to proceed by first drilling to about a 5 mm hole so the 
drilled plug isn't subject to the thin wall syndrome, tho seems to me 
that if the glue is of appropriate art and set enough that shouldn't 
really be a problem anyways.

Cheers
RicB


        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