True they would be a strong hold. Possibly stronger than hardware I
used. But....

If I understand correctly, either the head would be above table top,
creating a lumpy surface, or would be just below surface looking
possibly worse than what I did. (really. what i did is a little ugly!)
Besides #8 machine bolts were what I had handy!

Neil.

On 8/22/07, Roger Whittaker <rogerwhitt1@gmail.com> wrote:
> dear all
> carriage bolts would have negated the necessity of plastic wood filler
> the rounded tops are designed just for the application spoken of here ...
> strong solid hold ... with head "hidden"
> yours
>
> On 8/21/07, neil N <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi all.
> >
> > The rear table on my Westy broke on the last trip. From too much
> > leaning on it to get stuff (read: super heavy parts box) from clothes
> > closet. The screws stripped out.
> >
> > It appeared this had happened before. There were 8 holes chewed out by
> > stripped screws. Since there were dents/scratches on the table top,
> > and last fix didn't hold, I figured through bolting was a strong
> > solution and wouldn't mar it's looks.
> >
> > I drilled through stripped holes, drilled a bigger hole roughly half
> > way through from top for washers (small + bigger) and used #8 machine
> > screws/nuts with the washers. I filled the holes up top with LePage
> > Plastic Wood. It took a few applications. That stuff actually set up
> > harder than I thought it wood (pun intended) Originally I was going to
> > fill holes with bungs so drilled a little too deep from top. In
> > hindsight I wouldn't have bothered, drilled less deep and gone
> > straight to the wood filler.
> >
> > Kinda hard to cover up the fix. I tried some leftover off white
> > bathroom enamel paint, but it didn't match.
> >
> > It ain't pretty, but it never was. I think it's stronger than before.
> We'll see.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Neil.
> >
> >
> > --
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> > "Jaco"  (Bustorius)
> >
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> >
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>
>
>
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