Why not just glue them down with polyurethane caulk?

On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 12:49 PM, Kenneth Lewis <kdlewis@northstate.net>wrote:

> Ed,
> I have been evaluating magnets for about a year now on my DOKA to hold the
> boards down. I used
> http://www.kjmagnetics.com/proddetail.asp?prod=R822CS-S
> on the bed and
> http://www.kjmagnetics.com/proddetail.asp?prod=R822CS-P
> under the boards.
>
> Why? So I can clean out all the crude that collects under there and rots
> them out. These hold them down fine under most conditions. Sliding
> something heavy will dislodge them.  I am contemplating stepping up to a
> higher power magnet.
> Ken Lewis
>
>
> On Thu, July 14, 2011 4:23 pm, ed donnen wrote:
> > My DOKA bed has many 1/4" holes from when some Clever Charlie pop riveted
> > the battens down to the bed.
> > Now I want to fill the holes and make them flush with the bed before I
> > make
> > new battens of an original,
> > and if I may say so, cunning design...   So, I don't want to weld- burns
> > the
> > paint on the back side I can't reach.
> >  I tried JB Weld, but it is thin and drips through.  Remember, I can't
> > always reach the underside so I can't just
> > tape below and putty above.  I tried JB Weld because I may wish to
> > drill/thread later on.  If I install pop rivets,
> > and then grind them down, I have holes again.
> > There must be a simple and elegant way.
> > ed- holier than thou?
> >
> >
>

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