I prefer to periodically touch up and re-seal the wood strips. That's a
lot easier to accomplish if they're removed.
Ken

On Fri, July 15, 2011 4:24 pm, Jake de Villiers wrote:
> 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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