Teak plugs

Make your own...

Get a plug bit ( use drill press ) and a piece of matching color/grain teak. Simple. Looks great.
 
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Originally posted by Radioactive

Make your own...

Get a plug bit ( use drill press ) and a piece of matching color/grain teak. Simple. Looks great.

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Well, you can do that, but I needed about 50 mahogany plugs and I tried making a couple samples.

Since I was able to buy them online for $.12 each, I decided that was a far better plan.
 
Teak may be difficult to find. Oak, Birch, and, for that matter, mahogany would be a lot easier.

OTOH: I make plugs from "scraps" left from the project ( ie: free ) and layout and drilling out 4 or 5 doz plugs doesn't take very much time. For me, this is the best plan.

I have no idea where you might find pre-made 0.75" teak plugs, online or otherwise.
 
Go to Jamestown Distributors and look at their teak plugs. They're relatively inexpensive.
 
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Originally posted by Radioactive

I make plugs from "scraps" left from the project ( ie: free ) and layout and drilling out 4 or 5 doz plugs doesn't take very much time. For me, this is the best plan.
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It was my plan also and of course, I had scrap material, but when I tried my cheap Harbor Freight plug cutter, it made a mess and burned the wood.

The ones I bought on line (from http://www.widgetco.com/ ) were nice and neat and slightly tapered so they are easier to install.

I don't see 3/4" teak from that vendor, but I suspect boating vendors might have them.
 
I second cutting your own from the teak you are using ..... or if you have a son over the age of about 10, let him make them. When I was about that age my Dad was putting teak decks on our boat, I must have made thousands of them!
 
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Originally posted by BobV1

Go to Jamestown Distributors and look at their teak plugs. They're relatively inexpensive.

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+ 1 for Jamestown. I buy my plugs as well as other supplies from them in order to keep my old boat going.
 
Wow, I see them at every chandlery I walk into. I can't believe they are hard to find at all.

The real advantage of cutting your own is the ability to match the wood.

I did not realize that HF carried a plug cutter, but I think I'd invest in a good one anyway. Since all you guys just insist on epoxying these things in anymore, and that always drives me nuts when trying to take them out with a course screw, go ahead and buy the appropriate sized forstner bit now so you can cleanly get them out when you next need to.
 
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