: Hi Bill,

: When I was a pattern maker I sometimes had to dismantle an old pattern to
: make alterations. Finding hidden screws behind good plugs was tough when
: the matches were nearly perfect. The plug cutters I had worked well in
: soft woods like pine and WRC but walnut was too hard for the cutters I
: had.

: John

Hi John,

The last boat I did in my shop was a mahogany runabout approx. 27' long x 10' wide and stood over 11' high on the trailer. Had to replace the bottom as well as refinish the whole thing and rebuild the twin Chrysler Hemi's. Finding plugs in a black painted bottom was "interesting", specially with it being almost 10' wide and 25' long and having 5 tons of boat over your head
Btw, 3500 board ft. of honduras mahogany went into that boat, would be impossible today.

Lots of hole plugs

Yes, they can be interesting to find sometimes. Honduras isn't as hard as walnut but I think I only used two cutters for that whole project, something like 10,000 plugs.

Btw, very similiar to this boat: http://www.antiqueboatamerica.com/ab_list_boatNew.asp?Left=ForSale&Type=ViewBoat&BoatId=25905

Bill