Brian J Knudsen
Enthusiastic about Wooden Canoes
Hello,
I have a 1922 Ideal Model that I am excited to begin fixing up. It is still cold where I live so I can't strip the canoe yet, but I'd like to remove the seats and thwarts and strip them in my basement. The canoe has countersunk screws in the seats and thwarts. I am looking for information on how to remove the seats and thwarts. I have seen a number of general depictions of how to install countersunk screws, but none that explain how to remove countersunk screws. I imagine that I need to drill through the "plug" to get to the head of the screw and then remove it like any other screw. I'm not certain of this though and I'm also concerned that by drilling through the wood plug on top of the screw that I am going to strip the head of whatever type of screw is hidden.
Thank you for any advice.
Brian
I have a 1922 Ideal Model that I am excited to begin fixing up. It is still cold where I live so I can't strip the canoe yet, but I'd like to remove the seats and thwarts and strip them in my basement. The canoe has countersunk screws in the seats and thwarts. I am looking for information on how to remove the seats and thwarts. I have seen a number of general depictions of how to install countersunk screws, but none that explain how to remove countersunk screws. I imagine that I need to drill through the "plug" to get to the head of the screw and then remove it like any other screw. I'm not certain of this though and I'm also concerned that by drilling through the wood plug on top of the screw that I am going to strip the head of whatever type of screw is hidden.
Thank you for any advice.
Brian