July 21 – Top stops and screw hole clean up

This work takes time and patience….as well as a good deal of knowledge….and the right tools….and the right people.

Here’s Marty removing a top stop that’s rusted in place.

All this work for this handful of screws! But, without them removed, the panels can’t be inserted. Are you starting to understand how we lived with plywood covers for so many years?

Each screw hole must be cleaned. We may be able to tap them to clean up the thread. Where the thread is problematic, the team cleans the whole out, the inserts a helicoil with the proper thread.