Unless the 21 is different,

Posted By: GeorgeSK - P-23 "DayDream", P-15 "Pxyis"
Date: 5/11/09 5:47p.m.

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In Response To: Ok, how about the screw holes? (Tim Sharpe P21 "JennyLyn")

The stanchions are through bolted with BIG fender washers, smaller washers that accept decorative plastic covers, and nylon locknuts. I ran a small rat-tail file through, but you can simply leave the holes with some residual in it and just run the bolt down. They will be getting new gunk during installation. You might want to ice-pick around a bit to see if there is any softness in the walls of the screw holes. I think there is a bit of wood core at the bases, and if you find anything punky you should address it with some rot-fix or other epoxy sort of stuff. I made a serious rookie mistake on Saturday putting in a replacement stanchion. Got the old one off (the weld broke at the base), cleaned the area, unpacked my new one from Precision, gooped it up, and found that the hole pattern has changed a little, wee bit. Remember that business about "always do a dry fit" in wood shop class and on New Yankee Workshop? Growl. I didn't. Three screws fit after a bit of discussion, but I had to run home for a drill bit to make the last hole work. No big deal since you have so much time before 4200 sets up, but still an annoyance and an embarrassment.