> On Feb 8, 2020, at 12:30 PM, Adrian Jones  wrote:
> 
> Hi folks,
> 
> What sort of steel should I get?
> 
> It would obviously need to be drillable - I have a drill press (and a small
post drill).
> 
> Cheers!


Here is one I had made for our tall ship for 1-1/8” purpleheart trunnels (tree
nails).  These dowels were so big and so hard that we decided to use hardened
steel, but for the regular smaller ones - 3/8  to 3/4” - a scrap angle iron from
the junk yard would work fine.  Be sure to relieve the underside of the hole and
polish the top surface reasonably.  We had 5 holes drilled in 1/64" increments
for fitting the trunnels into existing holes and found at this size, forcing
them through with a hydraulic press made them come out much nicer than pounding
on them with a 3 lb hammer

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