"HK" wrote in message
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Eisboch wrote:
A few weeks back there was a discussion regarding the tightening of hose
clamps and the alignment of the screw heads.

The other night, while laying on the bunk in the aft cabin of the GB,
watching the Sox on TV, I happened to notice the teak planking that lines
the bulkhead interior of the cabin.

I noticed the straight lines of the single slotted screws that hold the
planking and then realized that every screw head was perfectly aligned
horizontally. Jumping out of the bunk, I checked the other side, which
is more complex because the planking also forms a shelf above the port
single bunk, and sure enough, all the screw heads were perfectly aligned
on that side in the same manner.

Inspecting the forward, V-berth cabin and it's teak side planking
revealed the same attention to detail.

All in all, I counted over 250 stainless, single slotted screws that some
poor guy in Singapore tediously installed with every screw head in
perfect alignment.

That kind of old school craftsmanship and tradition is not found much
anymore.

http://www.eisboch.com/screws.jpg

Eisboch


Ahhh. Perhaps they learned how to index down at the Parker factory...

:}
Better check yours also. I'm sure you have a few loose ones.


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