On Oct 2, 7:06*pm, "nom=de=plume" wrote:
I was trying to figure out a gift for my friend who's taking me sailing, but
he seems to have everything. So, I talked to his wife who said he's got
"bung" work to do, so anything for doing deck repair would be fine (he's got
every power tool imaginable, according to her). After some laughing and her
saying, "really, that's what they're called," I googled this and it looks
like they're these small plugs of wood that cover up screws in the deck. Why
don't they call them wood plugs??

I emailed his wife back and she said that he's been procrastinating because
he doesn't have the right drill bit to countersink the holes (to remove all
the old sealer, apparently), but didn't know exactly what size. Ok, so that
seemed like a good gift. I went to a local hw store and found a 22pc set of
"tapered" drill bits. It lists seven "Counter sinks" and seven "Depth
collars" - so I think I got the right thing.

Is deck teak considered a hard or soft wood? It seems to be a bit
contradictory from what I found. The bits supposedly work with either...
HW - 450 RPM and SW - 875, so it looks like as long as the drill is a
variable speed, which I'm assuming it is, then they should work with either,
right?

It wasn't very expensive, and it came in a nice wood box.

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Nom=de=Plume

Nice gift. However, why would anybody in their right mind want
something like teak that takes so much work on a boat. This is even
worse for those in cold climes where sailing season is so limited.
They spend so much making their teak look nice they spend no time
sailing. Waste of time in my opinion. My old boat has some teak and
I put cetol on it and dont worry about the bungs. Who cares?