Have you tested to see if a cutting board will hold wood screws??Gonna use a polypropylene cutting board section for a replacement backing block?
While a polypropylene cutting board has the advantage of never rotting, it's too "slippery", so I wouldn't chance wood screws in it. However, every opportunity to replace a wood screw with a Nylock nut and bolt is taken (by me).Have you tested to see if a cutting board will hold wood screws??
My Dad "chipped-in" with four other friends and bought five one-piece [‽] wooden runabout hulls—freighted out of Canada. The empty 14-foot hulls "nested" to save trucking costs. While the term "gopher" didn't exist back then, the two of us assembled the boat, located every necessary wood part, bronze nails, brass screws, and made a very nice example that we used for several years.Yeah I've got lots of time in these boats too. My grandparents owned a Thompson wood canvas canoe that my cousin still keeps in beautiful condition. The whole family grew up with these so we've always had lots of wooden boats around the family. Dad went through several - 3 Yellow Jackets, a couple of Rhinelanders, 2 Old Towns, and a 22' Garwood. I ended up with a 1947 Old Town and one of the Rhinelanders, a 15' version that's really too small for the lake I'm now on. I'm trying to figure out what to do with that one.