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great tips thank you
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No. Look at my second pic without the strips installed. You see the gap. The strips cover the gap. The bolt goes through that gap ;-)
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What I did was remove and replace half of the boards at a time. I had no help, so lifting the bed off seemed impossible, or at least very difficult. So, after pulling one half of the wood out and painstakingly removing all the rusted nuts (several perimeter bolts had to be cut) I started at the side and worked inward toward the middle. It became obvious when I got near middle that I was crowding the bolts between boards a bit. At that point I should've stopped and ripped each board down a smidge, widened the grooves, and the repainted all of them. But I wanted them in and done, and just put them in. I may still take them out and do that someday, we'll see. It actually fits well and looks good now, but I know there is no stopping wood from expanding. |
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