Console doors: five questions

[87montauknewbie]

The console doors on my [1987–please always use four digits for the year] Montauk 17 are falling apart, and I would like to rebuild them. It looks like there is a peg that is supposed to hold the corners [of the Montauk console door] together.

Q1: What kind of peg is used?

Q2: Is the peg just a wood dowel?

Q3: Is there something better [than just wood dowel] to use [as a peg]?

Q4: Should I use wood glue?

Q5: Should I use Loctite-brand marine epoxy in order to glue [a console door and peg] together?

Thanks!

[NLA01]

I used something like this as plugs in the past when redoing console doors. Just get the right size.

https://www.lowes.com/pd/Madison-Mill-26-Pack-Wood-Poplar-Dowel-Pins-Actual-0-25-in-x-1-25-in/3042543

You could make you own teak plugs too. But I have never done that

I used Gorilla glue for the glue like this

https://www.lowes.com/pd/Gorilla-Original-4-fl-oz-Polyurethane-Brown-Multipurpose-Adhesive/1000003646

Works great and is very strong. The glue lasted on the doors on my boat for 7 year until I sold it.

[87montauknewbie]

cool Thank you!

[Arbee456]

Just so happens I did the same repair on my 1986 Outrage door frames this past weekend. The wood dowels on the frames were not teak or mahogany and they were totally rotted out. I drilled them out, slowly and carefully so as not to over drill the frame. I then used a scrap piece of mahogany to make new dowels and then glued them up using waterproof glue (Titebond III) and clamped with bar clamps. Make sure to remove the squeezed out glue from the wood with a wet rag or wet tooth brush after clamping. Almost impossible to completely remove the dried glue from the open grain after it dries.
Good luck with yours!