Where can I find a screw this size?

[drcoastline]

ChemMan, I'll shoot them an email or give a call. It can't hurt. Thanks for the link.

Tevak- There isn't a backing plate. This screw goes through a piece of 3/4" teak toe rail and into a 4" x 8" oak stern timber. There is the possibility of through bolting but the bolt would be nearly 12".

[Robert Adams]

Hope all is well?! Haven't chatted and a long while.

Two places I would try:
Finkles Hardware in Lambertville. Not boaters, but an old time hardware store and typically, you name it they have it or can/will get it. : FINKLES ONLINE: PLUMBING-ELECTRICAL-HARDWARE-STEEL-TOOLS

or possibly Jamestown Distributors: Jamestown Distributors

I found stainless screws for my Targa top clamps here.

Good luck!

[charlesbahn]

Chesapeake Marine Fasteners
Directions
Marine Supply Store
Address: 10 Willow St, Annapolis, MD 21401
Phone (410) 266-9332

If they don't have it, you won't find it.

[drcoastline]

Hi Bob,

All is good. How are you? Did you finish your house? How is the Targa coming along?

Jamestown was one of the first places I looked. They have a Bronze screw the size I need. I will use that as a fall back and get it chrome plated if I can not find the proper stainless steel version. I'll give finkles a try.



Charles- Thanks for the post. I'll give them a try today. It looks like they may be a division of Fawcett?

[charlesbahn]

Hi,
No relation to Fawcett's that I know of. Small little place near the Armory, if you know Annapolis. Marine fasteners is all they do, and they are the go to place when all else fails.

Charles

[tevake]

That's some meaty timber you got in there. What sort of boat Are we talking about here.
It's kind of late but pics please

Cheers Richard

[dad911]

Finkels was a good shot, I forgot about them.

Mcmasters sells threaded barbed inserts for wood in brass. then use a machine screw?

[cabmandone]

Have you checked Fastenal or McMaster Carr online?

[drcoastline]

dad911, cabmando- My fall back is a bronze screw that I will have plated. Prior to I was hoping to find the correct Stainless Steel screw.

Tevak- It's a 1958 Trumpy 53.



The screw fastens down this chock indicated by the red arrow. Three 3/4" lines broke during a micro burst last October of last year. Only the port stern line kept the boat from drifting into a transient boat directly across from us. The stress of a 29 ton boat must have been a little to much for that 57 year old screw. As you can see the swim platform was also damaged during the storm. We were lucky the storm saw a sailboat also break loose. The boat was swept into a high voltage power line, the owner was on board and electrocuted.