I made my own. Went to the local lumber yard and got them to cut me two 3"x8" pieces of 1" teak. I used the old pieces as a template and cut the slant with a hand saw. I dry fitted them on the pulpit and marked the location to pre-drill the mounting screw holes. Rounded the edges in the sanding stage, cleaned with Interlux thinner 216 (nasty, nasty, stuff BTW) and applied three coats of Cetol. I applied the first coat with a natural bristle brush but ended up applying the next two coats with foam brushes. The thinner is just too nasty to clean the brush with. Even with a VO mask I did not think it was worth it to expose myself and my neighbours to the Xylene fumes.
The finished product is a little less round than the original. But I don't have a router and did not feel like messing about rounding the ends with a hand saw. Generally I am pleased with the result.
Last edited by dlabrosse; 04/26/09 03:26 AM.
