Grand effort all around. How did you keep the screws from surfacing on the other side? Or better stated how did you know just how far to place the brass screws?
I don't think I even used a ruler, and I just eyeballed the width of the stock where it needed the screws. Then I selected brass screws of the proper length; stopping them when they were about 1/4" shy of the other side (while ensuring the threads were all "in the wood"), and I still had plenty of screw outside to cutoff and file smooth.
I painstakingly filed those down too, using a hole punch on thin tape to put on the wood around the screw; and I carefully filed them to they were flush and the file caught on the tape. I think I used 3 different thin tapes to get them flush with the stock, and now I can't catch them with my fingernail. Yes, a whole lot of extra work, but I am pleased with the repair.
Old No7
