For the screws on the music rack, I take a toothpick and cut to the depth of the hole. Split it into 2 or 3 pieces and put in hole. Use one piece and tweezers to scoop up a good drop of a thick/paste fast setting epoxy and put in hole. Have the screws soaking in Mclube or other mould release. Make sure the toothpicks are evenly spread when you insert the screw. R&R screw after the epoxy sets. It will break loose with a crack and is tight. This could be used on bigger holes. The wood is what gives enough pressure to hold the screw tight while the epoxy sets/ Keith Roberts On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 6:11 PM, Fred Sturm <fssturm at unm.edu> wrote: > On Dec 9, 2008, at 9:40 AM, reggaepass at aol.com wrote: > > I was planning on installing delignit plugs in the rim of the Yamaha and >> glue-sizing (possibly with some non-glue material added) for the others. >> > > Hi Alan, > Plugs are best, if done well. Another possibility that isn't widely > known (tip courtesy of Eric Schandall) is hammer felt. Cut a wedge of hammer > felt scrap to fit the hole, slice it most of the way in half (from the wide > side not quite all the way down to the tip), press into the hole, put an awl > or similar into the middle of the split you made to make the obvious opening > for the screw, and install the screw. I like it for grand action bracket > screws and Steinway hammerflange screws, and have used it in a few other > places. It works well. > > Regards, > Fred Sturm > University of New Mexico > fssturm at unm.edu > > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut_ptg.org/attachments/20081210/2041ec51/attachment-0001.html>
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