[CAUT] large flat-head screws, was: Wandering Hammers

[Susan Kline]

I need some of the large size fasteners for an old Gulbransen grand 
missing a leg screw and a lyre screw -- and I think two of the screws 
on there may be mis-sized replacements.

Schaff says to phone for availability and price, so perhaps they 
don't have a complete inventory anymore? I'm thinking of laying in a 
supply of sizes 16 to about 20, in varying lengths, just so that if 
this comes up again I have something to reach for. The hardware 
stores around here all stop at size 14.

You can go years and years without needing oversized fasteners, but 
sometimes all at once without warning nothing else will do. Does 
anybody have any favorite online sources?

thanks in advance

Susan Kline
OSU, Newport Arts Center

P.S. Wandering hammers -- good advice all round. I wouldn't stop with 
the strips of sandpaper, I'd add lockwashers as several have 
suggested. Then the bottoming wouldn't be a problem, and there'd be 
some leeway in case humidity changes tend to loosen the screws. In 
fact, if the lockwashers were installed in the damp season, then 
they'd maintain tightness through the dry season without letting the 
wood fibers be crushed when the humidity rose again. I'm assuming a 
strong weather shift ... we're getting more of that than we used to 
in Oregon -- summer rains, wasn't our style until three years ago, 
has been since then.

At 03:40 PM 7/10/2009, you wrote:
> >Then I'll remove the sandpaper and try the 2 strip approach.? What 
> grit would someone suggest?
>
>I get rolls of sandpaper from Klingspor.
>www.woodworkingshop.com
>
>For flat hammer rails:
>item # AR20268:  220 grit, F weight paper
>
>For S&S rails:
>item # SR98760: 320 grit on cloth
>double sided tape to adhere to moulded rail is available at a 
>hardware store as 1/2" window plastic mounting tape.
>
>Washers I use for S&S hammer flanges: Part Number:  98017A624
>http://www.mcmaster.com/#98017a624/=2ou8qk
>
>
>With the abrasive rolls, I cut long strips, I don't like seams.
>
>Use a small drill bit and make the pilot hole a little deeper to 
>insure full insertion as Marcel mentioned. Washers too.
>
>--
>
>
>Regards,
>
>Jon Page


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