getting serious about methanol

[Guy, Karen, and Tor Nichols]

At 05:13 PM 7/3/99 -0400, you wrote:
Ed,
	For what it's worth, we almost never need anything more than a little
protec, or other cleaner/lube. We're so dry here, that it's rare that we
get one that needs alchohol/water shrinkage. I've used a 50/50 mix before
for actions that got super damp, somehow (swamp cooler accidents, etc), but
I'd be afraid to shrink much. We don't even see that much S&S verdigris.
Come winter, they'd fall apart! I really think that solutions (as opposed
to repinning) are totally dependent on ALL the factors surrounding the
sluggishness, and should be used on a case-by-case basis.
On the other hand, budget may play more of a role in our market, also. 

Guy


>Greetings all, 
>     Hmm,  ok, here is the autopsy.  
>  As per factory instruction,  I went to the pharamacy and told them I
wanted 
>straight methanol.  I placed the action in an area where it would not be 
>disturbed and put one drop on each hammer center.  I waited 24 hours without 
>touching it. 
>    Upon trial,  I find that almost half of the center pins were so loose 
>that the hammers wiggle side to side!   I must go back and repin this whole 
>line before I can trust the action to work.  I was taught to repin, and I 
>have done a lot of it, and I don't trust the chemical "sizing" process to 
>give consistant results. 
>      Anybody else have this happen?   And Lance, I know that in N.O. 
>anything goes, but we are not all tropical!(:)}}}
>Regards, 
>Ed Foote 
>