>My question is how often do agraffes seat snuggly while facing the >exact right direction? Having never screwed down agraffes, how >much turn do you have to get them right. ---quarter turn? Much less. A quarter turn is 90°. More like about 30° past snug seems about right to me. >It >seems unlike an outside spigot you have twice in one turn to get >them (agraffes) facing right if you can use both faces. You use both faces. >But do >you really have 180 degrees to get the agraffe to line up? Nope. >If >you get it too snug don't you risk it breaking now or later? Yup >---or >if it lines up but not quite snug then that might not provide the >best termination for the string. (Perhaps the cause of >intermittent mystery high pitch zings or buzzes?) Possibly, but probably not. > Is the reason for shims to get the agraffes to line up while >being snug at the same time? ------rm Depends on who you talk to. The same thing can be accomplished by matching agraffe threading to the hole without shims. Ron N
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