At 10:32 AM -0500 7/27/04, Ron Nossaman wrote: >No need to drill. The 7/32 original is just right for a pilot. If >the originals have a 36 tpi thread pitch, just re-tap to 1/4 and go. Did anyone mention annealing them? Brass which has been under tension for 110 years might need its grain structure de-crystalized. (Think upright brass butt plates.)
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