Fallboard Screw(s)

[Conrad Hoffsommer]

At 11:35 5/18/2005 -0700, you wrote:
>Joe Goss said: "Replace all screws that hold the fall board with the next 
>size longer."
>
>Joe! You need to get a respirator so you don't inhale all of those CA 
>Fumes!!!!! Poor advise, IMO.
>No 1: In the Fischer Grand, those screws are Bolts and a size larger, 
>DEFINATELY is not to be done. They usually are 6-32 bolts, (screws), so 
>any hardware store has them.  No. 2: If it happens to be a wood screw, FIX 
>the hole and insert the Original Sized Screw. Why make work for 
>yourself!??? AND, PLEASE, No Phillips screws!!!!!!!<G>
>Regards,
>
>Joe Garrett, R.P.T.
>Captain, Tool Police
>Squares R I



Joe/Joe,


Methinks that, on some fallboards, a longer (machine) screw could either 
keep the fall from closing or  make a furrow on the back of the cheekblock.




Conrad Hoffsommer
It is a mistake to allow any mechanical object realize that you are in a hurry.