seized regulating screws

[Farrell]

I've had to make a new rail or two.    :-( 
Not all that hard to do.    :-|
Oh, and don't forget to charge them for it!   :-)

Terry Farrell

----- Original Message ----- 

>    I and others have asked about this before, but I don't remember 
> getting any answer that was practical/viable/workable/satisfactory.  Is 
> there anything that can be done to loosen up regulating screws that are 
> "frozen," or seized-up in the (wooden) regulating rail?  Protek doesn't 
> help.  Heating with a soldering iron or butane torch doesn't help.  Has 
> anybody tried WD-40 or some rust dissolver like Aero-Kroil?  Do you just 
> have to make a whole new rail? 
>    As for bending the entire rail upwards, to get the let-off closer to 
> the strings, instead of trying to turn, and thus breaking off, all the 
> screws, those regulating rail props are flattened such that they prett' 
> near prevent any bending at all in the up-and-down direction. 
>    What do y'all do?
>    --David Nereson, RPT