<HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html;= charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1170" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000;= FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7= rightMargin=7><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000= size=2> <DIV align=left> </DIV> <DIV>Wim:</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I have an old Black & Decker power screw driver that has= a torque adjustment on it.  I leave it set pretty high most= of the time for cheek block screws etc. but when working on= action screws I back down the torque setting (to 4 of a possible= 6) so I won't strip out the rail holes.  It has enough= power to strip them. DAMHIK.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>dave</DIV> <DIV= align=left><BR>__________________________________________</DIV> <DIV align=left>David M. Porritt, RPT</DIV> <DIV align=left>Meadows School of the Arts</DIV> <DIV align=left>Southern Methodist University</DIV> <DIV align=left>Dallas, TX 75275</DIV> <DIV align=left><A= href="mailto:dporritt@mail.smu.edu">dporritt@mail.smu.edu</A></D= IV> <DIV align=left> </DIV> <DIV align=left><BR>----- Original message= ----------------------------------------><BR>From: <<A= href="mailto:Wimblees@aol.com">Wimblees@aol.com</A>><BR>To:= <<A= href="mailto:caut@ptg.org">caut@ptg.org</A>><BR>Received:= Fri, 17 Sep 2004 12:16:53 EDT<BR>Subject: Re: [CAUT] Tightening= Screws as part of regular maintenance</DIV> <DIV align=left><BR>In a message dated 9/17/04 5:24:38 AM Central= Daylight Time, hoffsoco@martin.luther.edu writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px;= BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR:= transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>I wear wristbands= and now have an ever present cordless screwdriver to <BR>avoid= getting worse on both accounts.<BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV></DIV> <DIV>The wrist bands are good advice, and maybe even an elbow= brace. But a power driver, even the Milwaukee, in my opinion,= doesn't have enough torque to adequately tighten the screws,= especially the action screws. For those, and even for a lot of= the big case and plate screws, there is nothing like good old= fashioned elbow grease. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Wim </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>