<!doctype html public "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <html><head><style type="text/css"></style><title>[CAUT] action stack protocol</title></head><body> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" color="#000000">Question:  is there a proper protocol on which to install first, second,</font></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" color="#000000">etc?  My thinking is to install new let-off buttons first (in existing</font></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" color="#000000">holes), then wips along with travelling, then shanks/travelling.  Any</font></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" color="#000000">problems with this order?  Also, would it be more prudent to use the</font></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" color="#000000">existing let-off button wires and leave them in the rail.  The new ones</font></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" color="#000000">came with the wires on, so I would have to unscrew them all possibly</font></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" color="#000000">taking wood with it on removal. Removing the old wires from the rail might</font></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" color="#000000">damage the holes in the rail, eh?</font></blockquote> <div><br></div> <div>If you have new let off screws, replace them as long as they fit the holes.</div> <div>Before you remove the old, place a drop of Protek or Goose Juice on the</div> <div>threads below the rail to lube then hole while backing out. I use a let off</div> <div>screw driver in a hand-crank drill.  ream the holes if the new fit is tight,</div> <div>size with CA is a little loose. Hand-start the new screws and drive through</div> <div>with a drill to just protrude the rail on the bottom.</div> <div><br></div> <div>To insure a nice square fitting on the threads,  invert the bolt on a pair of</div> <div>hammer head extraction pliers. The prong end straddles the screw on top</div> <div>and the bolt head supports the button, turn by hand while squeezing the pliers</div> <div>and it will be tight enough when the button starts spinning on the bolt. jpg attchd.</div> <div><br></div> <div>So install the Let Off first while everything is off the stack.</div> <div><br></div> <div>I might be inclined to install the shanks and hammers first so they can be traveled and spaced to the strings so that the wippens can be aligned to the knuckles and then traveled.</div> <x-sigsep><pre>-- </pre></x-sigsep> <div><br> Regards,<br> <br> Jon Page</div> </body> </html>