Nice idea, Joe, but the "rail" is so thin that screws are not much of an option, I'm afraid, except for very small ones to index the things. And as there are great globs of horse glue holding the flanges in place on this thin, fragile rail, "popping them off" isn't pleasant to think of, either. I believe, from years of player work, that shards and splinters would be all that's left. No, the brake part cleaner worked gorgeously, wonderfully, fantastically well! Of course I used a new carbon mask, as it's xylene, which can make you forget your own name, rank and raison d'etre, pronto! Feel like an idjit for not trying it 30 years earlier! Thump P.S. Bet it killed all the cooties in this thing, too! --- Joe Garrett <joegarrett@earthlink.net> wrote: > Thumper said: "If I can avoid making a Mylar (TM) > pattern of > all these flanges, then heating them off, re-pinning > and regluing them, trying to match the tracing, I > guarantee y'all 100% that I will !" > > Thumper, > Why do you always do it the hard way?!!! The best > way, IMO, would be to screw drill through the > flanges, into the rail; install screws w/bees wax; > remove screws and pop them off with a chisel! Then > Sandpaper the rail and reinstall. > As for all the high toxicity chemicals- - - - > Sheesh! What a "Cleany Beany"!<G> You being a guy > (?), you should know that dirt is part of our > existence!<G> (Girls need not comment!<G>) > Regards, > > > Joe Garrett, R.P.T. > Captain, Tool Police > Squares R I __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
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