I'm thinking that since the Schaff bolts (per Bruce Dornfeld's article) are quite inexpensive, I'll go that route. Thanks all, Paul On Sun, Dec 26, 2010 at 4:46 PM, paul bruesch <paul at bruesch.net> wrote: > I have a 1955 Wurlitzer console with the really long screws to hold the > action brackets to the plate... or more accurately, to the spacer between > the action bracket and the plate. One of the holes is stripped. I can screw > the screw all the way in with my fingers. I can think of a few options, but > ideally it would be nice to replace the screw/spacer with a more typical > stud/nut configuration. > Other options I think of are: > - larger diameter screw (probably entails making a new spacer) > - chase out the hole, fill with a (dowel?) plug and re-drill for old screw > (but that results in screwing into end grain) > - epoxy to build up the existing hole > > Any advice or other ideas? > > Thanks, > Paul Bruesch > Stillwater, MN > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20101226/acdc378a/attachment.htm>
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