<HTML><HEAD> <META charset=US-ASCII http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff"> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 1/9/2008 10:07:42 AM Pacific Standard Time, hullfam5@yahoo.com writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT face=Arial>In trying to seat new agraffes that don't tighten in the proper position, has anybody every tried loc-tite blue?  How would that compare to CA?<BR>The agraffe could be turned to the correct position then simply "locked" down with an adhesive of this nature that would still allow for future removal?</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style">Ron addresses a better method, whch we also use. However, it got me thinking about why they need seating at all. An agraffe turned in loosely (short of seated) will, when strung, remain where it's put. I would expect the reason for seating it is to provide a solid termination, important just like the termination at the bridge pin. While it's true that a loose agraffe, especially a new, sloppily machined one, will rattle around; with even fifteen degrees of draft angle there is about 40-50 pounds of upward force holding the agraffe threads against the plate threads. Physicists, is there really any likelihood of agraffe movement, given the forces induced in the string by the hammer?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style">Always fun to rethink something that "everyone knows."</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style">Bob D</FONT></DIV><BR><BR><BR><DIV><FONT style="color: black; font: normal 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF;"><HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px">Start the year off right. <A title="http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489" href="http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489" target="_blank">Easy ways to stay in shape</A> in the new year. </FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>