Klarinet Archive - Posting 000105.txt from 1998/04

From: Neil Leupold <nleupold@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: Loose screws
Date: Fri, 3 Apr 1998 09:42:58 -0500

On Fri, 3 Apr 1998, Mark Charette wrote:

> Neil Leupold wrote:
> > It wasn't very long ago that suggestions were made
> > regarding a method for preventing screws from backing
> > out of their rods while playing. Did it involve clear
> > nail polish, or am I confusing that with painting
> > the butt of a reed to limit water absorption?
>
> Non-permanent Loctite, available at your nearby hardware
> store, is a material expressly made to keep screws and
> nuts from coming loose.

Ah...somebody mentioned this product during a staff meeting
yesterday at work -- in relation to replacing screws on our
broken office furniture. I didn't make the connection that
this might be useful to me as well, so thanks for mentioning
it. Maybe I can borrow some from my colleague and give it a
try. There were other recommendations on the list which per-
tained to an understanding of exactly why screws unfasten them-
selves the way that they do. The explanations doubtless dealt
with binding between the screw and its rod, with possible methods
for permanently stopping this binding effect. Any repeat takers?

Thanks,
Neil

   
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