Restoration of screw hole protection pieces
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- Victor I
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Restoration of screw hole protection pieces
When opening my gramophone, I noticed that the screws had some small pieces similar to straw around the screws to protect the screw holes in the wooden parts. These small pieces use to disintegrate once I remove the screw. My problem is how to replace these pieces. Did someone have the same problem? What did you use as replacement for this screw hole protection? Thanks.
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- Victor Monarch
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Re: Restoration of screw hole protection pieces
I don't think they were for protection- it sounds as if the screw holes stripped and something was put in to meke the screw hold.
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- Victor Jr
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Re: Restoration of screw hole protection pieces
Protect the screw holes from what? The screw?" Your hole was "screwed up" and repaired and was not 'straw".amrcg wrote:When opening my gramophone, I noticed that the screws had some small pieces similar to straw around the screws to protect the screw holes in the wooden parts. These small pieces use to disintegrate once I remove the screw. My problem is how to replace these pieces. Did someone have the same problem? What did you use as replacement for this screw hole protection? Thanks.

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Re: Restoration of screw hole protection pieces
One little trick that sometimes works when the screw holes have gotten a bit too large is place a wooden toothpick, or two, in the hole and break it off even with the surface. This will give a bit of extra bite. And of course there is always plastic wood and such.
Clay
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2. Shortage of finance, however dire, will never prevent the acquisition of a desired object, however improbable its cost.
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Re: Restoration of screw hole protection pieces
What Clay said. To make the repair more or less permanent, you can dip the toothpicks in Titebond wood glue before inserting, small-tip end first, into the hole. I always use flat toothpicks, and pack them into the hole rather tightly. Toothpick wood is soft and yielding, and the screw point will center and self-thread when you drive the screw into the repair.
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- Victor I
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Re: Restoration of screw hole protection pieces
What about using wax, silicone or a similar material that will fix the screw when dry, but which is also easily removed next time we need to take the screw out? Does this have any disadvantages in comparison with glue?
Cheers,
António
Cheers,
António
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Re: Restoration of screw hole protection pieces
Never tried that. The glued repair forms, in effect, a new hole, so you can remove and replace the screw at will. It should be good until/unless the threads get stripped out again, which they shouldn't if you're careful.
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Re: Restoration of screw hole protection pieces
I've found that a piece of bamboo skewer makes a good screw hole repair. The wood is tough and less likely to be cut into bits by the screw threads. Soft wood like toothpicks or match sticks lacks strength if the screw is under pressure, such as a lid support or a crank escutcheon.
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Re: Restoration of screw hole protection pieces
Glue has always worked fine for me when installing the tooth pick bits, with no problem removing the screws later if necessary. Of course you'd want to use something like a regular wood glue--no super glue. I haven't tried estott's bamboo idea yet, but it sounds intriguing.amrcg wrote:What about using wax, silicone or a similar material that will fix the screw when dry, but which is also easily removed next time we need to take the screw out? Does this have any disadvantages in comparison with glue?
Cheers,
António
Clay
Arthur W. J. G. Ord-Hume's Laws of Collecting
1. Space will expand to accommodate an infinite number of possessions, regardless of their size.
2. Shortage of finance, however dire, will never prevent the acquisition of a desired object, however improbable its cost.
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2. Shortage of finance, however dire, will never prevent the acquisition of a desired object, however improbable its cost.
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Re: Restoration of screw hole protection pieces
The absolute best method that I have found, with no ill side effects, is to fill the hole with some twisted steel wool. The screw holds great and it's reversible if required.
Curt
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"No one needs a Victrola XX, a Perfected Graphophone Type G, or whatever you call those noisy things."
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