HELP Accident assembling Music Master horn: what screws do I need?

[AmberolaAndy]

Welp yesterday Murphy’s Law stuck again! I was trying to put my Music Master bell together with the end of the cygnet and the connector on the music master fell off! What do I gotta do to connect them? Will I need glue or screws? White size screws will I need? I would really appreciate some input because shenanigans had to happen when I was putting this together.

[ColoradoPhonograf]

It needs 4 screws to secure it.

[AmberolaAndy]

It needs 4 screws to secure it.

Thank you very much. Appreciate it. I will be looking for these screws at ACE Hardware tomorrow.

[ColoradoPhonograf]

Andy,

Don't waste your time. Ace hardware certainly won't have them. you'll need to find them online.

ColoradoPhonograf

[AmberolaAndy]

Andy,

Don't waste your time. Ace hardware certainly won't have them. you'll need to find them online.

ColoradoPhonograf

Yeah I found out they’re too specialty

[EarlH]

You should also put burnt shellac behind your elbow to cement it in place. I usually burn the shellac down to where it's like firm jello and then cut some strips out of it to lay around the horn where the collar goes and then when I set the collar in place I heat it up either with a small torch or a heat gun. You'll want to make sure you have the collar oriented the way you want it as the shellac will hold your collar quite soundly, but with some heat you can re-orient it. I think the screws were just there to hold it long enough so if and when the shellac let go it would stay in place long enough to make the repair. And you can get the collar back off if you ever need to with a little heat. Good luck with your project. And if you go the stove bolt route, at least get square nuts so it looks like an old repair. Haha!

[AmberolaAndy]

You should also put burnt shellac behind your elbow to cement it in place. I usually burn the shellac down to where it's like firm jello and then cut some strips out of it to lay around the horn where the collar goes and then when I set the collar in place I heat it up either with a small torch or a heat gun. You'll want to make sure you have the collar oriented the way you want it as the shellac will hold your collar quite soundly, but with some heat you can re-orient it. I think the screws were just there to hold it long enough so if and when the shellac let go it would stay in place long enough to make the repair. And you can get the collar back off if you ever need to with a little heat. Good luck with your project. And if you go the stove bolt route, at least get square nuts so it looks like an old repair. Haha!

Ok. Another thing, do you know what screws I need for the latches for a suitcase home machine. I got a Latchless bottom cabinet for a suitcase home and I bought a pair of latches for the front. I’ll still need to buy the other pair of latches and a lid.