| Subject: | Re: [RESOGUIT-L] Re: INDREK VAINU -- how secure is your strap? | | Date: | Monday, November 12, 2007 10:13:11 (-0800) | | From: | Richard DeNeve <richard_d13132 @.....com>
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| In reply to: | Message 7864 (written by tower.op) |
LockTite would probably work, once the nut has been
tightened down with pliers. I personally like
Permatex "form-a-gasket #1," available in most auto
supply stores. But be careful; the solvent in
Permatex and probably Locktite attacks lacquer
finishes.
The larger screws in many strap buttons are slightly
domed and project above the plane of the button. This
would need to be ground off to allow the removable
piece of the Schaller StrapLok to slide over it, which
in turn may remove enough of the screw driver slot to
make attaching the button difficult.
Better to take a maple condiment toothpick, dip the
end without the colored cellophane into some Tite Bond
glue, insert it into the oversized screw hole, break
it off flush with the end of the guitar, and the next
day screw in the screw provided by the Schaller folks.
Works for those with little time, or no basement
lathe.
Dick DeNeve
--- tower.op@verizon.net wrote:
> I was going to ask if Loctite might be a good idea
> since the nut on the strap
> end of the straplock is only tightened against the
> resistance of the leather
> strap, so it cannot be considered permanently
> tightened.
>
> I recently bought a Schaller lock to put on my
> Dobro, but have not installed it
> yet. The screw is much smaller diameter than the
> existing end button screw,
> which on my Do is a second screw, below the one that
> holds the tailpiece. I
> want to either drill out the Schaller locking end
> button, or make a new one to
> take the larger scew.
>
> It helps to have a lathe in the basement, but time
> is another thing....
>
> Steve Bartlett
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