[modeleng] Re: Headless pinch screws
- From: "Jeff Dayman" <jeffdayman@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 2 Jan 2006 11:51:46 -0500
Hi All,
If I fit a hex socket head screw on equipment to be used outdoors I squirt a
bit of silicone sealer in the socket and leave a "tail" to pull it out with,
once it sets. I've seen equipment I did this treatment to sit outside for 10
years, all weather, at operating heat and with oily muck all over it. When I
needed to change a pulley with such a plugged hex screw, the socket was like
brand new for use with the key after pulling out the goop plug.
If fitting them indoors, or on something serviced often, I fill the socket
with grease or copper antiseize compound.
This will reduce or eliminate crud buildup, and if a litle muck does get in,
I can usually poke it and the grease out with a smaller hex key then use the
right size hex key easily. The hex socket screws are usually hardened and of
good quality steel. I really dislike slotted screws of any kind, because I
always seem to damage either the slot or the surrounding work when using
them. The hex socket ones are fitted wherever possible on my stuff.
Just my $0.02.
Cheers, Jeff Dayman Waterloo Ontario Canada
----- Original Message -----
From: "shep" <shep.28@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, January 02, 2006 9:57 AM
Subject: [modeleng] Re: Headless pinch screws
> AL - I agree - even if you have to scrape out the gunge, the itty-bitty
hex
> key gives much more control that an itty-bitty screwdriver skidding out of
> the itty-bitty slot!
>
> Cheers! Hubert.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Allen Messer" <al_messer@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, January 02, 2006 1:42 PM
> Subject: [modeleng] Re: Headless pinch screws
>
>
> > This is very true, TEL, but I find that an itty bitty
> > hex wrench gives me more "feel" when adjusting than a
> > regular screw dtiver/spanner, or maybe I'm just
> > "screwy"?
> >
> > Al Messer
> >
> >
>
>
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