Stripped Plate Bolts

[John Musselwhite]

At 08:29 AM 3/14/97 -0500, Arnold wrote:

>have always had this "fear" of stripping out some plate screw or pin block
[...]
>just tighten them with all my might, but what should I do if one of them
>does strip?  How should I fix it?  That is a "whole bunch of tention" to put

One suggestion might be to split a hammershank in half and use a few drops
of CA glue to stick half to one side of the stripped hole.  Be careful to
make sure it's stuck where the wood is thickest in line with the rim.

The glue holds it in place so it won't drift over to the inside or outside
of the rim or block, minimizing the chances of splitting apart the laminations.

This fix was given to me by a factory service rep who seemed to be quite
familiar with this problem.

John Musselwhite, RPT
Calgary, Alberta Canada
musselj@cadvision.com