balance rail holes

[Horace Greeley]

Don, et al,

I switched to exactly this method after years of old-fashioned
glue sizing.  The CA glue does not _seem_ to have bad side
effects, so far.

Best.

Horace




At 10:52 AM 11/19/97 -0600, you wrote:
>Hi, 
>
>I had a talk with a model airplane builder today. They frequently screw the
>wings on and off their tiny models. The great problem in the past was the
>screws would eventually strip. So now the screw hole is treated with very
>thin CA glue. The holes wear like *iron*. After some thought, I wonder if
>anyone has tried to *stabilize* balance rail holes by putting a drop of CA
>glue on the (sometimes soft) wood? It might be a way to significantly extend
>the life of a key not to mention stabilizing the size of the hole to avoid
>humidity effects.
>Regards,
>Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T.
>"Tuner for the Centre of the Arts"
>drose@dlcwest.com
>3004 Grant Rd.
>REGINA, SK
>S4S 5G7
>306-352-3620 or 1-888-29t-uner
>
>
>
Horace Greeley

Systems Analyst/Engineer
Controller's Office
Stanford University

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