Machinists

[Ward & Probst]

Newton,
Possibly you could thread the damper wire, drill holes of the appropriate size 
in each end of a short length of hammer shank and use the shank as a coupler?
Just thinking out loud,
Dale
Dale Probst, RPT
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On Wednesday, April 18, 2001 10:51 AM, Newton Hunt [SMTP:nhunt@optonline.net] 
wrote:
> Are there any machinists out there that could do a little job for me?
>
> If you remember I posed the question about means to remove a broken screw in
> an old
> S&S M damper top flange.  My solution did not work so I want to have made a
> connector, a joiner, a coupler.
>
> About 1/2" long tube with an ID of .80" OD .16+" with a screw at each end to
> hold the
> wire in parallel.
>
> The idea is to cut the grand damper wire and use the coupler to shorten or
> lengthen
> the timing of the damper as needed.
>
> THe screw would need to be a #4, 3, or 2 and the tube needs to be thick 
walled
> enough
> to hold the screws without stripping out.  Material could be aluminum or 
brass
> or
> whatever is lying around.
>
> Someone suggested using small diameter heat shrink tubing.  Not a bad idea 
but
> it is
> not especially adjustable unless it is cut off and then a new piece added.
>
> I need three of these things.
>
> I am not a machinist nor do I have the quipment to do such a project.
>
> 		Newton Hunt
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