This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment If it broke off behind the plate, you could use a lead concrete anchor = in the hole in the plate and a shorter screw. The anchor expands when = you put the screw in. Dry wall or deck screws snap easily. Good luck! Keith R. ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Pianotoone@AOL.COM=20 To: pianotech@ptg.org=20 Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2002 2:18 PM Subject: Re: Extracting Action Screw In a message dated 04/03/2002 4:54:04 PM Eastern Standard Time, = RNossaman@KSCABLE.com writes: It's simple, Dick. You put a screwdriver in the slot and turn, the = screw breaks, and that's all there is to it. I get a feeling those aren't = the details you wanted though. My preference is to leave the dumb things in = there (if there's room to get past them), and put a new screw right next to = them. Something like a sheet rock screw, only heavier gage and longer, is = available at any decent hardware store. They are roughly 73 times harder than = the originals, but even so, I'd drill a pilot hole Actually these action screws are the kind with a3 inch plastic spacer = between the bracket and the plate. Don't know if I could get a drywall = screw that long.=20 ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/60/e2/75/53/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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