Brass Rail to Wood Flange Conversion

[Farrell]

>> Okay guys, please help me understand here. I'm understanding both Ron and 
>> Marcel to suggest that the butt flange in the picture below does not have 
>> sufficient contact with the action rail. Marcel goes further to suggest, 
>> that because of a lack of contact, the metal rods will imbed themselves 
>> into the flange and rail and the flange screws will continually loosen.
>
> I don't know if the flange screws will loosen (or the flange crush), but 
> no support under the screw head doesn't look like a good idea to me.  What 
> are the wires for here? They won't establish or maintain alignment, and 
> aren't a broad enough contact surface to be of much use as support under 
> the screw head, so I don't understand their contribution.

My understanding is that they are there to provide alignment and contact 
area - both of which they do - but I can also see that the level to which 
they do pales compared to a rail that has a well-cut hump at the screw hole 
that would provide very good alignment help and will provide 100% support.

>> This system has quite a bit of contact between the flange and action 
>> rail. The two entire rectangular areas (about 12mm x 5mm each) of the 
>> flange above the flange screw and below the screw are in intimate contact 
>> with the action rail. Plus it also has the limited surface area of the 
>> wires. That's not enough?
>
> Maybe, but I wouldn't.
>
> Ron N

Fair enough. Now I understand exactly what you are saying, and I think it 
has merit. I'm not convinced the current setup won't work (and I realize you 
are not saying that definitively either), but I do see the potential. 
Hmmmmmm.... Okay, where is that catalog.......

Thanks for all the input.

Terry Farrell