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jeff
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(4/10/01 6:04:54 pm)
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bow
screw cap
The end of my bow screw is loose. I
don't know the technical term for it, but it is the fancy cap on the
end that one uses to loosen/tighten the hair. For some reason it
started popping off a couple of days ago. When the cap is off, I'm
left with a square metal shaft attached to the screw.
Of
course, I can pop it on to tighten/loosen the hair, but how do I
re-attach it "permanently" without doing something dumb?
Does
this take a professional instrument repair technician or can I do it
myself?
thanks
Edited by: jeff
at: 4/10/01 6:04:54 pm
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TerryM
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(4/10/01 8:56:32 pm)
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Re: bow
screw cap
I had this happen to one of my bows
and I mixed up some epoxy glue, the kind that comes in two tubes and
you mix them just before using. I reset the cap on the metal screw,
let it sit overnight and it has worked just fine since the repair.
There may be more elegant ways of repairing such problems, but this
one has worked for me. If the end piece keeps moving around on the
metal screw end it could wear a larger hole in the end piece and you
might be faced with replacing the screw entirely.
Terry
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Ryan
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Registered User
(4/14/01 6:58:39 pm)
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Re: bow
screw cap
If it is a decent bow, first
recommendation is to have a qualified repairperson do the work,
which may be a simple as replacing the screwshaft, and maybe the
eyelet on the bottom of the frog itself, as they need to be of the
same thread size. What you don't want to do is to use something so
permanent as epoxy as it would make any future repairs very
difficult (such as if the screwshaft should break off inside the
slot (which has happened to me, and several others I know). Using
any glue that is water soluable would be a far better temporary
alternative, and probably hold fine til a more permanent solution is
used. A bow repairperson might also just drill out a small portion
and plug and redrill the hole for your existing screw.
If it
is an inexpensive student bow, it may not really matter as long as
you get it to work properly, although I would still avoid anything
so permanent as epoxy.
Good luck,
Ryan
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