Re: [Harp-L] lee oskar reed plates

["Splash!" <celtiac@xxxxxxxxx>]

I have not had this situation arise in my experience, but have had similar 
experiences in dealing with other screws being stuck...

Use heat.  Perhaps a soldering iron with a clean tip.  Heat the metal around 
the screw.  Hot metal expands making the hole bigger than the screw and 
therefore releasing the tight grip on the stuck screw.

In the marine repair industry we call it using the blue wrench.  (torch = 
blue flame)

Splash!

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <captron100@xxxxxxx>
To: <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2010 12:32 PM
Subject: [Harp-L] lee oskar reed plates




Rainbow Jimmy wrote: I took one of my jewelery screwdrivers, but found the 
screws were frozen and
if force was used, the heads would strip. What do others do in this case?

 In addition to penetrating oil and a hammer tap or two, I would get a 
better fitting screwdriver, longer and one that has a better grip.  You 
could google it or ask on this list but i think the LO driver is a phillips 
head, as opposed to posi-grip which looks very similar.
 If u can get a high quality vise grip on the screw head, u might be able 
to get a good enough grip to turn the screw.  If these 2 attempts fails, u 
could drill off the screw head and once the reed plate is removed, try to 
get the good quality vise grip on the shaft of the screws.
 If THAT fails, by now the reed plate is removed from the comb.  If u can't 
drill new holes, if all else fails, you could hopefully replace the comb.
 Good luck.
ron