I just did this yesterday with my sunglasses. Backed the screw most of the way out of the threads, put in a drop, tightened them back down. Seemed to work fine. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike "Rocket J Squirrel"" <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Friday, July 09, 2010 7:29 PM Subject: Fryeday: machine screws and Loctite?
> On reading glasses, that is. > > One gets a little tired of having to constantly re-tighten the bitty > little screws that hold the temple pieces to the glasses. Especially if > one is farsighted and needs to find a second pair of glasses in order to > work on the first. > > One wonders if a bitty drop of Loctite could be used on the non-head end > of the bitty little screws. I figured that this group's bunch of old > codgers* probably use glasses a lot, and know their onions when it comes > to the proper application of Loctite. > > No Vanagon content although a lively discussion of Loctite and machine > screws might be useful to someone. > > ========== > * I'm 60. Well in the old fart category, and standing on the edge of > codgerdom. > > -- > Rocky J Squirrel > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus > signature database 5266 (20100709) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > > > |
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