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The ability to remove just one cover plate at a time
Ed McCullough:
Lone Harper,
Please tell us where we can buy threaded sleeves and screws to put into our combs, so we can take off only one cover plate at a time.
MikeB:
without the properly sharpened drill, acrylic can be difficult to drill the hole large enough for the insert without it cracking & breaking. Acrylic is similar to plexiglass or lexan when drilling & can be brittle. Caution would be the key word with this. It can be done, & can be worthwhile. The hole would have to be enlarged to fit the insert & then threaded & the insert glued in carefully. All the inserts you need are available on amazon, or temu if you look. I just did a quick search & found numerous ones. I would also suggest to use inserts not the helicoil thread repairs. The coil windings of the helicoil repair, if not properly glued in could move & damage the material making another repair necessary.
Age:
Don't see why you couldn't just make yourself up a kit. (or two) Go to McMasters (or equivalent) and get some barrel-screws /Chicago screws, (with a longer shank than what's pictured below) get four male screws that will fit and that you like the looks of, :) cut the female ends off of the barrel screws at just over a half inch using your electric drill as a lathe, dress the ends with a fine file or sandpaper, and epoxy that little finished sleeve into your comb. (being careful not to get any on the inside threads of course :P) when it's all set up you'll have a threaded comb. Bada-bing! 8)
Merry Christmas!
MikeB:
good one Age, i didn't think about the barrel screws. Now that I think about it, most of our Harmonicas already have barrel screws for the cover plates (at least mine all do), & if we were to get the same screws as the manufacturer (or similar looking) it would look like it came that way from the factory.
SlideMeister:
--- Quote from: MikeB on December 24, 2023, 04:22:47 PM ---good one Age, i didn't think about the barrel screws. Now that I think about it, most of our Harmonicas already have barrel screws for the cover plates (at least mine all do), & if we were to get the same screws as the manufacturer (or similar looking) it would look like it came that way from the factory.
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Yeah, ~I'd~ probably opt for something justa little bigger than the standard size, but tat's just me. :P
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