Learning from an owner annual

THAT is OSH, to me, now. The airshows and stuff are still fun, but the
North 40 is what grass-roots aviation is all about. So, we try to
make sure that Atlas is in tip-top shape every July, for that long, 90
minute flight back to Wittman Field...

And we couldn't party in the parking lot

You've never tail-gated before?

;-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Jay Honeck wrote:
THAT is OSH, to me, now. The airshows and stuff are still fun, but the
North 40 is what grass-roots aviation is all about. So, we try to
make sure that Atlas is in tip-top shape every July, for that long, 90
minute flight back to Wittman Field...


And we couldn't party in the parking lot


You've never tail-gated before?

;-)
at OSH? NEVER

You've never tail-gated before?

Shouldn't that be tail-Gator'ed?

Back when I used to work on airplanes as an avionics tech, someone showed me
a neat trick for getting stuck screws loose. When you find a screw that
doesn't want to come loose, or that the screwdriver tip cams out of, put a
little valve grinding compound on the screwdriver tip. Valve grinding
compound comes in a tube at auto parts stores, and has a fairly coarse grit
in it. It gives your screwdriver tip much better traction in a screwhead
that's already been a little damaged, and does a great job of preventing the
screwdriver tip from camming out. There's also something similar available
called "Screw Grab" that I found at a hardware store locally, that has the
same grit in it but in a thinner solution. It works just as well. I rarely
have to drill out screws since I started using those compounds.
Scott Wilson

wrote in message ...
[...] Valve grinding
compound comes in a tube at auto parts stores, and has a fairly coarse
grit
in it. It gives your screwdriver tip much better traction in a screwhead

I'm sure you'll get replies saying (in effect) "you didn't know that?" But
thanks for posting the tip anyway. Lots of the rest of us didn't know it
either.

Peter Duniho wrote:
wrote in message ...

[...] Valve grinding
compound comes in a tube at auto parts stores, and has a fairly coarse
grit
in it. It gives your screwdriver tip much better traction in a screwhead


I'm sure you'll get replies saying (in effect) "you didn't know that?" But
thanks for posting the tip anyway. Lots of the rest of us didn't know it
either.


The Phillips ACR bit sold by Snap-On has serrations which reduce "cam-out".

--
John Kimmel

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"He's dead, Jim."

On Tue, 4 Jul 2006 19:48:05 GMT, wrote:

Back when I used to work on airplanes as an avionics tech, someone showed me
a neat trick for getting stuck screws loose. When you find a screw that
doesn't want to come loose, or that the screwdriver tip cams out of, put a
little valve grinding compound on the screwdriver tip. Valve grinding
compound comes in a tube at auto parts stores, and has a fairly coarse grit
in it. It gives your screwdriver tip much better traction in a screwhead
that's already been a little damaged, and does a great job of preventing the
screwdriver tip from camming out. There's also something similar available
called "Screw Grab" that I found at a hardware store locally, that has the
same grit in it but in a thinner solution. It works just as well. I rarely
have to drill out screws since I started using those compounds.

Thanks for the tip.

-Nathan

writes:

Back when I used to work on airplanes as an avionics tech, someone showed me
a neat trick for getting stuck screws loose. When you find a screw that
doesn't want to come loose, or that the screwdriver tip cams out of, put a
little valve grinding compound on the screwdriver tip.

I have actually tried super-gluing the screwdriver to the &^(^ Phillips
screw. You have to have a way to hold it in place for say an hour later.

It got the screw out & was no issue to then remove the screw & glue, but it's
hardly practical...
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wrote:
Back when I used to work on airplanes as an avionics tech, someone showed me
a neat trick for getting stuck screws loose. When you find a screw that
doesn't want to come loose, or that the screwdriver tip cams out of, put a
little valve grinding compound on the screwdriver tip. Valve grinding
compound comes in a tube at auto parts stores, and has a fairly coarse grit
in it. It gives your screwdriver tip much better traction in a screwhead
that's already been a little damaged, and does a great job of preventing the
screwdriver tip from camming out. There's also something similar available
called "Screw Grab" that I found at a hardware store locally, that has the
same grit in it but in a thinner solution. It works just as well. I rarely
have to drill out screws since I started using those compounds.
Scott Wilson

Thanks for the tip. Too bad I didn't know this when I was rebuilding
the carb on my bike. Had to get new screws that were very hard to
find.

Monk