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187495 Spike Cornelius <spikethebike@c...> 2009‑01‑24 Re: Possible to repair a brass saw screw? What about a
On Jan 24, 2009, at 11:31 AM, Dwight Beebe wrote:

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Ka-chunk~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

  Do the assembled porch
members have any suggestions about reattaching the shaft and screw?  I
have a propane torch, but little experience with it, although I've
done more than my share of electric soldering.

With respect to the chipped horn, I've uploaded photos of the saw,
post-Evaporust, and included probably too many pics of the damaged
area.

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  If it was me, I would silver solder the screw back together.
For the chip in the horn, I would mix up some epoxy with wood dust  
and patch it with that. Use some tape as a dam to keep the epoxy in  
place, maybe do several applications.

Spike Cornelius
PDX
           Crazy for Shavings

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