Comments on: Guitar Building Wood Screw Tip http://www.300guitars.com/2009/12/guitar-building-wood-screw-tip/ Guitar Mania by Billy Penn Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:05:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Billy Pennhttp://www.300guitars.com/2009/12/guitar-building-wood-screw-tip/#comment-798 Billy Penn Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:33:25 +0000 http://www.300guitars.com/?p=6173#comment-798 Robert- Great tips! Thanks for posting them!!! I remember some carpenters talking about the soap years ago when I was in the electrical union as an apprentice. The one about the string I do not recall ever hearing about and it is a good one so thanks for that!!! -Billy Robert- Great tips! Thanks for posting them!!! I remember some carpenters talking about the soap years ago when I was in the electrical union as an apprentice. The one about the string I do not recall ever hearing about and it is a good one so thanks for that!!! -Billy

]]> By: Roberthttp://www.300guitars.com/2009/12/guitar-building-wood-screw-tip/#comment-795 Robert Wed, 16 Dec 2009 21:15:56 +0000 http://www.300guitars.com/?p=6173#comment-795 Your tip for lubricating wood screws for easier installation is great, however, it's as effective and cheaper to use a bar of soap and draw the screw across until the threads are filled with soap. That's a commonly used method in boat building.If you build speaaker cabinets or any wood cabinet that needs to be airtight there is another boat building tip that is useful. In order to get a good seal between wood surfaces that may not be perfectly mated, use a lengh of string that will fit the area and dip it in the same wood glus used for the project. When the panels are glued and screwed in place the string forms a gasket that fills minor non mating surfaces and seals air tight.Keep up the great work. Robert Your tip for lubricating wood screws for easier installation is great, however, it’s as effective and cheaper to use a bar of soap and draw the screw across until the threads are filled with soap. That’s a commonly used method in boat building.

If you build speaaker cabinets or any wood cabinet that needs to be airtight there is another boat building tip that is useful. In order to get a good seal between wood surfaces that may not be perfectly mated, use a lengh of string that will fit the area and dip it in the same wood glus used for the project. When the panels are glued and screwed in place the string forms a gasket that fills minor non mating surfaces and seals air tight.

Keep up the great work.
Robert

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