Premium Members Charles King Posted March 24, 2009 Premium Members Report Share Posted March 24, 2009 I have a question gentlemen. I am thinking if the tip of the screw should be more rounded or oval as to fit the concave design of the female block on the vest? All male block screws I've seen are flat. Why make the spar that the screw will fit into concave when the screw is flat? Do I make sense? Posted a pic below Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Erwin Landau Posted March 24, 2009 Premium Members Report Share Posted March 24, 2009 They usually start there life flat like that, but after a while just through brute force, they will start to get round and deformed to that point where you have to cut them down to back them out or replace them. Walter Klassen's screws are nicely machined to a round tip... also the "wing nut" part is machined Aluminum and he used threaded bolts versus screws. The ones from GPI are more conical at the tip... it depends on the style screw that is used and pressed into the plastic wing nut. I would put a file to the tip and get rid of the first two or three threads... so as it deforms over time, it will not grow in diameter until you can't back it out... I hope that makes any sense at 3 am... have to go to work now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Louis Puli SOC Posted March 24, 2009 Moderators Report Share Posted March 24, 2009 I have a question gentlemen. I am thinking if the tip of the screw should be more rounded or oval as to fit the concave design of the female block on the vest? All male block screws I've seen are flat. Why make the spar that the screw will fit into concave when the screw is flat? Do I make sense? Posted a pic below Hi Charles May I say All of the screw that I have received from steadyrig are rounded . Yes you make good sense. I think the rounded end work much better . Good Luck Louis Puli Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinThwaites Posted March 24, 2009 Report Share Posted March 24, 2009 Hi Charles We normally use domed end screws from the factory. Robin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Charles King Posted March 24, 2009 Author Premium Members Report Share Posted March 24, 2009 Thank you all for your responses. I will then go ahead and round off the tip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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