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Andrew Goulet
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Posted 15 Dec 2020 2:01 pm |
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I dropped a knee lever set screw on this carpet. Goodbye, set screw.
On an unrelated note, does anyone have a good source for small set screws? 
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Marlen S12 pedal steel
SX 6 string lap steel
ZT Club and Lunchbox |
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Richard Sinkler
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aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
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Posted 15 Dec 2020 2:03 pm
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If you have a magnet, you might be able to find it. I get my small set screws at Ace Hardware or Home Depot.
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Carter D10 8p/8k, Dekley S10 3p/4k C6 setup,Regal RD40 Dobro, Recording King Professional Dobro, NV400, NV112,Ibanez Gio guitar, Epiphone SG Special (open D slide guitar) . Playing for 54 years and still counting. |
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Doug Hall
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Alabama, USA
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Posted 15 Dec 2020 2:18 pm set screw
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if you have an unmounted speaker, you could slide it across the carpet. Or (and this might be too obvious), if you have a metal detector...
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Mullen G2 SD10, Excel S10; Peavey 400s (LTD, Vegas, Session, and Renown); Nashville 112; etc... |
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George Kimery
From:
Limestone, TN, USA
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Posted 15 Dec 2020 3:04 pm Set screws
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Ross Shafer
From:
Petaluma, California
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Posted 15 Dec 2020 3:14 pm
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| I second that. Ace is the Place! |
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Johnie King
From:
Tennessee, USA
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Posted 15 Dec 2020 3:30 pm
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| Ross Shafer wrote: |
| I second that. Ace is the Place! |
With a helpful hardware man! |
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Mike Ritchie
From:
Florida, USA
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Posted 15 Dec 2020 3:42 pm
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As soon as you buy a new one, you will accidentally find the old one. So.....at least you will have a spare  |
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Andrew Goulet
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Posted 15 Dec 2020 4:01 pm
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Thanks, everybody. Hardware stores, of course!
I just always get a kick out of that carpet. Such a bad pattern for under a steel. Although it trains me never to drop a fingerpick...
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Marlen S12 pedal steel
SX 6 string lap steel
ZT Club and Lunchbox |
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Jon Light
From:
Saugerties, NY
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Posted 15 Dec 2020 4:10 pm
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I want to say that this tool has paid for itself with all the things that it has picked up but....that would be an awful lot of 5¢ things on the floor and I'm not that clumsy. Well maybe I am. Anyway, it's great to have.
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George Biner
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Los Angeles, CA
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Posted 15 Dec 2020 6:44 pm
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My ACE hardware has a lot of fasteners, screws and such but nothing in small set screws. I have a big, secret tip for you:
** FASTENAL **
I love these guys. They have a website but also local stores that you can go pick up at. And they have literally anything you are looking for, inch and metric. A great source for set screws. Tools too.
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Guacamole Mafia - acoustic harmony duo
Electrical engineer / amp tech in West Los Angeles -- I fix Peaveys
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Bobby D. Jones
From:
West Virginia, USA
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Posted 15 Dec 2020 8:56 pm
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I am lucky there is a Fastenal and Ace Hardware in site of each other.
Our Ace Hardware is great for small quanities of small diameter set screws and Allen Hex Wrenches. I like to cut wrenches so they will fit in under carriage of a steel guitar.
FASTENAL is great for large quanities of screws, Round plastic and metal stock. I have ordered 7/67" Stainless Steel rod stock, To make EMMONS pull rods. It comes in 20 foot lengths. Be sure to have it cut in 3 foot lengths or the shipping is costly. |
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Ken Pippus
From:
Langford, BC, Canada
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Posted 15 Dec 2020 8:58 pm
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| Ace had exactly the right set screw when I needed one for a volume pedal. Pretty impressive selection at the local store. Love those guys. |
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Rich Upright
From:
Florida, USA
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Posted 16 Dec 2020 5:35 pm
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Walk around barefoot for awhile...when you start cussin'...you've found it!
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Jerry Jones
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Franklin, Tenn.
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Posted 16 Dec 2020 6:44 pm
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In a dark room, lay a flashlight flat on the carpet so any anomalies in the carpet will be exaggerated. Worked for me many times.
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Eric Dahlhoff
From:
Point Arena, California
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Posted 16 Dec 2020 9:52 pm
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Yes - what Jerry said! The shadow trick always works!
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Richard Sinkler
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aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
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Posted 17 Dec 2020 4:47 am
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Hold on! I see it! No, wait. That's just a floater in my eye. 
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Carter D10 8p/8k, Dekley S10 3p/4k C6 setup,Regal RD40 Dobro, Recording King Professional Dobro, NV400, NV112,Ibanez Gio guitar, Epiphone SG Special (open D slide guitar) . Playing for 54 years and still counting. |
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Jon Light
From:
Saugerties, NY
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Posted 17 Dec 2020 4:56 am
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| Jerry Jones wrote: |
| In a dark room, lay a flashlight flat on the carpet so any anomalies in the carpet will be exaggerated. Worked for me many times. :) |
If it moves, that's a nope. |
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Andrew Goulet
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Posted 17 Dec 2020 10:49 am
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Thanks, George, for the Fastenal tip!
I found it with a flashlight! Also, I found out how horribly dirty that carpet is. So I learned a lot yesterday.
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Marlen S12 pedal steel
SX 6 string lap steel
ZT Club and Lunchbox |
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Larry Jamieson
From:
Walton, NY USA
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Posted 17 Dec 2020 12:32 pm
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| I always like a happy ending to the story... |
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Thomas Stone
From:
San Francisco
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Posted 17 Dec 2020 9:07 pm
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| boltdepot.com is another good source for anything you can't find locally. |
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Per Berner
From:
Skovde, Sweden
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Posted 18 Dec 2020 5:38 am
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| Been there, done that... Another way is to put a nylon stocking over your vacuum cleaner nozzle, it will pick up a small screw without sucking it in. Your wife may not approve, but it works. |
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