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Re: Kelvin Hughes Sextant
From: Jerry Gorman
Date: 2014 Nov 22, 10:40 -0800
From: Jerry Gorman
Date: 2014 Nov 22, 10:40 -0800
Hi as a clockmaker and collector I have not experienced brittleness in brass . Stripped threads on small brass screws is normally associated with cross threading , small threads are easy to damage, inserting damaged screws ' or over exuberance when tightening