G'day Vince.
As I said in my last post I haven't found the need to do anything to
my saddle keep plates yet, yet.
The prevailing wisdom seems to be to ditch the setting grub screws
and use shims. There is a Loctite which will hold without fixing for
good. LMS may have screws with nylon lock strips, they certainly do
in smaller sizes.
I recall Marty's site has dimensions for drilling the holes, if not
Varmint Al's.
Regarding the tinning, for bearing surfaces I use lead free
electronics solder which is 97% tin. A bit more lead would be
helpful. 40%Pb 60%Sn is plumbers solder which you should be able to
get from the plumbing section of a good hardware store in either
stick or roll form. The rosin flux in roll solder can be a pain.
Must go. Church is having a celebratory feasat tonight to mark Easter
and I'm the chief cook and bottle washer.
One good trun deserves another.
Regards,
Ian
