I just did this yesterday with my sunglasses. Backed the screw most of the
way out of the threads, put in a drop, tightened them back down. Seemed to
work fine.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike "Rocket J Squirrel"" <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, July 09, 2010 7:29 PM
Subject: Fryeday: machine screws and Loctite?

> On reading glasses, that is.
>
> One gets a little tired of having to constantly re-tighten the bitty
> little screws that hold the temple pieces to the glasses. Especially if
> one is farsighted and needs to find a second pair of glasses in order to
> work on the first.
>
> One wonders if a bitty drop of Loctite could be used on the non-head end
> of the bitty little screws. I figured that this group's bunch of old
> codgers* probably use glasses a lot, and know their onions when it comes
> to the proper application of Loctite.
>
> No Vanagon content although a lively discussion of Loctite and machine
> screws might be useful to someone.
>
> ==========
> * I'm 60. Well in the old fart category, and standing on the edge of
> codgerdom.
>
> --
> Rocky J Squirrel
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