Paul S wrote:
I have done that route as well and that is what keeps me playing. I ended up going to the hardware and got a 4/40 screw, snipped it shorter then added several increasing sized washers to hold down the assembly. It is not pretty but it works and fits to a degree. The problem is the washers just make it a LOT noisier than the original and wobble working the screw loose as I play.
I forget the name, but there's a washer type, that is large O.D. and small I.D.
Perhaps you can find one sutied for a 4-40 screw? Then just a single washer. it shouldnt be noisy or back out. You could alway use a therad lock hold it in.
Another option, I recently used, is to mke a washer usings a plastic sheet. Something thick, like a blister pack, or other packaging plastic. Only cost is a few minutes of time, since this is material usually thrown away. Drill the hole for the screw first, then use a circle template to mark the O.D. and cut it with siscors or a sharp blade. Sand the eges with an emery board, you wife/girl probably has one.
-Thomas