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|    Re: Vintage Radio Dial Cord Replacement    |
|    19 Jan 23 18:20:02    |
      From: trepidation@example.net              On Thu, 19 Jan 2023 07:01:21 -0800 (PST), ohg...@gmail.com wrote:       > On Wednesday, January 18, 2023 at 6:56:11 PM UTC-5, tschw...@aol.com wrote:       >> Peter, do you mean liquid "rosin" as used on violin bow strings?       >>       >> It actually is sold as a solid but I believe it is soluble in       >> alcohol. Scrape some rosin shavings into iso-propyl and apply to the       >> string. The alcohol will evaporate and leave the rosin in place.       >       > Rosin is a band-aid and isn't required if it's strung properly and       > friction is mitigated. You can use virtually any non-stretching       > string of a similar diameter and it won't slip.              I've often thought waxed dental floss might be a solution       for dial cord. But I never had a opportunity to employ it.              Jonesy       --        Marvin L Jones | Marvin | W3DHJ.net | linux        38.238N 104.547W | @ jonz.net | Jonesy | FreeBSD        * Killfiling google & XXXXbanter.com: jonz.net/ng.htm              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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