[Amps] Bee's wax to hold screws

[bob finger]

If you can't locate beeswax use a very small piece of warm (in your 
hand) duct seal.  Available in any hardware store.  I think it works 
better than beeswax, but then why take the time to compare, use what you 
have.  73 bob de w9ge

Gary Schafer wrote:

>I have to share this with others as it worked so well. While working on an
>amplifier I had some small screws to remove and replace that were buried
>deep where you could only get a screw driver in and not even room for a pair
>of long nose pliers.
>
>I loosened the screws up to where they were almost out. Then put a very
>small piece of bee's wax on the end of the screw driver. It held the screw
>very well for removal and subsequent reinstallation.
>
>These were Phillips head screws. I don't know of a tool made to hold them.
>
> 
>
>Where do you get bee's wax? I found some in an old IF can from an old radio.
>The coil was covered with it. Just a very small amount is needed. I removed
>and reused the same small piece of wax for several different screws.
>
> 
>
>Hope this saves you some grief some day.
>
> 
>
>73
>
>Gary  K4FMX
>
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