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Screw on pommel help.
Chuck G.:
Actually, there might be an even easier solution. If my guess is right, the real problem is that the nut used to secure the grip in place is fractionally too tall, and sticks out of the pommel recess ever so slightly, preventing the pommel from screwing on all the way. To fix you could either go to a decent hardware store with the nut and see if you can find one that is the same thread size and hole but dimensionally shorter, or simply take the nut, clamp it in a vise leaving it protruding out and use a file to file it down however much is needed. One way or the other this should be a pretty easy fix.
Sir Nate:
--- Quote from: Chuck G. on 2013-12-31, 23:59:59 ---Actually, there might be an even easier solution. If my guess is right, the real problem is that the nut used to secure the grip in place is fractionally too tall, and sticks out of the pommel recess ever so slightly, preventing the pommel from screwing on all the way. To fix you could either go to a decent hardware store with the nut and see if you can find one that is the same thread size and hole but dimensionally shorter, or simply take the nut, clamp it in a vise leaving it protruding out and use a file to file it down however much is needed. One way or the other this should be a pretty easy fix.
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Well it's not the nut, It seems to be the pommel because even with the grip and nut removed, I can get it on so it won't fall off but I can't tighten it to a point were it stops. It can keep turning and turning, I think it just needs to be resewn by epoxy seems like a good idea
Sir Brian:
Well there are more refined ways of rethreading the pommel nut. Everything from running the appropriately sized thread tap to using a helicoil, but I neglected to mention them previously because those are specialty materials. Still it seems the threads of your pommel nut are stripped out and without at least running the correct sized thread tap into it, then those last threads will never hold as they were most likely damaged and stripped out from someone attempting to over tighten the pommel nut.
One big question is when you do have the pommel nut on and even though it keeps spinning, is the hilt and grip snug and not able to rattle around?
If they are then I would go with the epoxy since you lack the other specialty materials. ;)
Sir Patrick:
I would recommend J&B LiquiWeld over epoxy. Easily found at any hardware store. It's tough enough to repair a cracked engine block, so it should hold that pommel on.
Chuck G.:
--- Quote from: Sir Nate on 2014-01-01, 08:16:09 ---Well it's not the nut, It seems to be the pommel because even with the grip and nut removed, I can get it on so it won't fall off but I can't tighten it to a point were it stops. It can keep turning and turning, I think it just needs to be resewn by epoxy seems like a good idea
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That, then, is a rather different problem, and Sir Brian's and Sir Patrick's suggestions should then be followed.
However, before doing so, have you considered contacting the seller and see if they will swap out your defective pommel with a new one that might work properly? They might not, given it was a sale price, but it doesn't hurt to ask. They may just send you a new one for free.
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