[NJARC] RE: Repair Tip (Jack Benny and my Dad would be very

[Lenny Tamulonis]

If you can't conveniently get ground bow rosin, powdered stearic acid will
work just as well - you can get this from any craft shop that sells candle
making supplies.

At one time I tried dissolving rosin in denatured alcohol and painting it on
dial cords. It worked pretty good and wasn't as messy as ground rosin.

---Lenny, W1LVT


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I then took some violin bow rosin and scraped off the
powder onto the loops of dial cord around the tuning
knob shaft. I did this several times. Wow! What a
difference! The set tunes perfectly now, and I avoided
the nauseating task of trying to restring or
tighten-up the cord.