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    This took way longer to get back to than I wanted, but here we are.

    Screws (thanks Roger) shortened and blued, cleaned, tinned as best I could, pad and body cleaned, threads on the body chased, a little flux and solder added between the pad and the body after smashing some fine diameter solder flat with a hammer until it was paper thin and then a bit of torch and screwdriver work. After than I staked the screws into the existing stake marks in the pad and touched up the finish on the screwheads where I had done the staking.

    It remains to be seen if my soldering work will hold up.


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