New Heat Treated Hardware

[Modernflame]

According to Tim Reeve, they are now turning their own heat treated screws in house, rather than purchasing mild steel screws externally. Interesting video. The discussion about hardware starts around the 9 minute mark. It's hard to capture, but I can see a difference in polish between my older pj Sebbie and the new annual. I think I've got the new hardware. Not that stripped screws were a common problem with crks, but they should now go extinct.

 

[scriptfiller]

I wonder if the in house screws will be backwards compatible to at least the current production run models? Tim did mention something about matching the screw to the chamfer angle, so maybe?

 

[Modernflame]

I wonder if the in house screws will be backwards compatible to at least the current production run models? Tim did mention something about matching the screw to the chamfer angle, so maybe?

Great question. I would think so, but time will tell. Similarly, I'm going to ask them which version is for sale as spare parts on the website.

 

[Kettleman]

Yep. He mentioned in a video a year or so ago that they were awaiting delivery of 2 new screw manufacturing machines. Slated for delivery last September so I’d bet we’ve seen in-house screws before the annuals.

 

[Matt636]

According to Tim Reeve, they are now turning their own heat treated screws in house, rather than purchasing mild steel screws externally. Interesting video. The discussion about hardware starts around the 9 minute mark. It's hard to capture, but I can see a difference in polish between my older pj Sebbie and the new annual. I think I've got the new hardware. Not that stripped screws were a common problem with crks, but they should now go extinct.

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Thanks for sharing! I hadn't seen that video yet. Always nice to hear Tim talk about things in the works.

 

[Slice-E]

I love a good hard screw