How do you index wood screws ?

[Hammer Gun]

Tom, This might not work for you but I have done this in the past to time screws in old wood, just put a sliver of a wood splinter in the screw hole then see if you can get the screw to line up Gary

[SeeWee Bay]

Maybe just using plumbers Teflon tape to increase size of the threads, pending the length & size of threads.
Rufus

[Double Play]

Tom,
All the trigger guard screws I've played with would need a full turn to orient correctly due to the irregular shape of the top surface from its original fitting. If the alignment were only slightly off you could make a washer/shim from thin gauge shim stock for under the screw head or add/weld material under the head and refit.

[Tom]

Here is where I get lost, if the screw requires a full or almost full turn due to head configuration, how do you handle that without washers ?
If the trigger guard is against the wood, and the screw head is against the trigger guard tight yet an almost full turn will draw that screw down quite far. It does seem you would almost have to re inlet the guard, but that only helps the first screw you would still have one to go.
I'm not trying to be a pest, just trying to learn to do it right. If you take apart a nice factory gun all lined up your probrably not going to find washers, so there must be a simple way.
Thanks for all the replys, Tom

[Double Play]

Tom,
You can't go a full turn, the point there is that the screws usually only sit flush with the metal in one orientation as that is how they were originally regulated. You said your screws were only off a half a degree which I would guess is not quite accurate as most people could not see one half degree. The point is a thin spacer under the screw head could be a quick, cosmetic fix for a minor adjustment where as adding material to the under side of the screw head via welding and reregulating would be a more appropriate, permanent fix.

Thanks Brian,
Clear and to the point.

[Tom]

Ok thanks guys
I learnt something today.
Tom

[edgarspencer]

Originally Posted by Gary Carmichael Sr

Tom, This might not work for you but I have done this in the past to time screws in old wood, just put a sliver of a wood splinter in the screw hole then see if you can get the screw to line up Gary

That's what I often do, and I use a small wooden match stick.
Sometimes a layer or two of masking tape under the trigger guard is enough to raise it up to get a tight screw, and then compress it down till the screw is north south,

[Tom]

Thanks
I do like the masking tape idea, next time this comes up I'm going to give that a shot.
Tom