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Re: [vintagesynthrepair] Roland EM2000 arranger

2008-08-09 by Roy J. Tellason

On Saturday 09 August 2008 13:00, francois wrote:
>  - get a bunch of small plastic contents to store the screws while opening
>  the case. Don't mix screws.

Be aware that a common practice among asian manufacturers is to use screws of 
different lengths in different places,  and make sure that you get those 
right when putting things back together.

Typically,  tapping screws go into plastic and machine screws go into metal.

>  - if you don't have the right screwdriver, buy a good one. A cheap or wrong
> screwdriver will ruin your screws.

Yes!

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