Hi guys, I got really fed up with the breaking screws for the Olegature and solving the problem with buying the over-priced replacements from Oleg (as they are rarely available here in Poland) which last less than a year. Do you have any idea for a more robust screws I can match with this lig? I have five of them in total and love them, but it's the third breaking screw in one week.
Any input will be greatly appreciated.
All the best,
Szymon
Well I do not have a metric tap and die set, so measuring the diameter of the thread and the thread spacing, it looks to be an M 3.5 x .6 metric course thread. I am in the U.S., so I am not sure where you would source this thread with the proper length and with a knurled, or a thumb type head.
I gave up on the Olegature ligs a long time ago, because I believe that they have a serious design flaw. If you look at the ligature, the mesh is very close to the bottom of the bars, just above the mouthpiece surface. But the screws are considerably higher. So when you tighten the screws you see that the bars tilt toward each other, and that the gap between the bars is larger at the bottom than at the top. This can cause a bending stress on the screws. Olegature supplies a small pad to place on the top of the mouthpiece that is designed to reduce this problem, but it doesn't seem to eliminate the problem. I do not tighten my ligature screws too much, and I used the pad, and still had a very expensive replacement screw from Olegature break in about 3 months time.
If you really like these ligs, then definitely use a pad under them (perhaps you do, but it was not mentioned) and maybe try to find a stainless steel screw body. Or like me, you can go on to discover that there are many nice ligatures that are simpler in design, and work very well.
