Best use pliers instead of the screw, to prevent gouging liner with screw teeth, or accidentally damaging threads of screws and eyelets. It’s easy to prevent those by using narrow pliers to unscrew an eyelet. :-)
Perhaps there is a risk of damaging the threads on either the eyelet or the screw itself but this risk is extremely low. If you use, as shown, only the end of the screw with no teeth at all, then the screw is not at risk, you've maximized your leverage while still be very soft on the eyelet (with pliers you could easily overpower the wooden threads in the frog itself which the eyelet is screwed into) and, because of metal hardness comparisons, the risk of damage to the eyelet threads is also extremely low. Besides, you'd have to go find a pair of pliers... this way you have everything you need right there in the bow. Just my thoughts. Pliers would work but be careful you don't hurt the frog!
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Best use pliers instead of the screw, to prevent gouging liner with screw teeth, or accidentally damaging threads of screws and eyelets. It’s easy to prevent those by using narrow pliers to unscrew an eyelet. :-)
Perhaps there is a risk of damaging the threads on either the eyelet or the screw itself but this risk is extremely low. If you use, as shown, only the end of the screw with no teeth at all, then the screw is not at risk, you've maximized your leverage while still be very soft on the eyelet (with pliers you could easily overpower the wooden threads in the frog itself which the eyelet is screwed into) and, because of metal hardness comparisons, the risk of damage to the eyelet threads is also extremely low. Besides, you'd have to go find a pair of pliers... this way you have everything you need right there in the bow. Just my thoughts. Pliers would work but be careful you don't hurt the frog!