Before pounding it into the plate you might chuck it in a drill press at a medium to slow speed and use a file to dress the end. Alan McCoy > -----Original Message----- > From: caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org]On Behalf Of > Fred Sturm > Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2003 3:57 PM > To: Phil Bondi; College and University Technicians > Subject: Re: Broken Hitch Pin > > > Hi Phil, > THe one and only time I ran into that, I drilled it out > (center punched > first) and replaced it with a short piece of 16 penny nail (which > happened > to be the same diameter). Hitch pins are pretty soft metal, so they drill > reasonably easily. They are typically perpendicular to the plate when > inserted, then bent over. So drill perpendicular. As long as you > can get a > good centerpunch close to the middle, it shouldn't be a big deal. THen > pound in your replacement (I expect an assortment of nails will > provide you > with the right diameter. Cut to length with hack saw, put it in a > vise and > dress the end to look reasonably like the originals). ANd bend it > over with > a hammer and drift. > Regards, > Fred Sturm > University of New Mexico > > --On Tuesday, July 29, 2003 5:05 PM -0400 Phil Bondi <tito@philbondi.com> > wrote: > > > I just did a search through 20 Years Of Journals and came up > empty on this > > subject. Maybe I'm not searching correctly..don't know. > > > > Anyway, I need to repair a broken hitch pin..Grand piano..plate > is in, and > > it is strung. > > > > I've never done this repair, so be gentle with me. > > > > Thanks, > > -Phil Bondi (Fl.) > > phil@philbondi.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > > _______________________________________________ > caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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