[CAUT] arbor press

[kpiano]

I use the brass rod you take out of a Steinway when you change the damper tray lift to a captive
dowel setup.  I took a file and made a deep cut through the center for the swedging action, then I
put some personal decorative marks that identifies the leads I put in. Drill the new hole, drop the
lead in, hit it with a hammer and set it on the key frame. Go to next one. I reweighed a samick in 3
hours. My mentor Mr Erwin does it this way in two hours. Lead is soft, it doesn't take much to
swedge it. I drive the leads out with the same tool. You don't need an arbor press. With old leads
it shouldn't cost you any money to tool up and do this job. 

Keith Roberts
 

On Tue, 5 Sep 2006 11:07:57 -0700, David Ilvedson wrote
> Hey Ken,
> I have located 1/2 ton presses...for the bench...overkill...my drill press seems to be 
> working just fine, but it would be more efficient to drill the hole(s) and install/swadge 
> the lead immediately rather than drilling first...setting up the drill press for swadging 
> and picking up the HSF again... The center pin punch in Schaff seems like a great 
> idea...any pictures of how you modified it?   The pictures shows a hole in which you 
> probably put the anvil pin?  The center pin punch tip was probably too small? David 
> Ilvedson, RPT Pacifica, CA 94044
> 
> Original message
> From: "Ken Zahringer"
> To: "College and University Technicians"
> Received: 9/5/2006 10:52:52 AM
> Subject: Re: [CAUT] arbor press
> 
> Hey, David,
> 
> They don’t exist.  You have to make your own.
> 
> Stanwood uses a benchtop drill press.  I’ve only got my big drill, so I modified a center 
> pin punch, Schaff #178, p. 44.  This included making a new handle, since the old one was 
> too wimpy for lead.  Some years back John Hartmann described a press he made for 
> installing backchecks, out of a device that converts your hand drill to a drill press.  It 
> looked cool, so I kept the link: http://www.grizzly.com/products/item.cfm?itemnumber=g8061 
>  I suppose you could make a chuck of some sort for that as well.
> 
> Regards,
> Ken Z.
> 
> On 9/5/06 12:10 PM, "David Ilvedson" <ilvey at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> 
> Where the heck do you find a small arbor press for lead in hammers?  I'm not having any 
> luck in my area...all 1 ton+
> 
> David Ilvedson, RPT
> Pacifica, CA 94044
> 
> --
> Ken Zahringer, RPT
> University of Missouri
> School of Music