[CAUT] Chopstick tool needles?

[Don Mannino]

Susan,

Fabric stores usually sell #6 sharps, and they work.  But I really like the German ones from Jugen.  #7 is a little thinner, and therefore weaker - but maybe that's OK if you don't make them too long.

Don Mannino

-----Original Message-----
From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Susan Kline
Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2010 9:01 AM
To: caut at ptg.org
Subject: Re: [CAUT] Chopstick tool needles?

Thanks, Diane, I'll give that a try. I need to replenish the kit before I break just one more, or need to unclog a CA glue bottle again. I go years without breaking a chopstick needle, but if I don't have a replacement with me, Murphy's Law might break one sooner than usual.

Susan

On 11/18/2010 8:01 AM, Diane Hofstetter wrote:
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> Susan,
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> I thought I would leave it for someone more knowledgeable than me, but since no one has replied, I  will take a stab at it.  #7 sharps ?
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> Diane
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> Diane Hofstetter
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>> Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2010 09:51:55 -0800
>> From: skline at peak.org
>> To: caut at ptg.org
>> Subject: [CAUT] Chopstick tool needles?
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>> Yesterday I was voicing before a concert, and for only the second 
>> time ever I broke the tip off the needle in my chopstick voicing 
>> tool. I got out the needle case I keep in an old pill container in my 
>> kit, which also luckily held the tiny allen key for the chopstick, 
>> and I found that I had exactly one needle left in there. Plus I had 
>> used it multiple times to open clogged CA glue bottle spouts. Luckily 
>> when I broke it in two to make it short enough, the CA came off it.
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>> Anyway, years ago I had some idea which needles to buy for this kind 
>> of voicing, but now I'm drawing a blank. I've been using a fairly 
>> small "sharps" needle. Does anyone have any hints about what size and 
>> type I should get? I leave about 1/3 of an inch exposed.
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>> thanks ...
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>> Susan Kline
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>> P.S. Tuned and voiced for Jon Nakamatsu and Jon Manasse yesterday -- 
>> what gents, what musicians!
>>