Bill Spurlock demonstrated his technique (among many techniques for bringing up some uprights) at last year's Bluegrass One-Day Seminar in Lexington. No tilter needed if you do it his way. I've used this method with good success. Back the pin off about 1/2 turn, remove string, remove pin. Put some CA glue in the hole - get the mouth of the bottle right in there. Use med viscosity. Don't have it running down the plate! Just a couple drops. With a hammer shank at the ready, swab the stuff around in the hole & quick hit it with the Accelerator. Check with another (dry) shank to make sure the glue's dry, not still tacky, so that you don't glue the pin back in! Return pin to hole, reattach the string, and bring it up to pitch with a nice neat coil. Good luck, whichever method you use. Wally Wilson
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