pinblock drillpress

[Wallace Wilson]

I agree that if one must choose an angle, 5 degrees is what is
recommended in most articles in the reprints.  The reprint series is
incidentally an excellent resource.
--Wally Wilson

John M. Formsma wrote:
> 
> Eliot,
> 
> I've not done pinblock work before, but I've heard that the pin angle does
> not have to be 7 degrees.  It can be around 5 or so.  You might want to
> check into that when looking thru some old Journals.
> 
> John Formsma
> Blue Mountain, MS
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-pianotech@ptg.org [mailto:owner-pianotech@ptg.org]On Behalf
> Of Eliot Lee
> Sent: Friday, November 05, 1999 12:05 AM
> To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Subject: pinblock drillpress
> 
> Hello List,
> 
>         I was wondering which drill press is recommended for an on the
> piano drillpress to drill pinblocks at a 7 degree angle.  What kind of
> attachments are needed to make it fit?   If there is an article you could
> refer me to in the PTG journal, I could look it up or buy the back issue.
> 
>         Maybe  one of you have come up with a different attachment which
> can do the job.
> 
>         One technician here had a bubble gauge to make sure the angle was
> right for a hand held drill, but I would rather not drill the pins by hands
> because I probably would mess it up too much.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Eliot Lee
> 
> "You are never alone or helpless, the force that guides the stars guides
> you too." -P.R. Sarkar