Look, my suggestion came from a technician in my local chapter who has been using this method for quite some time. I admit that I have never tried it, but he gave an entire technical on it, and said that it is a quick, sure, and easy method. I can only try to help, but you can use the method which you deem best. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron Nossaman" <RNossaman@KSCABLE.com> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Sunday, November 19, 2000 6:40 AM Subject: Re: Frozen Agragge > > Helicoil > > Yea, I thought that sounded good too. You just go down and pick up a > 7/32x36 Helicoil and use the smaller stud agraffe, right? Since 7/32x36, > and 1/4x36 are such common sizes in machinery and automobiles, that should > be no problem, right? Guess what, as nice as that option would be, better > phone first and save a trip. Even if Helicoil did make the 1/4x36 coil, all > you'd need then would be a tap to cut the new threads in the plate. Who > knows, you might get lucky and eventually need to do this repair the 20 or > 60 times it will take to get your money's worth of use out of that custom > made tap. > > If anyone has real information to the contrary, I'd sure like to hear about it. > > Ron N >
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