---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Somewhere in the archives is a procedure I in which I used MarineTex to reconstruct the threads. I think the thread was: "Snatching victory from the jaws of defeat" But there is a lot of reading in there on the subject anyways, The best agraffe remover is a 'fish tail' tip ground into a small screw driver. Best of Luck, Jon Page At 03:41 PM 09/24/2000 -0400, you wrote: >List, > >I have a piano in my shop about ready to be restrung. The plate is out of >the piano and I'm replacing the agraffes. Two original agraffes broke in the >process of removal, likely due to something that had been spilled onto the >plate and froze them in place a few years back. > >Drilling down the center with a 1/8' bit, and turning with an EZ out worked >on one. I tried drilling out the rest of the other agraffe with >progressively larger bits, stopping short of 7/32". I hoped that the bit >would follow the brass, and not bugger up the iron plate. > >Opps!! Stripped the threads in the plate. > >So now I need to plug and tap the hole. Any hints? Not having done this >before, I'm wondering if it is a fairly straight forward procedure, or is >there someone I should have do this for me. > >They say if you aren't making mistakes, you aren't learning, right!? > >Guess I'm learning. > >Humbly, > >Gordon Large, RPT >Mt. Vernon, ME ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/59/12/4c/2b/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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