Pin depth.

[Paul]

Roger
Thanks for the tip. I'm just starting one of these jobs and thought of using
vacuum hose but it's too big. And I hadn't thought about the pin lengths,
figuring they are all the same length out of the bag.

Paul Chick
----- Original Message -----
From: jolly roger <baldyam@sk.sympatico.ca>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2001 11:53 PM
Subject: Pin depth.


> I tried some thing new today. Drilling a bridge cap to install new pins.
> How to drill all the holes to the same depth so I don't have to file the
> tops of the pins to make them even.
> I used 3 layers of heat shrink sleeving on the drill bit, to both mark the
> depth and act as a depth collar.
> It's availiable in a variety of bright colour's,  I chose yellow, does the
> job very accurately.
> You need to stand the pins on end together to sort, and toss out, the odd
> short or long pins.
> Heat shrink sleeving is availiable from Radio Shack or good electronics
> suppliers.
>
> Hope this is useful
> Roger
>