Oiled Pinblock

[Farrell]

I would reconsider using CA glue. I believe one of the characteristics of CA
is that it has little shear strength. I have often observed this because I
use CA to temporarily hold two boards together (little jigs and such) - glue
'em together and then later just give one board a light tap with hammer
trying to shear the glue joint and the boards will pop apart every time. I
would highly recommend either a thin epoxy (like West System) or Weldwood
(the powdered stuff that you mix with water). The plugs work great - you've
got all new pinblock material around your pin.

Terry Farrell

----- Original Message -----
From: "John Ross" <piano.tech@ns.sympatico.ca>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2001 1:31 AM
Subject: Re: Oiled Pinblock


> Hi Tom,
> If it is only a few, drill the holes out and put in a plug of pinblock
> material, as sold by Webb Phillips.  Put it in with CA glue, which will
act
> as a barrier to the oil, and drill it for a #2 pin.
> How did you know it was valve or slide oil?
> Regards,
> John M. Ross
> Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
> piano.tech@ns.sympatico.ca
>