Elbowrama

[Greg Newell]

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Alan,
         Nice ain't it? I've posted this tip from time to time but in 
fairness I've simply re-posted it from hearing it on this list and trying 
it myself entirely too many times. I've been thinking that end nipping 
cutters ground down to the width of the inside of the wippen cavity would 
work quite well at nibbling away the remainder of the old elbows. I've 
never been game enough to ruin a perfectly good set just for that purpose 
though. I have, on occasion, used a Dremel cutter to clear it away. Kinda 
sucks when you accidentally hit the center pin though.

Greg Newell




At 07:25 PM 4/11/2003, you wrote:

>Just replaced the elbows in a little old console. To the brave and inventive
>person who experimented with heating the drop wires and shoving them into
>the Viagas snap-on elbows, and to the person who recently posted this tip:
>
>THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU,
>THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU,
>THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU,
>THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU,
>THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, Etcetera! Sure beats hand screwing it or
>trying to make a chuck for the electric screwdriver!
>
>Propane torch, low flame, 5-6 seconds. Perfect.
>
>Now a little tip for the nastiest part of the job, i.e., removing the last
>bits of the old elbows from the whippen center pin: Get some of those long
>skinny needle-nose pliers that electronics stores carry (Radio Shack). They
>fit better between the sides of whippen and it's fairly easy to nibble the
>junk away. If anyone has a better system, I'm all cyberears ...
>
>Now about turning those wooden dowels to adjust "capstan" height ... arghhh.
>
>Alan Barnard
>Salem, MO
>
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Greg Newell
mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net 

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