Elbowrama

[Joe And Penny Goss]

Hi Alan,
The best tool is not posted on my site yet, but soon will be.
The tool is a modified plier used to turn dowel capstans.
The end of the jaws are cut back and sharpened so that they cut the plastic
away and do not damage the pin becuase the back end of the jaw limits the
closing of the cutting end.
Joe Goss
imatunr@srvinet.com
www.mothergoosetools.com
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To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Friday, April 11, 2003 5:25 PM
Subject: Elbowrama


> 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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