Elbowrama

[Dave Bunch]

>>THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, Etcetera! Sure beats hand screwing it or
trying to make a chuck for the electric screwdriver!<<

I would like to suggest my method which does not require a torch (extra
equipment, possible fire and burn hazzard) and is faster.

Clamp some needlenose vise grips to the wire (tightly), maybe about an inch
above the thread (not critical), grab the non thread end with your left hand
and place an elbow onto the other side with the right hand. Then, using the
weight of the pliers, just start the whole thing spinning and the elbow is
threaded on in about one second. The whole process is about 4 seconds.

Dave Bunch

>>Propane torch, low flame, 5-6 seconds. Perfect.<<

----- Original Message -----
From: <tune4u@earthlink.net>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Friday, April 11, 2003 6:25 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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