---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment In a message dated 12/18/03 6:13:41 PM Pacific Standard Time,=20 nicho@zianet.com writes: > Dave, > Picture magic is out-of-sorts for the moment. Perhaps next week or aft= er=20 > the holidays. Meanwhile, the 90=B0 bend is a great idea, (thanks Ron and=20 > others) and doesn't add weight. If you want to fabricate the "shop" model,= plan on=20 > brazing or welding two shanks together at 90=B0, of heavy 3/8"-1/2" stock.= Cut=20 > your notch and taper the end a bit, rounding edges after all the grinding.= I=20 > like the notch at about 20=B0 off the horizontal plane of the handle, to t= he=20 > left. So.... with the notch on the pin, the handle is just clockwise of be= ing=20 > horizontal. Nice balance for "impact" bending. The notch has a fair amount= of=20 > slop, (lets see.... is that a metric "fair amount" or an imperial "fair=20 > amount?) and allows for a pretty good bouncy-kinda-tapping-sorta well-bala= nced=20 > rocking impact to the pin.=20 > Maybe I'd better get the camera (software) working..... sorry. I'll take=20 > accurate measurements, also. AND.... (big "AND") I need to point out that= I=20 > didn't invent this tool. I first saw it in the Pratt-Win plant in Juarez.=20= Petite=20 > women bending 40 thousand pins a day. Shoulda seen the ladies driving=20 > bridge pins! >=20 Guy, No need to get your photo/e-mail stuff dialed in on my account. If you do=20 get it working, it would be great. =20 I appreciate the good description...especially of the ladies in the factory.= =20 40,000 pins a day, mein gott. Then I think on a day like today where I did=20 four tunings(one with a pitch raise) and I try to calculate how many times I= =20 hit a piano key. No wonder we all end up with repetitive stress injuries....= :-( Dave S. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/6a/67/35/87/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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