thumb protection when re-pinning

[Mike McCoy]

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Hi All,

 I was waiting for Joe Goss to reply on the list so I could point out his
new signature, but he didn't change the old one! Joe took his Technical Exam
at our Mid-Atlantic Regional Convention (MARC) last week and is a NEW RPT!
He was so dedicated he even closed his booth for a while to concentrate on
the exam.

Mike McCoy
Chapters 170 & 190
Langhorne, Pa.
mailto:mjmccoy@usa.com
  -----Original Message-----
  From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]On
Behalf Of Joe And Penny Goss
  Sent: Friday, April 02, 2004 10:59 AM
  To: Pianotech
  Subject: Re: thumb protection when re-pinning


  Dave, Those ends need to be blunted so that the reamer can go through the
center of the felt better.
  Joe Goss
  imatunr@srvinet.com
  www.mothergoosetools.com
    ----- Original Message -----
    From: Piannaman@aol.com
    To: pianotech@ptg.org
    Sent: Friday, April 02, 2004 8:45 AM
    Subject: Re: thumb protection when re-pinning


    Dave,

    I find a flat, smooth hard surface, such as the side of my pinning tool.
I lay it on the keybed(or something else flat and close by) and gently push
the pin up into the birdseye.  Feeling the amount of pressure you have to
apply to the piece to get the pin through(or not) can tell you how good the
fit is.   I always push directly over the pin to avoid any kind of
unsupported stress on the part.  I occasionally get a pin jabbing in the end
of my thumb, but not often.

    I also use the Mannino broaches.  They are one of the best tools I've
purchased based on money spent vs. money earned.  The ends are REALLY sharp.
DAMHIK.

    Dave Stahl

    In a message dated 4/2/04 4:21:48 AM Pacific Standard Time,
jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca writes:




      I use the Mannino broaches themselves to determine the fit in the
birdseye.
      They have handles and the size marked on them.
      Regards,
      John M. Ross
      Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
      jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca
      ----- Original Message -----
      From: "Dave Nereson" <davner@kaosol.net>
      To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
      Sent: Friday, April 02, 2004 3:56 AM
      Subject: thumb protection when re-pinning


      >     When re-pinning more than, say, twenty action parts, my right
thumb
      > really gets poked, cut, and chewed-up from repeatedly trying the pin
in
      the
      > birdseye of each part being re-pinned to see if it's tight enough,
then
      > pushing it into both bushings on the flange, individually, to see if
they
      > need reaming, burnishing, or re-bushing, then after reaming, trying
the
      pin
      > in the bushings again, maybe making another touch-up operation, then
      trying
      > the pin in the bushings again, then pushing the pin through one
bushing
      into
      > the birdseye, and, finally, using the plunger-type re-pinning tool
only
      for
      > the final push through the birdseye.  That's just one flange.  After
a
      > couple dozen, my thumb is raw meat, as though I took a rasp to it.
      >     I've tried using a thimble, but you have to keep taking it off
to try
      > the pin in the bushing or to pick up a fine tool like a tiny reamer,
      > tweezers, or center-pin, then put it back on to push the pin
through.  And
      > with it on, you don't have the sensitivity or control for trying the
fit
      of
      > the pin in the bushing.  Nor do you with pliers.  Maybe some
custom-made
      > leather "thumb boot" through which a center-pin will NOT poke would
work,
      > but it would probably wear through quickly.  I need a bionic thumb!
      >     Gang replacement is different, where you have all new flanges
and you
      > can chuck a roughened center pin in a drill and use that for the
reamer,
      > then just push all the same size pins through with the pinning tool.
But
      > that's not the case with most actions I work on.
      >     --David Nereson, RPT




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