Nose Bolts

[w peterson]

snap on tools has blades for those dish shaped nose bolts.  I have a socket
with a blade that I think came from snapon or sears.

Bill P
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Phillip Ford" <fordpiano@earthlink.net>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2004 6:47 PM
Subject: Re: Nose Bolts


> >Knabe - yes! Yeah, I had thought of the screwdriver modification. Was
> >hoping for something easier. Guess I'll have to do that - I'll need to
> >destroy a BIG screwdriver! Thanks.
> >
> >Terry Farrell
>
> The correct tool for this is, I believe, a spanner wrench.  But you might
> not want to spend the money on one of those.  Screwdrivers that big are
> hard to find (and not cheap).  Seems a shame to waste one.  Take a piece
of
> steel plate of the correct thickness to fit in the slot in the grooved
nut,
> and of width equal or greater than the diameter of the nut.  With a cutoff
> wheel in a right angle grinder cut a slot slightly wider than the
> diameter of the nose bolt.  Clamp in a vise-grip and use as a wrench.
>
> Phil Ford
>
>
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