Yikes, those tools are 50 years old. I remember using my old man's one when I was about 8 years old, and I broke it. He was not amused. They are in fact used for drilling holes. AF ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don" <pianotuna@yahoo.com> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2005 1:26 PM Subject: Re: Enlarging existing bridge pin holes > Hi Sarah, > > I have a set of those that store inside the handle of the "Yankee" drill. > Very nice to have on occasion. > > At 03:23 PM 4/28/2005 -0400, you wrote: >>Hi Conrad, >> >>> Sounds like a reamer to me. >> >>Dunno... All the reamers I've seen have blunt ends and multiple, shallow >>flutes (more than 2, that is). Most reamers I've seen are tapered. This >>one is straight, with deep flutes, and it has a tip just like a twist >>drill >>bit. It seems to be designed for drilling wood, not reaming, and it came >>with "Yankee screwdriver," apparently for drilling pilot holes. (But I >>won't swear that it's an original part of the kit.) Dunno... Perhaps >>it's >>really another type of reamer. I just haven't seen one like it before. >><shrug> >> >>Peace, >>Sarah >> >> >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >> >> >>-- >>No virus found in this incoming message. >>Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. >>Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.10.4 - Release Date: 4/27/2005 >> >> > > Regards, > Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T. > Non calor sed umor est qui nobis incommodat > > mailto:pianotuna@yahoo.com http://us.geocities.com/drpt1948/ > > 3004 Grant Rd. REGINA, SK, S4S 5G7 > 306-352-3620 or 1-888-29t-uner > >
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