oh I see, A good machinest can copy any thread for a price. Joe Goss RPT Mother Goose Tools imatunr@srvinet.com www.mothergoosetools.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stephen Birkett" <sbirkett@real.uwaterloo.ca> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Friday, January 14, 2005 8:28 PM Subject: Re: bizarre pitch > >Hi Stephen, The thread ts usually a standard 1/8" pipe thread. > > However some tips will not work while others will. The problem is in the > >depth of the thread into the tip head. ... > > Hi Joe, > > It's the shaft/head joint that's the tapered pipe thread. I'm > wondering about the tip/head joint which is the bizarre non-standard > thread pitch of 30tpi not tapered. > > Stephen > > > -- > Dr Stephen Birkett, Associate Professor > Department of Systems Design Engineering > University of Waterloo, Waterloo ON Canada N2L 3G1 > Director, Waterloo Piano Systems Group > Associate Member, Piano Technician's Guild > > E3 Room 3158 > tel: 519-888-4567 Ext. 3792 > fax: 519-746-4791 > PianoTech Lab Room E3-3160 Ext. 7115 > mailto: sbirkett[at]real.uwaterloo.ca > http://real.uwaterloo.ca/~sbirkett > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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