This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/related attachment ------=_NextPart_001_0047_01C5AEC5.D19F3730 Terry: =20 Where did you get the long hex bits and the red handled T driver. Also, what size do you drill before you tap? Can these screws be driven in = after the hole is drilled? After all, I do press in new capstans, though the = wood in keys tends to be somewhat softer. =20 David Love davidlovepianos@comcast.net=20 -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On = Behalf Of Farrell Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 10:26 AM To: Pianotech Subject: Re: hex socket bolts =20 Well, as long as it is show and tell time, I guess I'll jump into the = fray! Below is a picture of the system/parts/tools I am using for plate = support and adjustment. Pretty much the same as Ron N and others, except I think = I interject a little bit of overkill for better sleep. As someone pointed = out, often the original screw holes are not very straight. So I just drill = them out with a half-inch bit and epoxy in hardwood plugs. Then I line up the plate properly and drill nice straight holes with my overhead drill = press. Then I tap the holes (tap - with extension - is the long silver thing on top). I have a long hex bit (lower right) that I chuck into an electric drill for most of the screwing action. Then I use the red-handled = hex-bit "T" driver for fine-tuning the height. Three of the 4" x 3/8"-16 set = screws are on the lower left. The left most is bare, the center one has the = thin nylon lock nut that the plate sits on, and the right one has the acorn = nut that goes on top of the plate (I also put a ss washer between the acorn = nut and the plate). This system seems to work quite well. =20 Terry Farrell =20 ------=_NextPart_001_0047_01C5AEC5.D19F3730 An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/b7/fe/7e/89/attachment.htm ------=_NextPart_001_0047_01C5AEC5.D19F3730-- ---------------------- multipart/related attachment A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/jpeg Size: 58901 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/73/f0/06/1e/attachment.jpe ---------------------- multipart/related attachment--
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