This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Hmmmm. Okay, but now how do you get the straight piece of piano wire, or = a smooth round burnishing tool, through the whole assembly, without = ramming it through hard rock maple? Hmmmmmm??? FWIW, I just push the pin through without any guide. I pre-align by eye, = sometimes wiggle just a little, and don't seem to have a problem getting = the pin in the birdseye without jamming it into the wood (although I = have done that early-on before developing an eye for = pre-insertion-alignment). Terry Farrell ----- Original Message -----=20 I get tired of fussing with pin, press, flange, and birdseye--trying = to align the parts and insert the pin without trying to ram it through = hard rock maple--so I have a foolproof little system. (And it works for = me which proves that any fool can do it.) I run a thin, straight piece of piano wire, or a smooth round = burnishing tool, through the whole assembly, then pull the wire back = while guiding the pin through the first side of the flange and slightly = into the birdseye. Then press the pin on through, pushing the wire or = tool the rest of the way out. The wire/tool keeps everything aligned so = the pin centers every time, and it's fast. Alan Barnard Salem, Missouri ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/77/90/19/3d/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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