drill for pin removal

[alan forsyth]

Have you ever noticed that pins just spin if the pinblock happens to have 
been doped with Pintite or the likes.

AF

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "pianolover 88" <pianolover88@hotmail.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Monday, September 05, 2005 2:18 AM
Subject: Re: drill for pin removal


>I also would like to get opinions as to how fast, slow to remove them to 
>avoid over-heating and/or scortching the pin block. I know the pins WILL 
>get hot no matter what, (I tested this by using the very lowest rpm 
>possible without stalling) but it seems to me that the main thing to avoid 
>is "spinning" the pin in place when/if it stops rising outward during 
>removal. I try to use lowest rpms to remove each pin, then releasing 
>trigger when it's almost out, letting the drill slow to a stop at which 
>point the pin drops out...ideally. thoughts?
>
> Terry Peterson