To hold the heavy drill, a piece of bungee cord attached to it, semi-suspends it from the roof. Then all you have to do is give a little push down. It will take a bit of adjusting the length, to get the weight balanced. John M. Ross Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron Nossaman" <rnossaman@cox.net> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Monday, September 05, 2005 4:16 PM Subject: Re: Drill for pin removal > >> Seriously, I always considered an Impact Wrench/Drill a bit over-kill. >> Yes it has torque! (Just try to take your snow tires off after the tire >> shop did the Impact thingee on them!<G> Do you use one for things in the >> shop? >> Regards, >> Joe Garrett, R.P.T. > > I've tried about everything I could think of at one time or another. > Usually, it's my 1/2" Holeshooter, but that's heavy and strugglesome on > those days when I'm old and tired, which is any day with a vowel in it. > I've done a couple in the last two years with an electric impact wrench, > and I kind of like it. Next one, I'll borrow my son's pneumatic and give > that a try. Actually, they don't have all that much torque. It's the > impact that hammers those lug nuts down to the equivalent of forge > welding, not the torque. Pulling pins with one, it starts kind of slow (if > the pins are tight), then really whirls them out of there once it has the > pin moving. Borrow one and give it a try. Let me know what you think. > > Ron N > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >
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