Removing tuning pins with the Milwaukee Drill

[Delwin D Fandrich]

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Tracey, our 110 lb., 5' 4" shop person, pulls the whole set in about 15 to 20
minutes (including a break to rest her arms) with our trusty old Milwaukee. The
pin holes show no visible damage. There is no smoke. And the pins, while
suitably warm, are not too hot to pick up. 
 
We may even give her a break and get her an impact wrench. 
 
(Of course, we always replace the pinblocks anyway so the condition of the
original block really doesn't matter.)
 
Del


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From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of
Ross White
Sent: September 08, 2005 4:37 PM
To: Pianotech
Subject: Re: Removing tuning pins with the Milwaukee Drill


If you really spun them out, they would be too hot to touch.  There might also
be wisps of smoke.  If the old pins were warm but not hot, perhaps they were
loose.  Did any wood stick to the old pins; sometimes little bits of wood will
stick to the pins.  Boy Scouts start fires by this kind of procedure, wood on
wood.  Friction produces heat.  How long does it take you to remove a set of
pins with a Milwaukee drill.  Takes me a couple of hours to do it by hand; and,
it's not that hard.  

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Phil  <mailto:phil@philbondi.com> Bondi 
To: Pianotech <mailto:pianotech@ptg.org>  
Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2005 4:19 PM
Subject: Re: Removing tuning pins with the Milwaukee Drill



Ross White wrote:

> If you spin tuning pins out, you're going to scorch the holes in the 
> block.  You don't want that.

Ross, can you offer more explanation on this? The reason I ask is 
because I just got done 'spinning' , with a hi torque-lo RPM Milwaukee 
drill, the treble section of a 100 year old S&S 0, and the pins were 
warm to the touch..not hot.

I don't know for sure, but my gut tells me that I did not scorch the 
holes. I would be interested to hear more about your personal experience 
with this..or from anyone else for that matter since I have the rest of 
the block to do yet.

-Phil Bondi(Fl)

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