shrinking a birdseye

[Dave Doremus]

On 6/17/06, gordon stelter quoth:

>Great idea! Thanks!
>      Thump
>
>--- Dean May <deanmay at pianorebuilders.com> wrote:
>
>>  Assemble the flange to the butt with your new pin
>>  (after its sized to the
>>  bushing)then put a couple of drops of CA on the end
>>  grain of the butt so
>  > that the CA wicks up to the pin. It works>


Unfortunately, I didnt see Deans note in time to try it, I will next 
time. What I did was, per Joe, I think, put a drop of hot water on 
the birdseye, let dry, then followed with a drop of thin CA. Worked 
like a charm, I took out 22 1/2 pins, was able to repin with 21 1/2 
with almost no reaming, whoever jammed those things in in the first 
place must have worked hard cause they were all a wee bit bent in the 
middle, talk about a lot of effort for no result, it about wore out 
my hand taking the old ones out. Thanks all!
-- 
----Dave


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Dave Doremus, RPT
New Orleans
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