CA delivery apparatus

Dave McKibben davespianotuning at earthlink.net
Sun Mar 19 21:53:30 MST 2006


HI list:
Well........here in California where nothing is legal except illegals and
taxes, they will not give out needles over the counter at all.
Sure wish they would, but .......no deal here.

Dave McKibben


> [Original Message]
> From: John Ross <jrpiano at win.eastlink.ca>
> To: <ed440 at mindspring.com>; Pianotech List <pianotech at ptg.org>
> Date: 3/19/2006 6:28:41 PM
> Subject: Re: CA delivery apparatus
>
> Why can't you get a good supply of needles?
> I just go to may drugstore, and they say, what size, and how many.
> John M. Ross
> Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
> jrpiano at win.eastlink.ca
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <ed440 at mindspring.com>
> To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
> Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2006 9:28 PM
> Subject: Re: CA delivery apparatus
>
>
> > Jon-
> >
> > I just snapped a thin hypodermic needle onto the tip of a 1 ounce 
> > bottle of thin CA.
> >
> > I was able to get fairly small drops, one at a time without the 
> > dribble that happens with the thin nylon tip extenders.  The drops 
> > were small enough to do a discrete tuning pin job as you described.
> >
> > To clean it, I filled the syringe body with acetone and squirted it 
> > through.  If I had a good supply of needles, I would just toss it 
> > after use.
> >
> > Ed Sutton
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> >>From: Jon Page <jonpage at comcast.net>
> >>Sent: Mar 19, 2006 7:04 AM
> >>To: pianotech at ptg.org
> >>Subject: CA delivery apparatus
> >>
> >>I've been mulling over means to apply CA to bridge pins
> >>and not risk flooding an area.
> >>
> >>The elongated tip on the bottle doesn't offer enough control.
> >>
> >>Once I tried a hypodermic needle and the plunger kept getting
> >>hung up (glued to the sides). If one were to lube the ways
> >>would the glue dissolve it anyway placing the lube in suspension?
> >>Does the plunger offer fine enough control? Is there an appliance
> >>with a screw drive whereby the plunger would be activated by
> >>finely controlled pressure?
> >>
> >>Another device might be a drafting pen (old fashioned variety).
> >>This might be the item because it can't dump excess by mistake.
> >>I hate it when that happens.
> >>
> >>An artist's fluid-writing pen might clog too easily. However there
> >>might be an application for a Speedball tip. (I've done calligraphy
> >>in the distant past, which comes in handy when lettering plates -
> >>fluid-writing pen and waterbased acrylic medium).
> >>
> >>An artist's brush will solidify and have too much area for pin-point
> >>application. I've used this before and was not satisfied.
> >>Two or three fine wires bundled together might work,
> >>sort of like a mini-pen/steel brush.
> >>
> >>Maybe the Moody Drip-o-lator?  (check the archive, it's in there)
> >>
> >>Any sure-fire delivery system out there?  Brainstorming welcome.
> >>
> >>I'll be suppressing the false beats on a treble bridge tomorrow.
> >>So far I'm leaning towards the drafting pen but will also experiment
> >>with a greased-up hypo.  An old-style drafting pen might be easier
> >>cleaning than a Speedball tip.
> >>-- 
> >>
> >>Regards,
> >>
> >>Jon Page
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> > 
>
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