Hi Ed, What do you mean you "just snapped a thin hypodermic needle onto the tip of a 1 ounce bottle of thin CA." ??? How did you do that? Hypodermic needles come in all sorts of thicknesses.....what are you calling "thin"? I appear to be stuck on this concept. (Pun intended!) Seriously....could you please elaborate? jeannie Jeannie Grassi, RPT Registered Piano Technician Island Piano Service Bainbridge Island, WA 206-842-3721 mailto:jcgrassi at earthlink.net -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of ed440 at mindspring.com Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2006 5:29 PM To: Pianotech List 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 >_______________________________________________ >Pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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