Plugging and re-drilling birdseyes? Micro-precision felt cutter, for tiny pieces in butts?

[Dean May]

At the risk of being accused of hosing everything down with CA, :-), if you
judiciously apply a drop to the birdseye hole and then blow through the hole
to make sure the glue does not close the hole but only coats the sides,
you'll be amazed at how it'll tighten up that hole.

Dean

Dean May             cell 812.239.3359 

PianoRebuilders.com   812.235.5272 

Terre Haute IN  47802


-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of gordon stelter
Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2007 9:28 PM
To: Pianotech List
Subject: Plugging and re-drilling birdseyes? Micro-precision felt cutter,for
tiny pieces in butts? 

   This Ivers and Pond action makes me wonder if
someone oughtn't come up with a nifty system of
plugging and redrilling the birdseyes ??? This action
has "lost motion compensator" wippens, totally
unavailable, and I have found minute differences in
action part geometry, from old parts to replacement
stuff. It has an amazingly repsonsive touch for a
massive upright, so I don't want to change anything,
other than wearable materials.
     Speaking of which: The "Guillotine" type action
felt choppers are pretty useless for the tiny pieces
used under the butt buckskin ( which I'm replacing
with Ecsaine (TM)) etc..  So I was lying in bed last
night, wondering if a micro "paper cutter" type gizmo
might be devised, for these. So far, all that's
occurred to me has been to get a good quality, 
"slop-free" 1/4" drive mini "Breaker bar" ( Snap-on,
Craftsmnan, etc.) and mount, somehow, a razor blade,
or box-cutter blade, to the under side of the handle,
with the square drive tip end firmly attached to a
sturdy  base. Some sort of aluminum fence, for
straightness, and vinyl base-board molding 
( my favorite stuff to cut felt on ) to keep the razor
from dulling too soon. 
    Has anybody else "tackled" this issue of
precision, tiny felt cutting ? Got a  better idea ?

G





       
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