Doweled and Fully Fit Pinblocks - Extracting the old pinblock

[Jon Page]

>He said he just broke the stretcher to pinblock joint with a
>mallet. He himself used a leather mallet


This is how I have been doing it. any veneer which break from the 
stretcher is easily replaced.  A mallet and chisels wedge the 
stretcher and a blade cuts the dowels, just as you.   I also drill 
out the inner rim dowels with a Speed Bore bit being careful not to 
drill
into the rim.    Then jack the block up off-center and whack the 
longer section with the
mallet and the opposite end breaks free and springs upwards (another 
Bolduc trick).

I forget which side to do first. I suppose if the treble side does 
not want it give it up,
the bass has less surface area and is easier to crack.
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Regards,

Jon Page
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