Center Pin

[David Ilvedson]

I do the same thing...I can't remember the last time I pushed a bushing out...

David Ilvedson, RPT
Pacifica, CA  94044

----- Original message ----------------------------------------
From: BobDavis88 at aol.com
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Received: 8/14/2008 5:42:36 PM
Subject: Re: Center Pin


>In a message dated 8/14/2008 6:01:53 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, Tom  
>Driscoll (_tomtuner at verizon.net_ (mailto:tomtuner at verizon.net) )  writes:

>....Once  I find the center of the hole I use the popular inserter-extracter 
>tool to  push the pin into the birdseye then take care to keep the other  
>bushing in line with the pin as I SLOWLY push the pin  through...
>I find that it helps to "nibble" the pin through. By this I mean  
>push-release-push-release instead of pushing through in one smooth motion. When  
>pushing 
>through in one motion, the pin can get a little off course if the tool  isn't 
>PERFECTLY lined up and the pin PERFECTLY centered on the face of the  pusher. 
>It can enlarge some part of the bushing. Pushing in tiny increments  resets 
>the pin on the face of the pusher and pushes it straighter.
> 
>Bob Davis

>. 



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