Have you tried it for chip tuning?...;-] David Ilvedson, RPT Pacifica, CA 94044 ----- Original message ---------------------------------------- From: "Ron Nossaman" <rnossaman at cox.net> To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org> Received: 6/10/2008 4:23:06 PM Subject: impacted shop practices >For years, I've used an impact wrench to pull tuning pins, and >think it's terrific. Recently, I used it to take out a set of >plate screws with an appropriate 3/8" square drive bit (Apex). >It worked wonderfully! The screws literally *leaped* out of >the pinblock as fast as I could move from one screw to the >next. Some of them even jumped clear out of the piano and I >had to chase them down. Today, I thought "what the heck", or >something along those lines, and used the same bit to drive >then back into the new block. I'm sold. I installed all of >what looked like at least 900 very shiny plate screws in about >15 or 20 minutes without breaking a sweat or chipping paint. >And that was being cautious. Screw heads look good too. >This may be something everyone on the planet but me already >knew, but if you didn't already, you ought to consider looking >into it. >Ron N
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