Veritical Hitches Another Question

[Gene Nelson]

I have only done this one time. Within this limited experience I would 
insert hitches after finishing. What I did was try a couple and found that 
the lacquer would bulge at the edges of the holes. Used  drills to get out 
the bulk of the overspray - about .007 undersize. Ground off the cutting 
edge and let flutes do the cutting.
Gene Nelson
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Love" <davidlovepianos at comcast.net>
To: "'Pianotech List'" <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2008 9:00 AM
Subject: Veritical Hitches Another Question


> Another question.  Those installing vertical hitches, do you find it 
> better
> to install before or after you refinish the plate, i.e. are there chipping
> problems when you insert them after finishing?  Otherwise, masking them 
> all
> off seems like a pain.
>
> David Love
> davidlovepianos at comcast.net
> www.davidlovepianos.com
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