In my experiments the Zapper didn't "char the birds eye". I zapped one flange for 20 seconds to see what would happen. There was no smoke to be seen and the birds eye was still tight enough to grip the pin. On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 8:48 PM, Norm Barrett <barr8345 at bellsouth.net>wrote: > I would not call this a "zapper" because a zapper that this thread has been > talking about sends an electric current thru the center pin to heat it and > thus size the bushing felt. Your device looks to me to much safer to use and > would accomplish the same result. The "traditional" zapper can easily char > the birdseye if left on too long and I think that would be difficult with > your device. It also solves the problem of probes to contact just the center > pin. > Norm Barrett > > Mike Kurta wrote: > >> >> Here are pictures of my homemade "Zapper." I used two inexpensive >> soldering irons from Radio Shack and filed off the points to create a flat >> surface which contacts the ends of the pin. Simple, cheap and it works. >> Mike Kurta, RPT >> Chicago chapter >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> > -- Ryan Sowers, RPT Puget Sound Chapter Olympia, WA www.pianova.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech_ptg.org/attachments/20090329/982b98de/attachment-0001.html>
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