List, I'm a little late to this thread but several years ago I fashioned a tool for swedgeing loose damper leads from an 11". 45 degree needle nose pliers such as at this web site. http://www.sjdiscounttools.com/kti51211.html I put the thing in a vice and gave the tips a few judicious wacks then dressed the tips a bit . I think the fact that this is an inexpensive tool worked to my advantage as it was pretty malleable and the 45 degree angle gives good access to the levers. I make three or four dimples around the edge of the lead and it does the job. I've a few of these for some fellow techs with positive reports back. Under ten bucks and no need to C.A. Tom Driscoll -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20091121/4d25b54b/attachment-0001.htm> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: sjdiscounttools_2079_400547984.jpeg Type: image/jpeg Size: 25386 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20091121/4d25b54b/attachment-0003.jpeg> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: P1010001-1.JPG Type: image/jpeg Size: 179050 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20091121/4d25b54b/attachment-0004.jpeg> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: P1010002-1.JPG Type: image/jpeg Size: 267003 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20091121/4d25b54b/attachment-0005.jpeg>
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