We all need to be aware of the fact that Brass is through the roof right now! I went to the hardware store for some R.H. 1/4" x 20 x 1"-slot head bolts. All the hardware store had was Phillips head, (I loath, hate and despise Phillips!). I was informed that they did have those in brass. Price $.98 each! Had to go to a specialty supplier to get the steel ones. The price for a box of them, (100), Steel....$4.25! Point is, brass & copper are valuable!! Steel...?...not. So. Sort and save. Recycle is EARTH FRIENDLY!<G> (It's an Oregon thang!) Per the question, however...I put the extracted tuning pins in Coffee cans with a plastic lid, (modern equivalent is plastic coffee can<G>)The plastic lid can be put on the bottom as a protector when doing various projects requiring a "hold-down". I have stacks of them! I use them for the downforce on objects that are impossible to CLAMP! Such as, bridges. Three or four coffee cans stacked on a glue-up gives a sufficient amount of force to make a good joint!<G> Regards, Joe Joe Garrett, R.P.T. (Oregon) Captain, Tool Police Squares R I -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20090930/24245e55/attachment-0001.htm>
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