Pulling key pins, was key bushings

[Don]

Hi Jeff,

A captive hammer connected to a set of vise grips.

At 09:25 AM 12/20/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>Fred, list,
>I wish I could remember where I saw it, perhaps at one of the vendor's
>tables at the recent North Carolina Regional, but somewhere I've seen a
>tool designed specifically for pulling key pins.
>
>Anybody know what I'm talking about, where I might have seen it, who offers
>it, or whether it's worth it?
>
>Thanks for the great post Fred.  Now, if I could only order some center
>pins and bushing cloth for those practice room grands.
>
>Jeff
>
>
>Fred wrote:
>>    BTW, for anyone who doesn't know, the easy way to remove key pins is
>>to use
>>a pair of "dikes" (the auto mechanic's term for diagonal cutting pliers)
>>and a
>>piece of 1/4 - 3/8" dowel or square stock. Use the wood as a fulcrum,
>>about 1/2"
>>away from the pin. Grab the pin with the tip of the dikes at the pin's
>>bottom and
>>pry up about 3/16". Release and grab again at the bottom. Three pries and
>>it's
>>out. Pound in the new one. Half a minute, max. No sweat, no cussing
(compared
>>to pulling with pliers or vice grips). _Grab_ the pin with the dikes. Make
>>a dimple
>>in each side. No slip that way. You're going to throw it away.
>
>
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Regards,
Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T.

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