[CAUT] Tool for removing capstans

[Isaac OLEG]

Hello all, a voice from the past !

I've been far and not often on the net, till some weeks.

I 've find a very easy made capstan tool with the little tool sold to
"renew" the rusty tuning pins that is using some kind of rubber tubing
inside a metal support (i guess Apsco was selling that tool some
century before).
 drill adequate hole in the tubing (shortened) and put a little
contact glue to avoid the tubing to slip).
A better use for this tool than the original use I may say. Ok to
insert and to turn capstans.
Works fine in a portable screwdriver , for instance.

BTW one can use the rubber tubing to clean and smooth the edges of old
capstans also.

Best regards to all, I hope I will be able to come by a lit-tle more
often this sulmmer.

And I hope you are all well and fine !

Isaac OLEG


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-----Message d'origine-----
De : caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org]De la part de
Ken
Zahringer
Envoye : lundi 11 juillet 2005 17:49
A : College and University Technicians
Objet : Re: [CAUT] Tool for removing capstans


For capstans with holes, I made a tool out of a short length of coat
hanger
wire, bent kind of like a number "7", and chucked it in my hand drill.
For
the hex or square shoulder capstans, John Hartman described a simple &
effective tool in the Dec 1999 Journal.  Basically, he took a short
piece of
3/4" square steel tube, cut a slot in one side to engage the capstan,
and
put a bolt in the opposite side to go in his drill chuck.  They work
great.

Ken Z.


On 7/11/05 10:31 AM, "Alan McCoy" <amccoy@mail.ewu.edu> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Anyone have a nifty tool for quickly removing capstans?
>
> Alan
>
>
> -- Alan McCoy, RPT
> Eastern Washington University
> amccoy@mail.ewu.edu
> 509-359-4627
>
>
>
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Ken Zahringer, RPT
Piano Technician
MU School of Music
297 Fine Arts
882-1202
cell 489-7529

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