I used an air hammer for years. Had a machinist make me a tool to fit over the tuning pin. Made the job MUCH EASIER on my body. You can get air hammers so inexpensively that I never oiled it, just threw it away and got a new one when the time was right. At one time I tried an air rachet. It worked marvelously and was kind of fun. I pounded the pins in a depth that seemed appropriate, then fed the wire (cut appropriately) into the becket and spun the pin in with the coil forming beautifully around the pin. Then I tried to teach my apprentice and her hand wasn't strong enough to control the air rachet. So I tried to teach my husband and after he almost cut his thumb tip off by getting it in the way of the wire, I gave up on that. Afterwards I simply made the coil on the pin and then drove it in with the air hammer. Diane Hofstetter [CAUT] Air ratchet/impact tool for stringing? Leslie Bartlett l-bartlett@sbcglobal.net Sun, 13 Nov 2005 16:49:33 -0600 Previous message: [CAUT] Air ratchet/impact tool for stringing? Next message: [CAUT] Air ratchet/impact tool for stringing? Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A Palm nailer works marvelously......... les bartlett -----Original Message----- From: caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org]On Behalf Of Nichols Sent: Sunday, November 13, 2005 4:19 PM To: College and University Technicians Subject: Re: [CAUT] Air ratchet/impact tool for stringing? Was my dad's tool of choice. Slow and noisy, but otherwise just fine. Research from a major manufacturer years ago showed better torque results from driving the pins, rather than turning them in, though. Also.... gotta make sure you're not blowing oil or condensation all over the pin field. Have fun, Guy At 10:59 AM 11/13/2005 -0800, you wrote: >Anyone here ever tried (or thought of trying) an air ratchet for stringing? > >JeffO >_______________________________________________ >caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >
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