[CAUT] Air ratchet/impact tool for stringing?

[Jeff Olson]

This is what I had in mind, Guy...except the missing thumb part.

:-)JeffO
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From: "DIANE HOFSTETTER" <dianepianotuner@msn.com>
To: <caut@ptg.org>
Sent: Sunday, November 13, 2005 9:57 PM
Subject: [CAUT] Air ratchet/impact tool for stringing?


>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
>
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> [CAUT] Air ratchet/impact tool for stringing?
> Leslie Bartlett l-bartlett@sbcglobal.net
> Sun, 13 Nov 2005 16:49:33 -0600
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> A Palm nailer works marvelously.........
> les bartlett
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> From: caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org]On Behalf Of
> Nichols
> Sent: Sunday, November 13, 2005 4:19 PM
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>
> 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
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