Hi, Andy I have no idea whether this repair will last. I think I would have sized the birdseye with glue rather than water. However, I think your story might be redefined as a "Cautionary Tale" with the following moral: "Always have a good assortment of center pins in different sizes with you." and the following closely related moral: "Always have a good assortment of replacement flanges and hammer butts and other action parts with you." Best wishes, Susan At 12:16 AM 9/12/98 -0500, you wrote: >Hi. >I may or may not have solved a problem on a binding hammer flange in a >upright player yesterday, So I thought I would put it in front of the group >and see what you guys thought. > >I removed the offending hammer butt, and observed the flange. the pin was >tuning in the butt instead of the felt bushings like it was supposed to. > >So I pulled the pin. eased the bushing and reinstalled the pin (I didn't >have a bigger pin here in this case) It _still_ turned in the butt. > >I feared if I eased the bushing anymore I would end up with a wobbly flange, >so I got an eyedropper, and dripped water in the pin hole in the hammer >butt. I thought it might swell the wood just a bit and it would be tight >again. > >I put the pin back in and let it set overnight. sure enough the butt was >tight again and the pin rotated in the bushings like it should. > >So my question is, will this repair last or just work right until the wood >dries out? > >AndyBest Regards >Andy & Chris Taylor >"The Lone Arranger" >Tempola Music Rolls >"Taylor Made" Just For You >http://home.swbell.net/tempola/index.htm --------------------------------------------------------------------- Susan Kline P.O. Box 1651 Philomath, OR 97370 skline@proaxis.com
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