Plastic elbows/a fiery solution

[Clyde Hollinger]

Kristinn,

If you've ever done this job you know the new elbows have no threads to start
with.  The only question I've had about Bob's method (and I've not tried it,
yet) is whether the new elbow will be impossible to remove, should you ever want
to do so in the future.  Although I'm not quite sure why you would want to do
that;  by the time the new elbows are shot, the rest of the piano will be long
gone.

Regards,
Clyde Hollinger, RPT
Lititz, PA, USA

Kristinn Leifsson wrote:

> Bob,
>
> this would totally destroy the threads in the elbow.
> Have you seen the long term effect with this procedure?
>
> Would the elbows be more prone to clicking or being wobbly with this method
> after a certain time, since the plastic contracts because of the heat (I
> would think)
>
> Kristinn Leifsson,
> Reykjavík, Iceland
>
> >
> >To even go further in simplifiying this procedure: when putting the new
> elbow
> >on the lifter wire, I heat the wire with a small portable propane torch and
> >just push the wire into the new elbow.  No spinning needed just push.  It
> >cools quite quickly and you have avoided quite a bit of tedious labor.  Not
> >to mention probably saving 20 minutes of time.  Just be careful you don't
> >have an accident and burn the house down...
> >
> > Bob Bergantino, RPT
> >Willoughby Hills, Ohio
> >
> >