Pin depth.

[Paul]

David
Clever!

Paul Chick
----- Original Message -----
From: David Love <davidlovepianos@hotmail.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2001 1:32 AM
Subject: Re: Pin depth.


> Another way is to attach a piece of piano wire to the drill so that it
> extends down near the drill bit.  You can attach the wire to the drill
with
> tape.  Set the wire so that the distance from the end of the wire to the
end
> of the drill bit is the depth that you want.  When the drill penetrates to
> that depth, the piece of piano wire will touch the bridge.
>
> David Love
>
>
> >From: jolly roger <baldyam@sk.sympatico.ca>
> >Reply-To: pianotech@ptg.org
> >To: "pianotech@ptg.org" <pianotech@ptg.org>
> >Subject: Pin depth.
> >Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2001 23:53:38 -0600
> >
> >  I tried some thing new today. Drilling a bridge cap to install new
pins.
> >How to drill all the holes to the same depth so I don't have to file the
> >tops of the pins to make them even.
> >I used 3 layers of heat shrink sleeving on the drill bit, to both mark
the
> >depth and act as a depth collar.
> >It's availiable in a variety of bright colour's,  I chose yellow, does
the
> >job very accurately.
> >You need to stand the pins on end together to sort, and toss out, the odd
> >short or long pins.
> >Heat shrink sleeving is availiable from Radio Shack or good electronics
> >suppliers.
> >
> >Hope this is useful
> >Roger
> >
>
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