Air Hammer

[Tom Servinsky]

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Numax.com carries Danair Palm Nailers for $129.00 plus shipping.  Best price
I've found so far.  I'm anxiously waiting for mine to arrive.
Tom Servinsky, RPT
Pianocraft of the Treasure Coast
----- Original Message -----
From: Farrell <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2001 7:54 AM
Subject: Re: Air Hammer


> Danair Palm Nailer #RN-16-8
> http://www.danairinc.com/products.html
> Click on the RN-16 Palm Nailer.
> I ordered my direct from the above.
> Good luck! You'll love it.
>
> Terry Farrell
> Piano Tuning & Service
> Tampa, Florida
> mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tom Servinsky" <tompiano@gate.net>
> To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2001 8:46 PM
> Subject: Re: Air Hammer
>
>
> > Terry,
> > Where can the Danair Palm Nailer be purchased. I've been toying the idea
> for
> > some time. Too many rebuilds ahead to keep "hammering" away the old
style.
> > Tom Servinsky
> > tompiano@gate.net
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Farrell <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com>
> > To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
> > Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2001 5:47 PM
> > Subject: Air Hammer
> >
> >
> > > Just tried out my Danair Palm Nailer #RN-16-8 for the first time
driving
> > > three tuning pins into a pinblock. Holy cow cookies! That thing is
> slicker
> > > than you-know-what!
> > >
> > > Often as I drove a tuning pin by hand (with manual hammer) into a bare
> > > pinblock, I could see the damage I did to the top of the hole as the
pin
> > > wiggled back and forth with each blow (hey, I'm a newbie!). I'm sure
it
> > > continued throughout the driving process. The couple pianos I have
> > restrung,
> > > resulted in acceptable (for me - I had low expectations), but far from
> > > perfectly uniform tuning pin torque.
> > >
> > > The three pins I drove into a bare pinblock resulted in 160 in-lbs.
> torque
> > > for each one. Not 150, not 170, but all three were like exactly 160
> > in-lbs.
> > > of torque. I had never done that before. Oh, boy, this has made my
day.
> I
> > > can hardly wait until after I finish restringing and start
> > chipping/tuning.
> > > Clearly, I am expecting fabulous results.
> > >
> > > Thank you Del Fandrich and Roger Jolly (and anyone else that
> participated
> > in
> > > that thread - I know there were a few) - I recall that both of you use
> an
> > > air powered hammer, and one of you recommended the Danair
specifically.
> > Man,
> > > you just drive those puppies straight down. I am just absolutely
amazed
> at
> > > what a difference it makes! Fast, easy, and NO tuning pin wiggling.
> > >
> > > What do you use as a guide for tuning pin driving depth control? On my
> > bare
> > > test holes, I used an one-inch-thick piece of hard maple with a
> 5/16-inch
> > > hole drilled in it. I placed the maple guide over the tuning pin hole,
> > > inserted the tuning pin, and drove it with the Palm Nailer until it
> would
> > go
> > > no further. That worked perfect - for a bare block. Now I need to
figure
> > out
> > > what to use when I am driving the pin through the plate into the
block.
> > What
> > > does anyone use? Something hard to physically stop the Palm Nailer
from
> > > going any further - or do you tape a stick or something to the thingee
> > that
> > > goes over the top of the tuning pin and just watch until it touches
the
> > > plate or whatever?
> > >
> > > Can we adapt this thing for bridge pins - or just way too much
> horsepower?
> > >
> > > Terry Farrell
> > > Piano Tuning & Service
> > > Tampa, Florida
> > > mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com
> > >
> > >
> >
>
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