At 11:50 PM -0700 10/2/02, Joseph Garrett wrote:
>This voicing tool made out of brass rod, what happens when the needle
>breaks!? How are you going to replace it, if it's soldered in?
>Seems to me that a set screw would be a better way to go. Easy to do. <G>
Ask a set screw to hold the needle(s) in and immediately you need
something the diameter of the Hart voicing tool. A fine tool but
with that fat a shank a little limiting in some through-the-string
work you might want to do. I've got two needles set in the end of
5/32" braising rod, which I've made into the 12' handle for a rubber
mute.
It's meant for light crown work, not deep shoulder needling, and if
you break off a needle doing 2mm stitching, something is seriously
wrong.
Check the PTJ CD-ROM for "Calligraphy Tool".
Bill Ballard RPT
NH Chapter, P.T.G.
"I'll play it and tell you what it is later...."
...........Miles Davis
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