Upright pinblock removal

[David Renaud]

I have watched Bolduc replace a upright pinblock at a
weekend seminar class. 
and since removed one block using his method. 

After a couple hours drilling holes and a single cut
with a circular saw set to the correct depth mine
popped of very easily. 

I could have saved an hour by not drilling all those
holes and just cutting 15-20 strips across the
pinblock with the circular saw(take 5min)set 1 mm
above the depth of the block, and just popped of the
strips 
with a chisel. 

Then a damp cloth is placed on the 1mm remaining 
layer. 
Apply a hot iron and let it do the work. It peals off.

the remaining pinblock without having to touch/ damage
the joint surface. 

The sides did come off. The only reason I see to take
time drilling all the holes is to preserve the old
block so he can make a duplicate. 
Just accurately measure depth before cutting, as that
is loss. Since my project had a perfectly rectangular
block, that was not really necessary to preserve the
old block, could have cut it off. 

As for integrity of frame, once the frame is bare,
reinforce all joints, soak with glue, drill into
joints and add maple dowel plugs linking fame
components securely. 

                                             Cheers 
                                             Dave
Renaud 
                                             RPT 
                                             Canada 

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