No, put the blade of the tool in the kerf of the screw. Joe Goss imatunr@srvinet.com www.mothergoosetools.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Love" <davidlovepianos@earthlink.net> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 6:50 PM Subject: Re: Delignet Pinblocks > I'm not sure I know what you mean "use a sharp chisel to drive the screw > in". It seems that the chisel won't be sharp for long doing that. You're > right, after the first one sheared off I was able to tell that the second > one would... and it did...*(@)%(#*@. > > David Love > davidlovepianos@earthlink.net > > > > [Original Message] > > From: Joe And Penny Goss <imatunr@srvinet.com> > > To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org> > > Date: 7/16/2003 5:34:42 PM > > Subject: Re: Delignet Pinblocks > > > > When the screws turn toooooo tight use a sharp chisel to drive the screw > in. > > This will sometimes prevent breakage. After breaking a few you should get > > the feel for when they are going to sheer off (O:(( > > Joe Goss > > imatunr@srvinet.com > > www.mothergoosetools.com > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Joseph Garrett" <joegarrett@earthlink.net> > > To: <pianotech@ptg.org> > > Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 4:27 PM > > Subject: Re: Delignet Pinblocks > > > > > > > David:...."Trying to get the pinblock screws out of the piano turned out > > to > > > be quite > > > an ordeal. They were completely frozen in the block and two of the > longer > > > screws (at the struts) sheared off. Is this typical behavior for > Delignit > > > blocks? Though I am going to replace the block, I have another > question. > > > Were I to reuse a Delignit block, what is the best way to approach the > > next > > > tuning pin size. These were 2/0 and were fairly tight, though quite > > > corroded." > > > > > > I would say this is not typical of Delignet. I think the clue is in your > > > statement about the tuning pins......."quite corroded"! However, as I > said > > > in a recent post, I always "cut" the threads into pre-drilled pilot > holes. > > > Delignet is bit less forgiving of screws and such, IMO. Also, the person > > > that replaced that block might have done something to make it impossible > > to > > > remove the screws. > > > Best Regards, > > > Joe Garrett, RPT, (Oregon) > > > > > > Been There, Didn't Like It, So I'm Here To Stay! [G} > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > > > _______________________________________________ > > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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