broken needle

[Keith McGavern]

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At 1:23 PM -0700 6/15/03, Jack Houweling wrote:
>... The other day I was doing some voicing (deep needle) and my 
>needle broke off in the hammer. I could not get it out with any 
>tools. My question is do you leave it in or do you keep trying to 
>dig it out?

Jack,

Leaving it in is only an option if you can't get it out.

The method of madness I use is another needle and go fishing, so to 
speak, to get the broken needle to show it's face. Then when I can 
see it, I grab it with needle nosed pliers. You could easily use some 
other pinching type device. With patience and persistence you 
shouldn't have any problems.

So far I have managed to capture all broken needles.

Keith McGavern
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