Pin Driving Fluid, was: New Screws in New Pinblock

[Harry Pickett]

Sorry to butt in. by for my further enlightenment what is PDF- apart
from the adobe reader!

Harry 
 

-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On
Behalf Of Farrell
Sent: Sunday, June 22, 2003 10:51 PM
To: Pianotech
Subject: Re: Pin Driving Fluid, was: New Screws in New Pinblock

Gotcha.That's kinda what I was figuring. Thanks.

Terry Farrell
  
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron Nossaman" <RNossaman@cox.net>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Sunday, June 22, 2003 10:28 AM
Subject: Re: Pin Driving Fluid, was: New Screws in New Pinblock


> 
> >Sealing the block from outside contaminants? Hmmmm. Breaking off pins

> >without PDF? - Shouldn't drilling the correct size hole solve that?
Ron 
> >N.'s explanation of how a PDF does its job is good, but implies that
to 
> >justify PDF use, you were running into jumpy pinblocks in the first
place.
> >
> >Is that why folks use PDF - so they don't end up with jumpy pins? How

> >often does one run across jumpy pins on your own pinblocks? Is this
not 
> >controllable by drilling good holes and keeping things clean?
> >
> >Terry Farrell
> 
> Ok, from what I've seen so far, pdf widens your margin for error in 
> producing an acceptable job. Like everything else, there's no absolute

> binary criteria, only lots of variable factors to weigh. If, with the
block 
> you use, and the pins you use, and the methods you employ, your
results are 
> too unpredictable to meet your personal criteria, use the pdf.
> 
> 
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