Pin Driving Fluid, was: New Screws in New Pinblock

Farrell mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com
Mon, 23 Jun 2003 10:51:59 -0400


Oh, man, and I thought I lacked some sharpness not getting BOU (big old upright)! This one was right in the subject line! Pin Driving Fluid - PDF. Glad to see someone else that operates at my speed!   ;-)

Terry Farrell
  
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Harry Pickett" <hjpickett@cablenet-va.com>
To: "'Pianotech'" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Monday, June 23, 2003 10:25 AM
Subject: RE: Pin Driving Fluid, was: New Screws in New Pinblock


> 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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