This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Hi All, I was waiting for Joe Goss to reply on the list so I could point out his new signature, but he didn't change the old one! Joe took his Technical Exam at our Mid-Atlantic Regional Convention (MARC) last week and is a NEW RPT! He was so dedicated he even closed his booth for a while to concentrate on the exam. Mike McCoy Chapters 170 & 190 Langhorne, Pa. mailto:mjmccoy@usa.com -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]On Behalf Of Joe And Penny Goss Sent: Friday, April 02, 2004 10:59 AM To: Pianotech Subject: Re: thumb protection when re-pinning Dave, Those ends need to be blunted so that the reamer can go through the center of the felt better. Joe Goss imatunr@srvinet.com www.mothergoosetools.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Piannaman@aol.com To: pianotech@ptg.org Sent: Friday, April 02, 2004 8:45 AM Subject: Re: thumb protection when re-pinning Dave, I find a flat, smooth hard surface, such as the side of my pinning tool. I lay it on the keybed(or something else flat and close by) and gently push the pin up into the birdseye. Feeling the amount of pressure you have to apply to the piece to get the pin through(or not) can tell you how good the fit is. I always push directly over the pin to avoid any kind of unsupported stress on the part. I occasionally get a pin jabbing in the end of my thumb, but not often. I also use the Mannino broaches. They are one of the best tools I've purchased based on money spent vs. money earned. The ends are REALLY sharp. DAMHIK. Dave Stahl In a message dated 4/2/04 4:21:48 AM Pacific Standard Time, jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca writes: I use the Mannino broaches themselves to determine the fit in the birdseye. They have handles and the size marked on them. Regards, John M. Ross Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Nereson" <davner@kaosol.net> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Friday, April 02, 2004 3:56 AM Subject: thumb protection when re-pinning > When re-pinning more than, say, twenty action parts, my right thumb > really gets poked, cut, and chewed-up from repeatedly trying the pin in the > birdseye of each part being re-pinned to see if it's tight enough, then > pushing it into both bushings on the flange, individually, to see if they > need reaming, burnishing, or re-bushing, then after reaming, trying the pin > in the bushings again, maybe making another touch-up operation, then trying > the pin in the bushings again, then pushing the pin through one bushing into > the birdseye, and, finally, using the plunger-type re-pinning tool only for > the final push through the birdseye. That's just one flange. After a > couple dozen, my thumb is raw meat, as though I took a rasp to it. > I've tried using a thimble, but you have to keep taking it off to try > the pin in the bushing or to pick up a fine tool like a tiny reamer, > tweezers, or center-pin, then put it back on to push the pin through. And > with it on, you don't have the sensitivity or control for trying the fit of > the pin in the bushing. Nor do you with pliers. Maybe some custom-made > leather "thumb boot" through which a center-pin will NOT poke would work, > but it would probably wear through quickly. I need a bionic thumb! > Gang replacement is different, where you have all new flanges and you > can chuck a roughened center pin in a drill and use that for the reamer, > then just push all the same size pins through with the pinning tool. But > that's not the case with most actions I work on. > --David Nereson, RPT ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/f8/c0/aa/10/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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