David, With a little practice there's no need for any height gauge. Like Terry said, once you've drove a few practice pins in a old pinblock, you'll be a pro in no time. Slick as a whistle. Tom Servinsky ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Love" <davidlovepianos@comcast.net> To: "'Pianotech'" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2005 9:56 AM Subject: RE: Danair Pneumatic palmnailer for driving tuning pins > One thing I've wondered about with these. With a hammer I use a pin > driver > with a wooden dowel attached to the side that serves to index the height > of > the pin from the plate. Does this device allow you to do the same thing? > Otherwise, how do you index the height? > > David Love > davidlovepianos@comcast.net > > -----Original Message----- > From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On > Behalf > Of Tom Servinsky > Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2005 3:58 AM > To: Pianotech > Subject: Re: Danair Pneumatic palmnailer for driving tuning pins > > David, > I'll echo Jeannie's comments. The beauty of these devices is that you can > adjust your compressor settings to correspond with the amt. of movement > you > want with each burst of power. I think I usually use around 60psi for most > string jobs and find it easy to predict how far the pins needs to go in. I > usually ballpark it for the actually string/ pin install, and then go back > and "touch up" the pin heights with a slightly lower psi setting, > allowing > a pin in increments of 1mm.Very slick process. > The only drawback is the noise factor. Hearing protection is essential as > the decimal level is high. > Tom Servinsky > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jeannie Grassi" <jcgrassi@earthlink.net> > To: "'Pianotech'" <pianotech@ptg.org> > Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2005 11:53 PM > Subject: RE: Danair Pneumatic palmnailer for driving tuning pins > > >> Hi David, >> I went through the same process a while ago. I ended up getting a Senco >> palm nailer for a very affordable price. I've used it with no other head >> than the 1/4 in. one that came with it and it worked fine. I wasn't sure >> it >> would work because of other people's concerns, but I didn't run into any >> problems.....just getting used to it's power and being careful not to >> drive >> the pins all the way through the block!! Maybe I was just lucky. >> jeannie >> >> Jeannie Grassi, RPT >> Assistant Editor, Piano Technicians Journal >> mailto:jcgrassi@earthlink.net >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On >> Behalf >> Of David Love >> Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2005 8:45 PM >> To: 'Pianotech' >> Subject: Danair Pneumatic palmnailer for driving tuning pins >> >> I was looking through the archives interested in perhaps buying one of >> these >> for stringing and was wondering if there are other models than the Danair >> model that people like, what size head diameter works best and whether or >> not you need to do anything to protect the top of the pin? >> >> Thanks >> >> David Love >> davidlovepianos@comcast.net >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >
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