To Ream or Not to Ream?

[Farrell]

I tried the brush thing once. I found that the darn thing wears down after a 
few dozen holes - so your holes come out different sizes, depending on the 
state of wear on the brush. Just didn't do it for me. I think that ended up 
being the first time I tried plugging a pinblock - because the brush thing 
worked so poorly (for me anyway).

Terry Farrell

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dean May" <deanmay@pianorebuilders.com>

> Seems like if you were to chuck it up and spin it in a slow cordless
> drill you should be able to remove it while it is spinning.
>
> Dean
> Dean May
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On
> Behalf Of John Ross
>
> I did try the brush thing, but I did not have much success.
> The brush I had was a twisted wire type of shaft, and the handle, if it
> had
> one, was not a secure one. I don't remember if it had one, it was a long
>
> time ago.
> Anyway, I twisted it and got the brush in the pin hole, but I couldn't
> get
> it out, without a lot of trouble. Reason being the bristles were
> pointing
> out of the hole, and dug in, when I tried to remove it. Almost like some
>
> animals teeth, the grab, and you have to rip to get free.
> If it originally had a handle, it pulled off, when trying to remove the
> brush. It was the one from Pianotek TPB-1.
> I never did get it to work right. Mind you, my methodology, might have
> been
> wrong. But how can I be wrong, you push it in, and then pull out.
> Except, it
> wouldn't come out.
> John M. Ross