[CAUT] Tool for removing capstans

[David Nereson]

Ron Nossaman wrote:

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>> Hi all,
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>> Anyone have a nifty tool for quickly removing capstans?
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>> Alan
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> Try this.
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> Ron N
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 Yes.  I made a similar tool, from coathanger wire, I believe, but with 
a much, much shorter horizontal length after it curves up out of the 
capstan hole.  I can chuck it in a drill which makes the job quick.  
It's shaped like an upside-down question mark, but instead of being 
curved at the top of the crook (bottom of the crook when it's in working 
position), it's straight, to poke through the hole in the capstan.  Make 
sure the vertical part that chucks in the drill is in the same axis as 
the screw part of the capstan or it'll wobble too much. 
    --David Nereson, RPT