Terry the Farrell said, "In this particular case however, a significant part of the problem is likely related to "All the screws were stripped in the dowel in the rail." Dowels do not belong in a hammer rail - likely someone "fixed" stripped screw holes in the past by drilling and plugging with dowels - as Debbie pointed out, the proper repair is done with maple plugs, not dowels. This hammer rail either needs a new rail or needs the dowels drilled out and replaced with plugs." Terry, There is another way and it uses dowels! If you drill across the rail and insert a dowel, (with glue), you'll now have cross-grain to get a firm hold on the screws. I've done this once on a "butchered" Steinway rail. Worked very well. It does need to be done with drill press, however. Regards, Joe Garrett, R.P.T. (Oregon) Captain, Tool Police Squares R I -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20060401/0a92a390/attachment.html
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