At the risk of being accused of hosing everything down with CA, :-), if you judiciously apply a drop to the birdseye hole and then blow through the hole to make sure the glue does not close the hole but only coats the sides, you'll be amazed at how it'll tighten up that hole. Dean Dean May cell 812.239.3359 PianoRebuilders.com 812.235.5272 Terre Haute IN 47802 -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of gordon stelter Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2007 9:28 PM To: Pianotech List Subject: Plugging and re-drilling birdseyes? Micro-precision felt cutter,for tiny pieces in butts? This Ivers and Pond action makes me wonder if someone oughtn't come up with a nifty system of plugging and redrilling the birdseyes ??? This action has "lost motion compensator" wippens, totally unavailable, and I have found minute differences in action part geometry, from old parts to replacement stuff. It has an amazingly repsonsive touch for a massive upright, so I don't want to change anything, other than wearable materials. Speaking of which: The "Guillotine" type action felt choppers are pretty useless for the tiny pieces used under the butt buckskin ( which I'm replacing with Ecsaine (TM)) etc.. So I was lying in bed last night, wondering if a micro "paper cutter" type gizmo might be devised, for these. So far, all that's occurred to me has been to get a good quality, "slop-free" 1/4" drive mini "Breaker bar" ( Snap-on, Craftsmnan, etc.) and mount, somehow, a razor blade, or box-cutter blade, to the under side of the handle, with the square drive tip end firmly attached to a sturdy base. Some sort of aluminum fence, for straightness, and vinyl base-board molding ( my favorite stuff to cut felt on ) to keep the razor from dulling too soon. Has anybody else "tackled" this issue of precision, tiny felt cutting ? Got a better idea ? G ____________________________________________________________________________ ________ Take the Internet to Go: Yahoo!Go puts the Internet in your pocket: mail, news, photos & more. http://mobile.yahoo.com/go?refer=1GNXIC
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