Plugging and re-drilling birdseyes? Micro-precision felt cutter, for tiny pieces in butts?

[Joe And Penny Goss]

G, Why not just size the hole? Yes you can make them smaller.
Joe Goss RPT
Mother Goose Tools
imatunr at srvinet.com
www.mothergoosetools.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "gordon stelter" <lclgcnp at yahoo.com>
To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2007 7:28 PM
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 ?
>
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