For one such tough nut I went through the hole in the top and screwed the bottom of the can to a bench with two screws, grabbed the lip of the big hole with a plier and was able to spin it off. For another the fix was to stomp on it and toss it. Mike justpianos at our.net.au wrote: > About 6 years ago I bought enough canisters to cover my requirements for > wire coils I had previously bought. I could open all but one. I tried hot, > cold, vice, lubrication, all to no avail, until recently, when it just > "gave" one day. > Keep trying. > Bruce Browning > The Piano Tuner. > > > > > >> Does anyone have a "trick" to unscrewing one of those wire canisters >> from Mapes that haven't been opened in several years? My hands aren't >> that strong. Or maybe I'm just getting old! :-D >> >> Avery >> >> >> >> > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20070311/70dfcf72/attachment.html
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