[pianotech] but will it split

[Ron Nossaman]

Gene Nelson wrote:
> Just curious - did you turn down the thickness of the head of the bolt 
> yourself? Do you have a laythe? Someone do it for you? It must somehow 
> be cost effective for you.
> Gene

They're a recessed head, meaning a thin head with a raised 
perimeter. I do have a lathe, and set up to (as quickly as I 
can) trim that raised perimeter from the head. It produces the 
closest to what I think I want until I find or steal a better 
approach. Cost effective? Probably not to produce the 
capstans, but certainly to regulate pedal lift. And if the 
process is covered by the pricing of the conversion, I guess 
it is.

Lots of dragons, lots of ways to slay 'em.
Ron N