On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 7:34 AM, Dean May <deanmay at pianorebuilders.com>wrote: > JB Weld is amazing stuff. I carry it in my case now, the two tubes are > pretty small and don’t weigh anything. > > > > Another pedal repair job it is useful for: the stamped steel pedals formed > into a U shape, the pivot rod knurling will wallow out the hole. Just put > the pin in place, slather JB weld around it, even fill the middle area of > the pedal with it. It works great. > Can you not use the set screw method that Isaac Sadigursky wrote about (some years ago now)? (After a long day, I'm not forming a mental visual tonight about the "stamped steel pedals." Maybe it wouldn't work with that pedal type.) I've used JB Weld for that kind of repair in the past, though. I like Isaac's method better when possible. Less messy, and no cure time. -- JF -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20090513/e1c26114/attachment.htm>
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