Jim, I started with an old tool which escapes me at the moment, but you can use an old chisel or file the width of the nose bolt and grind down and cut with a Dermal to fit the bolt. When complete, just hold it straight down and grab it with an adjustable wrench to turn it. Works for me. Al - High Point, NC On Feb 6, 2011, at 9:03 AM, jimialeggio wrote: > I've made and busted 3 spanner wrenches to remove these nose bolt nuts on small Chickerings. > > Any ideas on a tool that deal with these effectively? > > The problem I have is that the 2 holes are only 1/8" diameter. This really doesn't give me much scope to give the spanner pins (I guess you'd call them) any significant bending resistance. I tried using 1/8" drill bit shafts for the pins, but they sheared. > > Jim I > > Jim Ialeggio > grandpianosolutions.com > 978- 425-9026 > Shirley, MA > > <nose bolt nut.jpg> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20110206/a435a962/attachment.htm>
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