[pianotech] Plate screw problem

[John Ross]

With an open faced block, couldn't you drill a pilot hole and install a screw alongside the broken one?
Then just veneer and stain over the broken one.
Or get a broken screw extractor, available in 1/4"  and 3/8', Pianotek has them. Cut a hole around the broken screw.
Then plug and install a new screw.
John Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia

On 2011-07-14, at 9:46 PM, David Renaud wrote:

> Plate screw snapped putting it back in.....old screw.....
> Left front corner of a boesendorfer plate. Open face block.....
> pin block is replaced and well attached to the stretcher and shelf...
> There are 2 other plate screws into the front shelf of the plate in that corner
> 6 inches or so from the corner, so perhaps that screw is redundant?
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> I tried to drill it out with a titanium bit advertised to drill steel.....
> It ripped to shreds as attempting to drill it out, and now there is titanium in the hole also.
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> Ideas?
> Tempted to fill it with epoxy And put in a short fat screw.........
> Are there drill bits out there that should handle cleaning this out to fill, plug and redrill?
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