[pianotech] agraffe tools

[Terry Farrell]

Larry, I have to say that if you have such talents at tool making, you really should contemplate making a blade guard for your table/band saw while you still have a few fingers left.  ;-)

Terry Farrell

On Oct 31, 2012, at 2:18 PM, Larry Fisher RPT wrote:

> Over the years I’ve purchased agraffe tools to accomplish the task of removal and replacement.  Not all agraffes are alike I’ve learned.  I also learned how these tools break.  The one from Schaff cat #30 twisted loose at the junction of the shaft and the wider part.  I had a guy arc weld it back together and it got twisted off at me.  I threw it away.  The next tool I bought at a conference some place some time some where and it sported a three eighths drive on one end  ......  two different sizes .... a thick one and a not so thick one.  It sat in my tool collection for years, used it a few times, went to use it one day and it promptly broke.  One ear sloughed off as I applied torque.  I sat there and contemplated the history I’ve had with these tools and also considered ordering another one.  After about 20 minutes on the phone trying to locate the vendor I bought these things from, I finally decided I could make one in less time than the 10 days it would take to receive one  .........  if I could find one.
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> I’ve since made two of them.  This morning I made one in about 15 minutes using a Dremel and a large diameter reinforced grey cut off wheel.
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> The last image is the first one I made for a thicker styled agraffe.  I welded a junk piece of iron opposite the business end for a handle.  To save time I didn’t pretty things up a bit on that one.  This AM I looked through my collection of odd tools and found I made a spanner wrench in the same manner many years ago and decided to make it a two in one tool by “installing” the agraffe removal tool on the other end.   I think I made the spanner wrench to accommodate a nose bolt for a M&H grand.  This iron I think is most likely tool steel.  I heat it up to red hot and hit it with a hammer and the hammer bounces off of it barely leaving any indication that I hit it in the first place.  It also resists being drilled and it’ll flatten a center punch.  It’s as if the iron is giving me the fing  ........  uh.
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> I’ll try and include the images of them in this post.  If they don’t make the trip, I’ll repost on the OTHER list.
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