<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2912" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><SPAN class=016554807-08112006><FONT face=Arial>    I  CA'd a grand pinblock yesterday, and it did tighten up the pins, but I don't think all that </FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=016554807-08112006><FONT face=Arial>much CA got down the tuning pin holes.  There was a gap between the bottom of the plate and the top of the block, and the top surface was downhill toward the belly rail, so a good deal of my CA ran toward the back edge of the pinblock and dripped down onto the newspapers I had on the keybed.  What a waste!  The stuff ain't cheap.  </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=016554807-08112006>    <FONT face=Arial>But how could I have known in advance that the top of the pinblock wasn't level?  The top of the plate surrounding the tuning pins seemed level.  If I had known, I would've jacked up the rear leg a bit.  But how far?  If the plate above the pinblock isn't precisely a uniform thickness, you can't be sure.  </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=016554807-08112006>    Now I'm reluctant to CA again if there appears to be a noticeable gap </SPAN><SPAN class=016554807-08112006>between the plate and block (I suppose there's always some), for fear the CA will just run all over the top of the pinblock and not get down the holes.</SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=016554807-08112006>    --David Nereson, RPT</SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=016554807-08112006>    </SPAN></DIV></BODY></HTML>