<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 11 (filtered medium)">  <style>  </style>  </head> <body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=blue> <div class=Section1> Thanks. I enjoyed reading your reply.  I can’t help but wonder how many tool boxes/bags/chests have one that no one knows how to use it.  <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Paul C<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <div> <div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'> <hr size=2 width="100%" align=center tabindex=-1> </div> From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of Marshall Connolly Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 12:22 PM To: Pianotech List Subject: Re: The Gimlet-revisited<o:p></o:p> </div> <o:p> </o:p> <div> Ah, yes, the glorious gimlet... y'awl!  They're both really handy to have when installing the Damp chaser systems.  Nothing starts a screw hole for those pesky water tubes (or other wiring configurations!) better than a gimlet or an awl- of course, you need a hammer to make the awl effective with some grand "rims".  I think that this is the first time that I've ever heard someone mention a gimlet on the list.  I have been a technician for 25 years, and acquired mine when a university tech passed away and I bought the entirety of his tools from his widow.  God, I was still apprenticing in those days and my mentor (who is now 83) explained what it was.  I held on to it and have found SO many uses for the little tool.  Actually, it was hand made!  Hold the vodka, enjoy finding new uses for the tool Paul! :)<o:p></o:p> </div> <div> -Falcone1132<o:p></o:p> </div> <blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid black 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt; margin-left:3.75pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt'> <div> ----- Original Message ----- <o:p></o:p> </div> <div style='font-color:black'> From: <a href="mailto:tune4@earthlink.net" title="tune4@earthlink.net">Paul Chick (Earthlink)</a> <o:p></o:p> </div> <div> To: <a href="mailto:Pianotech@Ptg.Org" title="pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech@Ptg.Org</a> <o:p></o:p> </div> <div> Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 10:08 AM<o:p></o:p> </div> <div> Subject: The Gimlet-revisited<o:p></o:p> </div> <div> <o:p> </o:p> </div> List members<o:p></o:p> I responded to an e-mail that listed the tools the author uses to install Dampp Chasers, and I added the gimlet to the list.  After sending my reply, I surfed to find them through Google.  Up came 1,143,239 -give or take- ways to make a gimlet…the vodka drink, not the tool.  Digging through the recipes, I found it: Amazon.com and Amazon Marketplace.  Its order number is:  MMSS 3 MM 3  Screw Starter, for $5.04.  Amazon Marketplace lists it the same way for $3.27.  The manufacturer is Great Neck Tool Co.  If two sources are good, three must be better: VanDykes Restorers, item number 02212407 for $5.49.  They call it a “screw hole starter.”  Sometimes they can be found in established hardware stores.  Talk to the “associate” with some gray hair, wrinkles, callused hands and the faint odor of sawn pine from his clothes.<o:p></o:p> If you enjoy “antiquing,” you can probably find one or many more for about $1.00. No one seems to know what a gimlet is or how to use it, me included until my “ooOOOooh” moment occurred.<o:p></o:p> For what its worth…<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Paul C<o:p></o:p> </blockquote> </div> </body> </html>