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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>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! :)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>-Falcone1132</FONT></DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=tune4@earthlink.net href="mailto:tune4@earthlink.net">Paul Chick
(Earthlink)</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:Pianotech@Ptg.Org">Pianotech@Ptg.Org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, February 14, 2007 10:08
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> The Gimlet-revisited</DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">List
members<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">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></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">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></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">For what its
worth…<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
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