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<DIV><FONT face="Arial Narrow">Will a drill bit extender work? One kind is
essentially a sleeve with set screws. The other is a shank with
a one-ended sleeve (cylinder) with set screw(s).</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Arial Narrow"> --David Nereson, RPT
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<A title=jpdraine@gmail.com href="mailto:jpdraine@gmail.com">J Patrick
Draine</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, March 07, 2008 1:27
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> agraffe stub misery</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Sure, sometimes it's EZ, but other times it's hell. The
customer has a big (7 ft or so) old (ca. 1889) H F Miller grand, and there's a
popped off agraffe at the note just above the top treble section strut. A
couple weeks ago I was at the customer's home, at which time I tuned &
voiced their Yamaha G3. After finishing that, I took a look at this big ol'
relic. I tried the "tap a snaggle toothed screwdriver into the stub remnant
& back it out" routine. Also the "see if you can tap it counterclickwise
to back it out" scenario. No go.<BR>Well, I knew my left hand bits were back
at home, so I packed it in for the day. Made a follow-up appointment for
earlier this morning. Set my high torque drill and left hand bits down, opened
the piano up & took another look at that agraffe stub. OOK, it's RIGHT
NEXT TO a massive (3" or so tall) strut! The chuck on my drill is way too fat
to center the bit into the stub. So my plans to drill a hole into the stub
& spin it out were thwarted.<BR>So what's my best option? I don't think
I'm going to find a set of superlong left handed bits. A very skinny flex
shaft? Anyone have a preferred brand? A while back my local hardware had a
very lame looking (no name China made) version -- I would prefer to get
something others have had success with.<BR>Thanks in advance,<BR>Patrick
Draine RPT<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>