<!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 6.00.6000.16640" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>I use a cheepie like the others and love it, but I was unhappy with the slight flat top it left on the tuning pins, so I made a tuning pin punch. I purchased a long bolt, the size that would fit the nailer collar. I cut off the treads and head. I then used a large drill bit to make an small indentation on one end so it would fit over the tuning pin. The bold is soft steel. No marks at all on the tuning pin head and you can see how far you're driving in the pins.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Al Guecia</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=davidlovepianos@comcast.net href="mailto:davidlovepianos@comcast.net">David Love</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">'Pianotech List'</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, April 14, 2008 8:54 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Palm Nailers (again)</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>Suffering from a nasty bout of tendonitis, I'm considering getting a palm<BR>nailer for stringing.  I know we went over this before but I have a quick<BR>question.  Can you just use any old nailer and do you need to do something<BR>to protect the top of the pin from the plunger (or whatever it's called)?<BR><BR>David Love<BR><A href="mailto:davidlovepianos@comcast.net">davidlovepianos@comcast.net</A> <BR><A href="http://www.davidlovepianos.com">www.davidlovepianos.com</A><BR><BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>