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<body class='hmmessage'>Try using grade 8 chrome flat head socket screws, or stainless show polished. No slips, no broken screws. Works swell for nosebolts too.<BR>
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"HEY, aren't you supposed to be getting a piano ready for the National??",, <BR>
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Oh yeah,, THAT. Ok,, back to work! <BR><BR><BR>
<DIV><EM><FONT color=#330033><FONT face="Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif" color=#330000> Michael Spreeman </FONT><BR></FONT></EM><FONT color=#000066><A href="http://www.spreemanpianoinnovations.com/">http://www.spreemanpianoinnovations.com</A></FONT></DIV><BR><BR>
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> Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2008 10:08:54 -0500<BR>> From: rnossaman@cox.net<BR>> To: pianotech@ptg.org<BR>> Subject: Re: impacted shop practices<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> > Alrighty then. I got one... so I'm trying it.<BR>> > Up till now I have used a brace & bit...Carefully. But its' a hard <BR>> > work. I usually fit all the screws to the new block before finishing <BR>> > just to avoid those famous words........oooops!!! MAn I hate that<BR>> > Dale<BR>> <BR>> I hate that too. I'd been running a long screw of the same <BR>> diameter into the block with my 3/8" VSR drill, which takes a <BR>> lot of the work out of driving them by hand, either with a <BR>> brace or ratchet, but it's still work. The biggest potential <BR>> problem I see with the impact is breaking the heads of old <BR>> screws. I started replacing old pinblock screws years ago <BR>> because of that, and was driving them by hand.<BR>> <BR>> If we had any sense, we'd just switch to Robertson's and get <BR>> it over with.<BR>> Ron N<BR><br /><hr />It’s easy to add contacts from Facebook and other social sites through Windows Live™ Messenger. <a href='https://www.invite2messenger.net/im/?source=TXT_EML_WLH_LearnHow' target='_new'>Learn How.</a></body>
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