<!doctype html public "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <html><head><style type="text/css"></style><title>Doweled and Fully Fit Pinblocks - Extracting the old pinbl</title></head><body> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" color="#000000">He said he just broke the stretcher to pinblock joint with a</font></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" color="#000000">mallet. He himself used a leather mallet</font></blockquote> <div><br> <br> </div> <div>This is how I have been doing it. any veneer which break from the stretcher is easily replaced.  A mallet and chisels wedge the stretcher and a blade cuts the dowels, just as you.   I also drill out the inner rim dowels with a Speed Bore bit being careful not to drill</div> <div>into the rim.    Then jack the block up off-center and whack the longer section with the</div> <div>mallet and the opposite end breaks free and springs upwards (another Bolduc trick).</div> <div><br></div> <div>I forget which side to do first. I suppose if the treble side does not want it give it up,</div> <div>the bass has less surface area and is easier to crack.</div> <x-sigsep><pre>-- </pre></x-sigsep> <div><br> Regards,<br> <br> Jon Page</div> </body> </html>