<font color='black' size='3' face='Times New Roman, Times, serif'> <div style="font-family:helvetica,arial;font-size:10pt;color:black"> <div id="AOLMsgPart_0_ecf441a0-70c4-4b64-a3c3-7cbf750fb820" style="margin: 0px;font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, Sans-Serif;font-size: 12px;color: #000;background-color: #fff;"><pre style="font-size: 9pt;"><tt><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">>></span></font>What's the consensus on the speed at which to remove tuning pins from an otherwise good pinblock? </tt></pre><pre style="font-size: 9pt;"><tt><br> </tt></pre><pre><tt><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> There ain't gonna be no consensus. We all do it differently. </span></font></tt></pre><pre><tt><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> I have, for decades, removed the pins as fast as </span></font></tt><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: medium; ">a 1/2" Milwaukee drill will turn them out. Never found any evidence of damage. The pins are hot enough to hurt</span></pre><pre><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">if you pick them up, but I have never seen scorching or other ills. (and I don't like to lean over in that posture longer</span></font></pre><pre><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">than I have to).</span></font></pre><pre><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Regards, </span></font></pre><pre><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Ed</span></font></pre> </div>  </div> </font>