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                            Ron Nossaman &lt;rnossaman@cox.net&gt;;                            <br>
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                                <span style="font-weight:bold:">Subject:</span>
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                            Re: [pianotech] palm nailers?                            <br>
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                                        <td valign="top" style="font:inherit;">On 5/10/2012 8:15 PM, Norman Cantrell wrote:<BR>&gt; Ron<BR>&gt; <BR>&gt; What do you use for an interface between the palm nailer and the tuning<BR>&gt; pin. I have tried one direct to the pin and tend to get some flattening<BR>&gt; of the tops of the pins. I would like to eliminate that "feature" if at<BR>&gt; all possible.<BR><BR>I consider it a tradeoff for the cumulative pain of swinging my four pound single jack, and a fair trade at that. The flattened pin top doesn't affect function or hammer tip fit, so is purely cosmetic. Fitting a punch with a domed "socket" to the palm nailer should do it, but I really haven't thought it worth the trouble for the cosmetics.<BR><BR>Ron N<BR></td>
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