<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Ahem....... you mean my "friend" - right!?<div><br></div><div>Terry Farrell</div><div><br><div><div>On Aug 12, 2012, at 10:49 AM, Dale Erwin wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><font color="navy" size="2" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif"><font size="3"><font color="#000080" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif"> Hi Nick</font></font> <div><font size="3"><font color="#000080" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">   As the founding </font><font color="#000080" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">member</font><font color="#000080" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif"> and yes, still </font></font><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', sans-serif; font-size: medium; ">president </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', sans-serif; font-size: medium; ">of "piano rebuilders anonymous" recovery group, for t</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', sans-serif; font-size: medium; ">hose who make mistakes but...don't like to admit it. Yeah, you...</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', sans-serif; font-size: medium; "> I'd like to welcome you and Terry as new </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', sans-serif; font-size: medium; ">members</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', sans-serif; font-size: medium; ">.</span></div> <div><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', sans-serif; font-size: medium; ">Dues are cheap and confession is good for the soul</span></div> <div><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', sans-serif; font-size: medium; "> </span></div> <div><font color="#000080" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif" size="3">  Good repair Nick, but 1/2 inch plug?  For what its worth a 3/8th mortising bit cuts a wonderful maple plug making the repair just a bit more.....delicate. But hey...whatever works</font></div> <div><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', sans-serif; font-size: medium; "><br> </span></div> <div><font size="2"><font color="#000080" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">still </font><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', sans-serif; ">president </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', sans-serif; ">of "piano rebuilders anonymous"we</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', sans-serif; ">Dale</span></font></div> <div><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', sans-serif; "><font size="2"> </font></span></div> <div><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', sans-serif; "><font size="3">   Dale</font></span></div> <div><br> <div style="color: navy; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; clear: both; "><font size="1" color="royalblue"><b><font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><font color="black"><font color="mediumblue" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">Dale Erwin R.P.T.<br> <font color="green">Erwin's Piano Restoration Inc.</font><br> </font></font></font></b></font><font color="darkgreen"><span style="font-style: italic;"><b><font size="1"><font size="1" color="black"><font color="blueviolet"><font color="black"> <font color="black" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">Mason & Hamlin</font><font face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">/Steinway/</font><font color="black" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">U.S. pianos</font><font face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif"><br> </font></font></font></font><font size="1" color="cornflowerblue" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif"><a href="http://www.Erwinspiano.com">www.Erwinspiano.com</a></font><font size="1"><br> </font><font size="1" color="crimson" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">Phone: 209-577-8397</font><br> <font color="darkgreen"></font></font></b></span></font><tt><tt><font color="darkgreen"><br>  </font><br>   <font size="2"></font></tt></tt><br> <br> </div> <br> <br> <div style="color: black; font-family: arial, helvetica; font-size: 10pt; ">-----Original Message-----<br> From: Nicholas Gravagne <<a href="mailto:ngravagne@gmail.com">ngravagne@gmail.com</a>><br> To: pianotech <<a href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</a>><br> Sent: Sat, Aug 11, 2012 5:55 pm<br> Subject: Re: [pianotech] Broken Drill Bit in Bridge<br> <br> <div id="AOLMsgPart_2_e1c73d2e-3931-479a-9fe6-295d42189f87"> Terry,<br> <br> Your friend may be interested in this little tidbit :)<br> <br> I posted this little idea on this list a while back. <br> <br> First, make small pattern of the bridge holes for later use. Next use a hollow screw extractor like Issac suggests. Remember, the pin is at an angle. There is no way to really do a nice neat job at this phase of the repair. Once the root canal is done, fill the hole with a dowel, glue in and trim flush with the top of the bridge. The purpose of the dowel is solely to provide some material for a 1/2" forstner bit brad point to center on. <br> <br> Next, use your 1/2" plug cutter to make a maple plug (1/2" should work). Note the direction of the maple material as to planing with and not against the grain, and mark your plug accordingly. With the forstner, drill down to a depth a bit less than the height of your plug. Glue in your plug; it should stick up a bit and will extend partly into the notch area. Trim down with a sharp chisel, sand smooth and DAG the area. <br> <br> Next re-drill your bridge hole (or two holes) and chisel-cut the notch in your usual way. See photos. <br> <br> Nick<br> <br> <div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Aug 11, 2012 at 4:09 PM, Terry Farrell <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com">mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com</a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Ummmm, a "friend" asked me to pose the question: How best to extract a broken drill bit from a bridge pin hole? The top (broken end) of the bit is about 1/8" below the top of the bridge. Any suggestions short of gouging out a hunk of bridge?<br> <br> If I get a good suggestion, I'll pass it on to my "friend".  ;-(<br> <br> Thanks!<br> <span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br> Terry Farrell </font></span></blockquote></div> <br> <br clear="all"><br> -- <br> Nick Gravagne, RPT<br> AST Mechanical Engineering<br> </div>  <br> </div> </div> </font></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>