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<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080>This is all very =
interesting but
what does it have to do with the subject line -- Individual Hitch
Pins?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080>Del</FONT></DIV>
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black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=Wimblees@aol.com =
href="mailto:Wimblees@aol.com">Wimblees@aol.com</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> June 19, 2003 2:49 =
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: individual hitch =
pins</DIV>
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FAMILY="SANSSERIF">In a message dated 6/19/03 2:37:17 PM Central =
Daylight
Time, <A href="mailto:rstrang@pa.inter.net">rstrang@pa.inter.net</A> =
writes:<BR><BR>
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TYPE="CITE">Hello everyone,<BR> I have never put in a new pin =
block in
any piano, and I don't think I<BR>would relish the job, but I have =
always
wondered how a person would get a<BR>plate screw into a freshly =
drilled hole
in the new block. Is there a tool<BR>one would use to make the new =
threads,
or does one just horse a a big square<BR>headed screw/bolt in to =
make the
threads and follow it with the actual<BR>screw? Just
wondering.<BR><BR>Richard<BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>When drilling new =
holes for
plate screws, you need to make a two stage hole. You need to measure =
the width
of the shoulder of the screw, (that's the portion closest tot he the =
head, and
usually without threads), and make the hole in the pin block about the =
same
diameter, or slightly smaller, as the this. Then you need to drill the =
hole in
the block the same diameter as the inside of the screw threads. =
<BR><BR>Then,
using a brace and screw driver tips, screw in the screw. The screws =
will go
easier into the block if you put a little bees wax or soap on the =
threads.
<BR><BR>Wim </FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>