<HTML style="FONT-SIZE: x-small; FONT-FAMILY: MS Sans Serif"><HEAD><TITLE>Message</TITLE> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1250"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV>Hi,Alan! I'm the one who gave you a ride at the California Convention from the hotel to the convention site in my van.</DIV> <DIV>#37 drill is NUMERIC..For drilling out bushing cloth to prevent flanges from splitting it helps to grind it to a sharper-smaller point ,conical shape for easier penetration.Buy 2 drills,re-shape one and try to drill  and see for yourself,conically shaped one will be a winner.. Good Luck! Isaac</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=tune4u@earthlink.net href="mailto:tune4u@earthlink.net">Alan</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To: </B><A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A></DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> 3/17/05 7:05:43 PM </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Bit Bytes</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=2> <DIV><SPAN class=828460203-18032005><FONT face=Arial>Here's a very useful page to have a printed copy of in your reference materials. I found it while researching the question which follows:</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=828460203-18032005><FONT face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=828460203-18032005><FONT face=Arial><A href="http://www.saw-online.com/Tips/drill.htm">http://www.saw-online.com/Tips/drill.htm</A></FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=828460203-18032005><FONT face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=828460203-18032005><FONT face=Arial>Question: They say to use a #37 drill bit when cleaning out action center cloth from flanges, etc. What the heck is a #37 bit? Is it the "wire size " 37 shown on the chart above?</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=828460203-18032005><FONT face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=828460203-18032005><FONT face=Arial>Metric?</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=828460203-18032005><FONT face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=828460203-18032005><FONT face=Arial>Alien?</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=828460203-18032005><FONT face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Alan R. Barnard</FONT></DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Salem, MO</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT><BR> <P><FONT size=2>--<BR>Internal Virus Database is out-of-date.<BR>Checked by AVG Anti-Virus.<BR>Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.7.1 - Release Date: 03/09/2005<BR></FONT></P></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>