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sp; For years we have used shoe pegs to fill the remaining portion of the br=
idge pin holes after the caps are taken off in preparation for new caps. I h=
ad a good system using shoe pegs and the Bolduc wood glue to =
secure them. The glue doesn't gum up in the bit as does most othe=
r glues I've tried & with this simple system I can usually drill a =
set of bridges painlessly in about an hour or so.</FONT></DIV>
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sp; The problem is that no one in the shop enjoys pounding square pegs in ro=
und hole except my wife Trix & she's often to busy stringing etc.......&=
nbsp; Also the pegs are getting hard to find in quantity. Any way I recently=
tried the West systems epoxy treatment squeezing it into the holes. Relativ=
ely quick & painless except for the guk/sticky factor. Ater this I=
immediately glue on the caps also with epoxy.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000040 size=4> After it=
cured for about 5 days I drilled for the new pin holes but the residual epo=
xy seems to powder up or alternately stick to the bit. I find this character=
istic unacceptable. Then every other hole or so I must run the bit thr=
u some thin scrap spruce to clean the bit the drill again & over & o=
ver etc. Tedious useless activity.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000040 size=4> I'd be i=
nterested in someone else's technique who has more experience with epoxy in =
this application. I like the idea of epoxies hardness and all that but I do =
a fair amount of bridge work & can't handle the aggravation. What am I m=
issing?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT lang=0 face="Times New Roman" color=#000040 size=3 FAMILY=
="SERIF" PTSIZE="12"> Dale Erwin<BR>Erwins Piano Restorations<BR>4=
721 Parker Rd, Modesto, Ca. 95357<BR>erwinspiano@aol.com</FONT></DIV></BODY>=
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