<HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content=text/html;charset=iso-8859-= 1> <STYLE></STYLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2722" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=MailContainerBody style="PADDING-LEFT: 10px; FONT-WEIGHT: = normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; BORDER-TOP-STYLE: none; PADDIN= G-TOP: 15px; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; BORDER-RIGHT-STY= LE: none; BORDER-LEFT-STYLE: none; TEXT-DECORATION: none; BORDER-BOTTOM= -STYLE: none" leftMargin=0 topMargin=0 name="Compose message area= " CanvasTabStop="true" acc_role="text"> <P><BR>You know how long it takes to get it hot enough to start a fire.= ..I mean two sticks of wood...forever!   I'm guessing 20 minu= tes to remove the tuning pins with a drill.</P> <P>David I.</P> <P><BR><BR> </P> <DIV style="PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 5p= x; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 3px solid; PADDING-TOP: 5px"> <HR> Original message<BR>From: "Ross White" <JRWHITELTD@MSN.COM><BR>To: Pian= otech <PIANOTECH@PTG.ORG><BR>Received: 9/8/2005 4:36:44 PM<BR>Subject: = Re: Removing tuning pins with the Milwaukee Drill<BR><BR> <DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT size=4>If you really spun them out, they woul= d be too hot to touch.  There might also be wisps of smoke.  = If the old pins were warm but not hot, perhaps they were loose.  D= id any wood stick to the old pins; sometimes little bits of wood will s= tick to the pins.  Boy Scouts start fires by this kind of procedur= e, wood on wood.  Friction produces heat.  How long does it t= ake you to remove a set of pins with a Milwaukee drill.  Takes me = a couple of hours to do it by hand; and, it's not that hard.  </FO= NT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT= : 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>From:</B> <A title=mailto:phil@phi= lbondi.com href="mailto:phil@philbondi.com">Phil Bondi</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=mailto:pianotech@= ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, September 08, 20= 05 4:19 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Removing tuning pin= s with the Milwaukee Drill</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><BR><BR>Ross White wrote:<BR><BR>> If you spin tuning= pins out, you're going to scorch the holes in the <BR>> block.&nbsp= ; You don't want that.<BR><BR>Ross, can you offer more explanation on t= his? The reason I ask is <BR>because I just got done 'spinning' , with = a hi torque-lo RPM Milwaukee <BR>drill, the treble section of a 100 yea= r old S&S 0, and the pins were <BR>warm to the touch..not hot.<BR><= BR>I don't know for sure, but my gut tells me that I did not scorch the= <BR>holes. I would be interested to hear more about your personal expe= rience <BR>with this..or from anyone else for that matter since I have = the rest of <BR>the block to do yet.<BR><BR>-Phil Bondi(Fl)<BR><BR>____= ___________________________________________<BR>pianotech list info: <A = title=https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives href="http://ww= w.ptg.org/mailman/listinfo/pianotech">http://www.ptg.org/mailman/listin= fo/pianotech</A><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>