<HTML><HEAD> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2715.400" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2>You can also buy tapered bits that will cut the hole for the threads and shank in one pass.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2> <DIV>David Love</DIV> <DIV><A href="mailto:davidlovepianos@earthlink.net">davidlovepianos@earthlink.net</A></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT></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=Wimblees@aol.com href="mailto:Wimblees@aol.com"></A></DIV> <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> 6/19/2003 10:49:01 AM </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: individual hitch pins</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=2><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT lang=0 face=Arial size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF">In a message dated 6/19/03 2:37:17 PM Central Daylight Time, rstrang@pa.inter.net writes:<BR><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" 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></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>