<!doctype html public "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <html><head><style type="text/css"></style><title>Re: broken needle</title></head><body> <div>At 1:23 PM -0700 6/15/03, Jack Houweling wrote:</div> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1">... The other day I was doing some voicing (deep needle) and my needle broke off in the hammer. I could not get it out with any tools. My question is do you leave it in or do you keep trying to dig it out?</font></blockquote> <div><br></div> <div>Jack,</div> <div><br></div> <div>Leaving it in is only an option if you can't get it out.</div> <div><br></div> <div>The method of madness I use is another needle and go fishing, so to speak, to get the broken needle to show it's face. Then when I can see it, I grab it with needle nosed pliers. You could easily use some other pinching type device. With patience and persistence you shouldn't have any problems.</div> <div><br></div> <div>So far I have managed to capture all broken needles.</div> <div><br></div> <div>Keith McGavern</div> </body> </html>