<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=us-ascii"> <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; PADDING-TOP: 15px; FONT-STYLE: = normal; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; BORDER-RIGHT-STYLE: 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"> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=218180400-09092005><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080 size=3>Tracey, our 110 lb., 5' = 4" shop person, pulls the whole set in about 15 to 20 minutes (including a break = to rest her arms) with our trusty old Milwaukee. The pin holes show no visible = damage. There is no smoke. And the pins, while suitably warm, are not too hot to = pick up. </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=218180400-09092005><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080 = size=3></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=218180400-09092005><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080 size=3>We may even give her a = break and get her an impact wrench. </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=218180400-09092005><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080 = size=3></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=218180400-09092005><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080 size=3>(Of course, we always = replace the pinblocks anyway so the condition of the original block really doesn't matter.)</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=218180400-09092005><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080 = size=3></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=218180400-09092005><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080 = size=3>Del</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000080 2px = solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left> <HR tabIndex=-1> <FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Ross White<BR><B>Sent:</B> September 08, 2005 4:37 PM<BR><B>To:</B> Pianotech<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: Removing tuning pins with the = Milwaukee Drill<BR></FONT><BR></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> <DIV><FONT size=4>If you really spun them out, they would 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.  Did any wood stick to = the old pins; sometimes little bits of wood will stick to the pins.  Boy = Scouts start fires by this kind of procedure, wood on wood.  Friction = produces heat.  How long does it take 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.  </FONT></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@philbondi.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, = 2005 4:19 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Removing tuning = pins 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.  = You don't want that.<BR><BR>Ross, can you offer more explanation on this? 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 year 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 experience <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>piano= tech list info: <A title=https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives = href="https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives">http://www.ptg.org= /mailman/listinfo/pianotech</A><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY= ></HTML>