<HTML>In a message dated 6/19/03 2:37:17 PM Central Daylight= Time, rstrang@pa.inter.net writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT= : 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Hello everyone,   I have never put in a new pin block in any piano, and I don't think I= 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= headed screw/bolt in to make the threads and follow it with the actual screw? Just wondering. Richard </BLOCKQUOTE> 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 por= tion closest tot he the head, and usually without threads), and make the hol= e 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 insi= de of the screw threads. Then, using a brace and screw driver tips, screw in the screw. The screws wi= ll go easier into the block if you put a little bees wax or soap on the thre= ads. Wim </HTML>