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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Dave, Use a screw driver, and wedge =
the blade in
between the two legs spreading them slightly, until you can get the size =
center
pin you want in without blood. The Flange screw will reshape the hole to =
the pin
as it is tightened.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>Joe Goss RPT<BR>Mother Goose Tools<BR><A
href="mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com">imatunr@srvinet.com</A><BR><A
href="http://www.mothergoosetools.com">www.mothergoosetools.com</A></DI=
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black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=Piannaman@aol.com
href="mailto:Piannaman@aol.com">Piannaman@aol.com</A> </DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, October 05, 2004 =
10:32
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Billing's flange
repairs</DIV>
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PTSIZE="10">Thanks Ron.
I was having a helluva a time trying to find the right sized =
pin....:-(
I better pick up a few for my next visit to my friend's house. =
<BR><BR>I
actually did try to spread it, but not having done this before, I was =
a tad
shy of using brute force. She has a student recital at her house =
on
Saturday, and I didn't want the show to go on without a middle C...
<BR><BR>Dave S. <BR><BR>In a message dated 10/5/04 9:16:10 PM Pacific =
Daylight
Time, rnossaman@cox.net writes: <BR><BR><BR>
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TYPE="CITE">Its not only a trick question, it's a trick flange. You =
won't
likely be <BR>able to press the pin into the flange without =
spreading it
some, which will <BR>likely break it. This will afford you the =
opportunity
to purchase a new one <BR>(better get a half dozen), which will be =
so
strangely deformed that you <BR>will spend far more time, skin, and =
brain
cells trying to get it under <BR>control than you will justifiably =
consider
appropriate or right. Don't <BR>worry though, that's the way it is.
Spreading the flange allows the pin to <BR>go in, and installing the =
flange
with the screw clamps the pin in so it <BR>won't move after the =
fact. All
the other straightening and alignment stuff <BR>is peripheral =
entertainment.
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